DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) – Robby Gordon Motorsports was fined $50,000 Wednesday and docked 25 championship points, the most severe penalty for violations at Daytona International Speedway.

NASCAR fined crew chief Bob Temple and deducted points from car owner Jim Smith for an unapproved intake manifold on his Chevrolet on Feb. 11 during the initial Nextel Cup inspection for the season-opening Daytona 500.

Gordon, driver and part owner of the new team, failed to make the starting lineup for the Daytona 500 and has no points. Smith earned 31 based on qualifying results.

In all, NASCAR penalized 10 Cup teams.

The Wood Brothers Racing team was assessed with four because of an unapproved spoiler adjustment found on the Ford driven by Ricky Rudd. He was penalized 25 points, Glen Wood lost owner points, crew chief Michael McSwain was fined $25,000 and crew member Marc Smith was suspended from NASCAR competition until March 31.

Pete Rondeau, Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s new crew chief, was fined $10,000 for a transmission violation.

Dave Charpentier, crew chief for John Andretti, was fined $10,000 for an improperly attached weight.

Also, fined $1,000 each for various violations were the following crew chiefs:

Harold Holly (crew chief for Bobby Hamilton Jr.), Jimmy Elledge (Casey Mears), Jim Penland (Mike Skinner), Robert Leslie (Kerry Earnhardt), Beau Tiffany (Larry Gunselman), and Stanton Hover Jr. (Andy Belmont).

The sanctioning body also fined three crew chiefs from the Busch series and four from the Craftsman Truck circuit for violations at Daytona.