While things seemed to run smoothly last weekend at the Daytona International Speedway, NASCAR handed out a series of penalties to number of crew members on Thursday.

The No. 33 Kevin Harvick Inc. team in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series was hit with a series of penalties following last Friday's NextEra Energy 250. Veteran Ron Hornaday Jr. lost 25 driver points, team owner DeLana Harvick had 25 owner points and crew chief Rick Ren was fined $5,000 and put on probation until June 30, 2009.

Hornaday's No. 33 truck was found to be in violation of Section 12-1 (actions detrimental to stock car racing); Section 12-4-1 (any determination by NASCAR Officials that the race equipment used in the event does not conform to NASCAR rules); and Section 20B-12.3B (all approved shock absorbers must be of nitrogen-gas pressurized mono-tube, deflective disc valve type with an integral gas reservoir with all components as displayed on each manufacturer's display board: unapproved shock absorber piston) of the 2009 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series rule book.

Three teams in the Nationwide Series were issued penalties after the season-opening event in Daytona.

Jay Robinson Racing's Blake Brainbridge was fined $15,000 and placed on probation until June 30, 2009 after altering the roll bar on the No. 09 Ford driven by rookie John Wes Townley. Team owner Jay Robinson lost 100 owner points and Townley was had 100 driver points taken away.

The specific violations, found during opening-day inspection for the Nationwide Series on February 10 are as follows:

Violating Sections 12-1 (actions detrimental to stock car racing); 12-4-I (any determination by NASCAR officials that the race equipment used in the event does not conform to NASCAR rules) and 20A-18A (Once constructed and installed, the roll cage must be acceptable to NASCAR officials. Main roll bar (#1) was not round; was altered for clearance) of the 2009 NASCAR Nationwide Series rule book.

Independent owner/driver Mike Harmon was also penalized for violations in the Nationwide Series event in Daytona. Crew chief George Bartlett was fined $10,000 and placed on probation until June 30, 2009 after it was discovered the team had welded weight containers outside the main frame rails of the car. Team owner and driver Mike Harmon was penalized 25 owner points and 25 driver points.

Bartlett was found to be in violation of Sections 12-1, 12-4-I and 20A-2.3A (Weight containers welded to the outside of the main frame rails must not contain added weight in any form; added weight to the outside frame rail) and 20A-13E (Invalid SFI label).

The final penalty handed out in the NASCAR Nationwide Series went to Johnny Davis Motorsports. Crew chief Michael Hobson was fined $5,000 and put on probation until June 30, 2009 for violations found on the No. 0 Chevrolet driven by Johnny Davis.

The penalty was for violation of 12-1, 12-4-I and 20A-12.1A(8) (Combined spring rate was less than specified. The left front spring rate was less than specified).

Johnny Davis was penalized with the loss of 25 NASCAR Nationwide Series championship owner points and O'Quinn forfeited 25 NASCAR Nationwide Series championship driver points due to the violations, which also were found during post-race inspection.

Perhaps the biggest penalty NASCAR handed out Thursday went to Paul Chodora, a crew member on Jeremy Mayfield's Sprint Cup Series team. After implementing a strict substance abuse policy at the beginning of the year, NASCAR was put to the test right off the bat. The sanctioning body announced Thursday Chodora was indefinitely suspended for actions detrimental to stock car racing and violating the sport's substance abuse policy. NASCAR did not announce which substance Chodora had in his system.