Defiant Labbe accepts 4-week suspension

SCENE Daily CHARLOTTE -- Suspended crew chief Richard "Slugger" Labbe will grudgingly sit out the next four NASCAR Nextel Cup events while the No. 88 Robert Yates Racing team races under the leadership of car chief Jason Burdett.

The National Stock Car Racing Commission denied Labbe's appeal Wednesday afternoon over penalties stemming from an illegal sway bar at Richmond. The team and driver Dale Jarrett were docked 25 points, and Labbe was fined $25,000 in addition to the suspension.

Would that be unlike Chad Knauss, who sat out willingly??