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 then fails inspections.
Read MoreAn 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?
Read MoreNASCAR 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.
Read MoreKevin 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
Kevin Harvick has a different approach with the same goal in mind.
Read MoreNASCAR 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 in the NASCAR XFINITY Series and NASCAR Camping World Truck Series.
Read MoreChase Elliott rear spoiler penalty discussed by Larry McReynolds and Joey Logano
The #24 was bold at Chicagoland Speedway.
The team installed a piece of tape across the rear spoiler. During the post-race interview the crew, slickly removed the tape. It was caught on camera and brought to the attention of NASCAR.
Read MoreThe #24 crew was seen removing the tape during the post race interview
Today, NASCAR handed out their weekly round of penalties.
Watch the crew remove the spoiler tape in the post-race interview video below.
On the penalties list was Chase Elliott. He finished 2nd in the race at Chicagoland Speedway.
Read More2017 NASCAR Chicagoland Speedway penalties announced
NASCAR competition officials announced Tuesday that the No. 24 Hendrick Motorsports team in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series has been issued an L1-level penalty.
Related: NASCAR debuts new pre-race inspection station at Chicagoland
Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series
Chase Elliott: During post-race inspection,
Read MoreNASCAR President Brent Dewar talks new OEM’s, encumbered wins and other 2018-19 rules/changes
NASCAR is heading into the playoff’s. Simultaneously, they are working on 2018 rules and packages.
With that said, there’s possible a lot of changes coming down the pipeline for 2018 and 2019.
“This is the busiest time of the season,”
Read MoreNASCAR pre-race tech – New inspection technology
It’s never a good thing when the race winner is found to have an illegal part. Days after the race, the word ‘encumbered’ is blasted on our social feeds. But, what if NASCAR could catch that before the race?
That’s ideal and that’s the goal.
Read MoreDenny Hamlin finally comments on encumbered finish
Last week, Denny Hamlin won two races at Darlington Raceway. Problems appeared on Tuesday when he was hit with two encumbered wins.
Watch the Denny Hamlin video interview following his encumbered wins below.
He’s been quiet since NASCAR’s post-race technical inspection.
Read MoreNASCAR issues bulletin to teams: Rear suspension penalties elevated
NASCAR notified teams that it will seek the firmest penalty currently available for a specific rear suspension violation after observing a rules infraction trend developing in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series and NASCAR XFINITY Series.
Effective immediately, any penalty associated with the Section 20.14.2 Rear Suspension I-4 portion of the NASCAR Rule Book found in post-race inspection will be elevated to the maximum L1-level penalty.
Read More#11 Denny Hamlin team comments on violation resulting in two encumbered wins
Not once, twice. Two wins were ruled encumbered for Denny Hamlin at Darlington Raceway.
Related: 2017 Darlington NASCAR Penalties
Joe Gibbs Racing said they were effected by “circumstances that are out of your control.” Jimmy Makar,
Read MoreTwo NASCAR Truck Series teams penalized following Michigan International Speedway – Win encumbered
Two NASCAR Camping World Truck Series teams were penalized following the LTi Printing 200 last weekend at Michigan International Speedway.
The Michigan race win is ruled as encumbered.
Bubba Wallace
The No. 99 MDM Motorsports Chevrolet failed post-race inspection and was handed an L1-level penalty.
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