Drama continued to encompass NASCAR ahead of its championship-deciding season finale as the sanctioning body issued $600,000 in fines and suspended nine team members from three different teams on Tuesday for alleged race manipulation at Martinsville Speedway.

NASCAR will look into more data from the Nos. 1, 3 and 23 cars from the end of the Cup Series playoff race at Martinsville.

Faced with seemingly irrefutable evidence of race manipulation at Sunday's playoff race at Martinsville Speedway, NASCAR announced that has launched an

NASCAR issued $600,000 in fines and suspended nine team members from three different teams on Tuesday for alleged race manipulation at Martinsville Speedway. The penalties came down after a contentious final battle Sunday at the Virginia track in which Christopher Bell initially qualified for the championship final four,

After a bizarre end to the Xfinity 500 at Martinsville Speedway in Ridgeway, Va. Sunday, NASCAR has handed out penalties to several individuals. Three drivers' competition directors, crew chiefs, and spotters have been suspended for the final race of the season Sunday,

NASCAR has handed down substantial penalties due to potential race manipulation at the end of the Martinsville Cup race, but the Championship 4 remains intact.