Encumbered finishes: (2016-2018) An encumbered win is when a NASCAR driver wins a race then fails post-race inspection. They could also fail an in-race inspection, which is rarely seen in use. But, the use of encumbered isn’t limited to race winners. That applies to any driver who crosses the line […]
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An encumbered win is new term to the 2017 NASCAR Season – How about an encumbered NASCAR championship? Wouldn’t that be something? An encumbered win, it essentially means that a driver keeps the win. However, the driver forfeits the championship berth. What about the championship round? Does a Championship 4 […]
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NASCAR CEO on encumbered wins, penalties and possible use of automated yellow flags “But do I dislike, two things,” Brian France states on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio. “One is having to deal with penalties or infractions. Even though, we have to. We have to keep the playing field even. We […]
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Kevin Harvick: “Hopefully we can just have immediate penalties.” Dale Earnhardt Jr introduced the hot topic of victory burnouts designed specifically to tear off the fenders of these race cars. He stated that NASCAR should crack down on that. Related: Dale Earnhardt jr calls out NASCAR for not policing burnouts […]
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NASCAR penalties issued after New Hampshire Motor Speedway and Kentucky Speedway NASCAR issued penalties Tuesday for technical violations from last weekend’s national series events, including a lug-nut infraction by the Stewart-Haas Racing No. 14 team in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series. Additionally, L1-grade penalties were issued after Saturday’s events […]
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