CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- NASCAR will not penalize Martin Truex Jr. or Jimmie Johnson for failing inspection after the opening race of the playoffs.Truex won Sundays race at Chicagoland Speedway and Johnson finished 12th. Both cars failed the laser inspection with infractions that should have drawn 10-point penalties.Although the infractions were similar, NASCAR executive vice president Steve ODonnell said the penalties would not have been equal. Truex advanced into the second round of the playoffs with his victory, but Johnsons chances of advancing would have been hampered by the loss of 10 points.ODonnell said not penalizing either driver was the fair decision.If we applied those penalties, the post-race penalty really would not treat each competitor fairly, ODonnell said. We also saw this as a potential situation that we could see repeating itself for the next nine races of the Chase going forward. So we made the decision coming out of Chicago not to penalize (Truex) or (Johnson) for the post-race infractions we saw in Chicago, which the industry would agree were minor in nature.NASCAR didnt budge, though, on the penalties for missing lug nuts. The crew chiefs for Aric Almirola and Greg Biffle were each penalized $10,000 for not having properly installed lug nuts at Chicago. Drew Blickensderfer (Almirola) and Brian Pattie (Biffle) were both hit with P3 penalties on NASCARs scale.Also, all 16 teams in the Chase will go through the laser inspection after this Sundays race at New Hampshire. Only nine were inspected at Chicagoland.When we talked to the drivers and the teams shouldnt all 16 (Chase) go through there and thats a very fair point as well, ODonnell said. Going forward that will be part of our post-race inspection as well. If we have a field of 16, all cars will go through post-race LIS and go down to 12, eight and four.NASCAR is trying to set defined guidelines for penalties to avoid teams manipulating the system to their advantage.We dont want to be talking about post-race penalties, ODonnell said. Our goal is to never have to penalize anybody and we want to just talk about the action on the track. We felt like that this is hopefully enough of a deterrent not to have teams go there and also to be very up front as to what the consequence would be. Jordan Akins Hoodie .Y. - Jerome Samson scored once in regulation and again in the shootout as the St. Texans Hoodies Jerseys Outlet . The return match will take place next Wednesday. Udinese leads Fiorentina 2-1 in the other semifinal. Napoli staged a second-half comeback from two goals down after Gervinhos opener and a stunning strike from Kevin Strootman. http://www.cheaptexanshoodiesjerseys.com/ . 10 Texas Rangers jersey for one last time. 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The former Celtic players were promoting Macmillan Cancer Supports Longest Day Golf Challenge as they raise money in memory of a family friend of former Hoops captain McManus.Kenny Monaghan, the club professional at Linlithgow Golf Club where part of the event will take place, lost his mother to cancer five years ago. On May 20, the Motherwell duo will attempt to play four rounds of golf in one day between Monaghans home course and Kingsfield Golf Club.On the charity event, McManus said: Were taking part in the golf event that they do, which is four rounds in one day, so its going to be a hard shift but were looking forward to raising as much as we can.I think were looking at trying to raise around the £10,000 mark, which would be great. Stephen McManus and Stephen Pearson promote the Macmillan Longest Day Golf Challenge alongside Ryder Cup hero Stephen Gallacher Pearson and McManus were joined by Celtic fan and Ryder Cup hero Stephen Gallacher at Bothwell Castle Golf Club on Thursday as they sought tips on a sport they are less familiar with and seemingly less accomplished at.Under the pressure of the Sky Sports News HQ cameras, McManus missed a very makeable putt before being quizzed by our reporter Luke Shanley. Leigh Griffiths scores in Celtics 2014/15 League Cup semi-final win over Rangers Motherwell lost 2-1 at home to Celtic last Saturday, with McManus able to see up close any frailties Rangers might expose in Sundays Old Firm Scottish Cup semi-final.He played in 18 Old Firm derbies during his time at Celtic, winning eight of them, and he thinks his old side will be too strong for Rangers.ddddddddddddHe said: Rangers and Celtic will both be going into the game full of confidence. But when you play in an Old Firm game, form goes out the window. Stephen McManus playing for Celtic against Rangers in 2009 after Kyle Lafferty left him with a head cut I think you need to fancy Celtic strongly as well, just because they have more experience in their side for these games. If you take away Kenny Miller and Lee Wallace, its a new environment for a lot of the Rangers players.When you look at the Celtic side, they have that little bit more experience and I think their class will be too much for Rangers on the day.McManus team-mate Pearson had a superior record in the derby with Rangers while he was at Celtic Park. In the seven ties he was involved in, Celtic won five and were beaten only once. Stephen Pearson battles with Jeremy Clement in a 1-1 Old Firm draw in 2004 And he believes a similar result will occur on Sunday, despite admitting the gap between the clubs has closed since last years League Cup semi-final.The former Derby County midfielder said: Theyve had a far better season this season under Mark Warburton so theyll be up for the game. It will be a tough challenge for Celtic, but I think its one theyll come through.Watch Rangers v Celtic in the Scottish Cup semi-finals live on Sky Sports 2 from 11am on Sunday. Also See: Souness: Celtic big favourites Vote: Celtic, Rangers greatest Old Firm derby like nothing else Walker fancies Hoops to win China Jerseys Wholesale NFL Jerseys China Discount NFL Jerseys Wholesale Jerseys China Wholesale Jerseys Free Shipping Wholesale NFL Gear Wholesale NFL Camo Jerseys ' ' '