07-06-2013, 04:12 AM
NASCAR teams caught with unapproved roof flap spacers July 4 at Daytona International Speedway won’t know until next week what penalties will be handed down by the sanctioning body.
But stiff fines and points penalties are not unlikely, since the pieces in question are part of the safety package mandated by NASCAR.
“It seems to me that (NASCAR) isn’t going to like that very much,” said Richard Childress Racing driver Jeff Burton. “It’s very clear that you’re supposed to use all the parts that come in the package (and) not supposed to modify it.”
Officials confiscated the spacers from 16 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series teams and 15 Nationwide Series teams Thursday.
Cup drivers affected were
Jamie McMurray (Earnhardt Ganassi Racing),
Casey Mears (Germain Racing),
Aric Almirola and Marcos Ambrose (Richard Petty Motorsports),
Greg Biffle, Ricky Stenhouse Jr., and Carl Edwards (Roush Fenway Racing),
Joey Logano and Brad Keselowski (Penske Racing),
Trevor Bayne (Wood Brothers Racing),
Denny Hamlin, Kyle Busch and Matt Kenseth (Joe Gibbs Racing),
Clint Bowyer, Michael Waltrip and Martin Truex Jr. (Michael Waltrip Racing).
The confiscated spacers were not uniform in size or weight and were not those that were part of the roof-flap kits provided to the teams.
But stiff fines and points penalties are not unlikely, since the pieces in question are part of the safety package mandated by NASCAR.
“It seems to me that (NASCAR) isn’t going to like that very much,” said Richard Childress Racing driver Jeff Burton. “It’s very clear that you’re supposed to use all the parts that come in the package (and) not supposed to modify it.”
Officials confiscated the spacers from 16 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series teams and 15 Nationwide Series teams Thursday.
Cup drivers affected were
Jamie McMurray (Earnhardt Ganassi Racing),
Casey Mears (Germain Racing),
Aric Almirola and Marcos Ambrose (Richard Petty Motorsports),
Greg Biffle, Ricky Stenhouse Jr., and Carl Edwards (Roush Fenway Racing),
Joey Logano and Brad Keselowski (Penske Racing),
Trevor Bayne (Wood Brothers Racing),
Denny Hamlin, Kyle Busch and Matt Kenseth (Joe Gibbs Racing),
Clint Bowyer, Michael Waltrip and Martin Truex Jr. (Michael Waltrip Racing).
The confiscated spacers were not uniform in size or weight and were not those that were part of the roof-flap kits provided to the teams.
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