Penalties To Come

Just before the NRA 500 at Texas Motorspeedway started there was shocking news was coming out of the Tech Inspection Area, as it was announced by Nascar that the two Penske Racing Ford Fusions of Brad Keselowski and Joey Logano had Rear End housing and other part confiscated and hour before the start of the race, forcing the teams to change the rear end housings and other crucial elements to performance with a limited amount of time,the 2 of Keselowski made it out fine, but the focus was on the number 22 of Joey Logano who made it out on to the track moment before the green flag dropped.NASCAR'S "Robin Pemberton said. 'It's just something that is not in the spirit of the rules'." (jayski.com) NASCAR allowed the drivers to retain there starting positions and did not Eject the Crew Chiefs, but penalties are expected to be announced soon. Keselowski was very upset with the situation stating "I only have one good thing to say "That's my team and effort they put in today in fighting back with the absolute bull that's been the last seven days in this garage area. The things I've seen over the last seven days have me questioning everything that I believe in, and I'm not happy about it. I don't have anything positive to say and I probably should just leave it at that." (jayski.com). NASCAR announced that they will not fine Keselowski for another statement he made in which he used strong language but also apologized for it.
 This was all just pre-race after the race the number 56 Michale Waltrip Racing Toyota of Martin Truex Jr. was found to be to low in the front post race inspection, following a strong run in which Truex Jr. came up short collecting a strong second place finish. Chad Johnson who in the Crew Chief of the 56 for Truex Jr. stated the the shocks would not rebound after the race. "We tried to pull the shaft out of the body, and it's just (stuck)," (jayski.com) stated Johnson. They were not sure if it was debris that was not allowing the shock to move or if something just went wrong with the shock. A six point penalty to Truex Jr. and a $25,000 fine is expected for Chad Johnson, these number are based off of Kyle Busch who had the same issue in 2011.
It was a very interesting weekend and weekend to investigate more on the Gen 6 cars.

-Stephen Appell

Let me hear your opinions or comment
Stephen Appell
stephenappell.com
Facebook- stephenappell.com
Twitter- stephenappell & stephen_combat


Citations
http://www.jayski.com/cupnews.htm#20130414a