Narrow tolerances regarding NASCAR inspection have resulted in the ejection of the Joe Gibbs Racing crew member
Erik Jones failed pre-qualifying inspection two times on Friday at Texas Motor Speedway. Per the new rules, a crew member is ejected on a second failed attempt.
Each NASCAR team travels with a 12 person road crew.
Read MoreNASCAR inspection failure at Martinsville Speedway
This weekend at Martinsville Speedway is an impound race. That means post-qualifying inspection took place this morning instead of yesterday.
Teams were not allowed to touch the cars overnight.
With just two days on on-track action, there is a reduced number of inspections.
Read MoreDecreased tolerances regarding NASCAR inspection have resulted in a member of the Team Penske road crew being sent home
Brad Keselowski failed pre-qualifying inspection twice at ISM Raceway on Friday afternoon.
Brandon “Shaggy” Pope and engineer for the team has been ejected as a penalty for the second failure.
Read MoreThree teams fined following Atlanta Motor Speedway
Three lugnut penalties were issued following the triple-header weekend at Atlanta Motor Speedway.
Two fines were issued in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series division. A lugnut was found loose on the #43 of Bubba Wallace and the #95 machine of Matt DiBenedetto.
Read MoreOther penalties pending following the NASCAR race at Atlanta Motor Speedway
Race winner Brad Keselowski has passed post-race NASCAR inspection following the win at Atlanta Motor Speedway.
Keselowski was under the weather. Despite that, he still drove to the bumper of his teammate and took the lead in the closing stage of the race.
Read MoreCrew members ejected ahead of Atlanta Motor Speedway qualifying for the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series
Matt Tifft and BJ McLeod each failed inspection two times ahead of qualifying at Atlanta Motor Speedway.
NASCAR has stricter tolerance in regards to qualifying in 2019. Two inspection failures net a car chief ejection.
Read MoreHarvick was the most-fined NASCAR team in 2018; He’s happy to see the new inspection process and automatic disqualifications
As the cars head to Daytona, a new set of procedures have been announced. NASCAR will be inspecting the race cars at the race track in 2019.
For the first time,
Read MoreNew NASCAR Gen 7 car announced; Failing post race inspection now results in disqualification
NASCAR today announced several initiatives and procedural updates for the 2019 season, which officially opens this weekend at Daytona International Speedway with an action-pack Sunday double-header — Daytona 500 Busch Pole Award Qualifying (12:10 p.m. ET on FOX,
Read MoreNASCAR penalty report for Homestead-Miami Speedway
Over the weekend, the 2018 NASCAR season came to a close. The Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, NASCAR Xfinity Series and NASCAR Truck Series all hosted their championship race. Homestead-Miami Speedway hosted the events in Homestead, Florida.
View the full 2018 Homestead penalty report below.
Read MoreNASCAR teams and the sanction have a never ending cat and mouse game going on in terms of the gray area within the rule book
NASCAR is trying their best to enforce the rule book. Said rule book is thicker than ever. All those additional pages are an effort to reduce the gray area as seen by the million dollar race teams.
Read MoreAdam Stevens: “There’s just so many rules. If anybody would ever see the rule book, it would take you a week to read it.”
NASCAR race cars are closer than they’ve ever been. As far as the sanctioning body, NASCAR is doing exactly what they’re suppose to do.
They’ve taken on the task of keeping 100-million dollar a year race teams in check.
Read MoreYou ask, ‘Why don’t they disqualify cars after they fail inspection?’ Well, for 2019 NASCAR might start doing just that…
NASCAR issues a spec spoiler and a spec rear deck lid to NASCAR teams. Harvick’s rear deck lid did not meet the specs set out by the rule book.
The team either modified the spec pieces.
Read MoreKevin Harvick on the L1 penalty last week: “I don’t build the cars.”
Making a statement, Harvick is lining up for a comeback
Kevin Harvick was locked into the NASCAR Playoffs last week after taking the win at Texas. Following NASCAR inspection, that will was taken away. The #4 car was fitted with a rear spoiler that wasn’t in compliance with the NASCAR rule book.
Read MoreNASCAR’s Scott Miller says the teams are getting into ‘borderline ridiculous territory’ in terms of cheating inspection
Typically, NASCAR issues L1 penalties; We almost saw an L2 for Kevin Harvick after Texas Motor Speedway
Kevin Harvick’s rear spoiler was skewed by 200-300 thousandths of an inch (0.2-0.3″). It was pushed to the right which allowed more air to reach the spoiler at corner entry when the car yawed out.
Read MoreTony Stewart: “It’s ridiculous to me. It’s the only series in the world where you get to go through tech three times.”
Jimmie Johnson failed pre-race tech twice before the race on Sunday at Texas Motor Speedway; NASCAR incorrectly noted three failures in their system which forced Johnson to start at the tail of the field on Sunday,
Read MoreNASCAR EVP: “First you talk to the team and apologize to the #48 for what happened. It’s unacceptable on our part.”
Jimmie Johnson was incorrectly penalized and sent to the back of the field for the start of the race on Sunday at Texas Motor Speedway
The #24 of William Byron failed pre-race inspection three times.
Read MoreThe level NASCAR inspection changes slightly when it comes time for the NASCAR Playoffs
NASCAR has gone to extreme measures with the goal of a level playing field. They have a new inspection tent. Out with the lasers, the body templates and in with the optical scanners.
The inspection tent,
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