Robby Gordon’s sponsor is showing their support for their driver after he was hit with a 100 point penalty after violations were found during opening day inspection for the Daytona 500.

Jim Beam President & CEO Thomas Flocco has already submitted a letter to Mike Helton, Robin Pemberton and John Darby. The sponsor is also looking for fans to support them by signing an online petition at http://www.jimbeam.com/beam/v5/contactus.aspx

Dodge is also supporting Gordon, who just recently made the move to the manufacturer from Ford, for the mistakes that led to the unapproved Dodge Charger nose being given to Robby Gordon Motorsports from the Dodge/Evernham Performance Parts warehouse.

"While the nose meets the template, it has not yet been approved by NASCAR. The prototype parts were in the warehouse and share the same base part number as the approved Dodge Avenger nose,” said Kipp Owen, director of Dodge Motorsports Engineering. "Dodge has taken the appropriate steps to make sure that prototype parts can not be mistaken for approved parts in the future and hopes that the circumstances surrounding this error are considered."

“It was something that we didn’t build, we didn’t make, we didn’t supply,” Gordon said. “It was completely a clerical error from the manufacturer’s supply warehouse who delivered it to us. All we did was install it on the race car.”

Do you think the penalty was too harsh or did NASCAR do the right thing by staying consistent?