https://www.espn.com/racing/raceresults?raceId=202303120023&series=sprintMaybe not. 100 points, 100 owner points, $100,000, crew chiefs banned four races, illegal roof modification.
Next weekend, it'll be the #5 or 48.
Enjoy Nascar's HENDRICK CUP series!!
https://www.espn.com/racing/raceresults?raceId=202303120023&series=sprint
Next weekend, it'll be the #5 or 48.
Enjoy Nascar's HENDRICK CUP series!!
On 3/14/23 15:25, Chris K-Man (Zickcermacity) wrote:
https://www.espn.com/racing/raceresults?raceId=202303120023&series=sprint
Next weekend, it'll be the #5 or 48.
Enjoy Nascar's HENDRICK CUP series!!for another point of view: https://racer.com/2023/03/17/knaus-explains-hendrick-position-on-hood-louver-dispute/
Knaus explains Hendrick position on hood louver dispute Rusty Jarrett/Motorsport Images
By Kelly Crandall | March 17, 2023 5:44 PM ET
Chad Knaus was adamant Friday at Atlanta Motor Speedway that teams are
not being given single-sourced supplied parts with correct
specifications and Hendrick Motorsports only made the modifications to
the hood louvers that resulted in penalties for the team in order to
make them fit.
rCLWe made sure our parts fit the hood, and the hood closed and did all
the stuff that it needed to do,rCY said Knaus, Hendrick MotorsportsrCO vice president of competition (pictured at left, above, with team owner Rick Hendrick).
NASCAR confiscated the hood louvers from all four cars the Friday of
Phoenix weekend. Although issues were found beforehand, all four teams
were allowed to participate in practice before the louvers were taken.
The teams were penalized earlier this week. In addition to $100,000
fines to all four crew chiefs and suspensions, the Nos. 5, 24, and 48
teams were docked 100 driver points, and all four teams were docked 100 owner points. There was also the loss of 10 playoff points.
rCLWhen we started to get parts at the beginning of the 2023 season, we didnrCOt have the parts we thought we were going to have,rCY Knaus said. rCLThrough a tremendous amount of back and forth with NASCAR and the OEM
and the teams, thererCOs been conversations about whether we can clean up the parts, not clean up the parts and itrCOs changed, quite honestly,
every couple of weeks. So, itrCOs been challenging for us to navigate, and werCOre going to have to see what happens when we get through the appeal.rCY
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Hendrick Motorsports did not request a deferral of the suspensions, and
all four crew chiefs are not at the track this weekend. Without an
appeal date, no decision has been made on whether the organization will continue to have Cliff Daniels, Alan Gustafson, Rudy Fugle, and Blake
Harris serve those suspensions going forward.
In a statement issued after the penalty, Hendrick Motorsports said the louvers were taken four hours after the inspection without prior communication.
rCLItrCOs really confusing,rCY said Knaus. rCLWe knew that there was some attention to the area when we first went through technical inspection,
and thatrCOs whatrCOs really disappointing to me, quite honestly. We had plenty of time to get those parts off the part if we felt like there was something wrong. I can assure you if we knew there was going to be a four-hour lag and we thought there was something wrong, they would have
been in a trash can being burned with fuel somewhere where nobody would
ever see them. We had no idea werCOd been sitting in this position. So,
once again, really disappointing we are in the position werCOre in right now.rCY
NASCAR expects cars to be legal when they show up at the racetrack.
However, Knaus said for a voluntary inspection, he doesnrCOt understand
the severity of a penalty seen post-race, such as with RFK Racing and
Front Row Motorsports last year.
rCLAgain, from my perspective, I think itrCOs different,rCY Knaus said. rCLA voluntary inspection, I donrCOt understand why yourCOd be hung and quartered for a voluntary inspection that typically yourCOd be told, rCyHey, you need to go work on that,rCO or, rCyHey, we need to discuss whatrCOs going on here.rCOrCY
Elton Sawyer, NASCAR senior vice president of competition, said
officials work with the teams to ensure parts and pieces fit correctly. However, Sawyer said the louvers from Hendrick Motorsports were modified beyond that level.
Even with all the back and forth, the Hendrick Motorsports statement
said there had been inconsistent and unclear communication from NASCAR.
rCLWe submitted a part through the OEM to NASCAR and NASCAR chose a single-source provider for those components,rCY Knaus said. rCLThe components havenrCOt been coming the way we expected them to be for a
couple of the OEMs, as far as I know, in the garage, and definitely all
of the Chevrolet teams.
rCLWe started to have a dialogue with them in early February about those problems. So, it was us through our aerodynamic departments, through our OEM, back through NASCAR, back to us and back through our OEMs. So,
there is a significant amount of communication thatrCOs been had and itrCOs definitely confusing. The timelines are curious, but theyrCOre there.rCY
Asked if he thought the parts were faulty or if they modified the parts
to be acceptable by NASCARrCOs standards, Knaus said, rCLI can tell you this, werCOve got a brand-new set of these parts that we can go pull off
the shelf right now that NASCAR deemed illegal and inappropriate to race.rCY
Knaus denied Hendrick Motorsports learned something from the Garage 56 program to apply to its Cup Series cars. With a different engine and
cooling package, Knaus said nothing translates.
Alex Bowman dropped from the point lead to 23rd in the standings with negative playoff 10 playoff points. William Byron dropped to 29th and
has three playoff points, losing the 10 from his Las Vegas and Phoenix Raceway wins. Kyle Larson is 32nd in the standings with negative nine playoff points.
Knaus said every part of the penalty is harsh.
rCLI think itrCOs a terrible situation not only for us but the industry, to be quite honest with you. I think thatrCOs what I dislike the most. ItrCOs ugly. We shouldnrCOt be in this situation and itrCOs really unfortunate we are because it doesnrCOt help anybody.
rCLWe as a company and we in the garage, every one of these teams here are being held accountable to put their car out there to go through
inspection and perform at the level they need to. The teams are being
held accountable for doing that. Nobody is holding the single-source suppliers accountable at the level they need to be to give us the parts
that we need. Now that goes through NASCARrCOs distribution center and NASCARrCOs approval process to get those parts, and werCOre not getting the right parts.rCY
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Kelly CrandallKelly Crandall_________
Kelly has been on the NASCAR beat full-time since 2013, and joined RACER
as chief NASCAR writer in 2017. Her work has also appeared in
NASCAR.com, the NASCAR Illustrated magazine, and NBC Sports. A corporate communications graduate from Central Penn College, Crandall is a
two-time George Cunningham Writer of the Year recipient from the
National Motorsports Press Association.
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Wow...Call me Wednesday or Thursday before I believe that.
What a difference a week - and a few penalties - make!
And what a race today at Atlanta. Mr. Connecticut, Joe Logano, and
everyone else in the top ten, finished where they did through HARD
WORK and honest, clean competition!
Call me Wednesday or Thursday before I believe that.____________
Mike
On Monday, March 20, 2023 at 10:57:47rC>PM UTC-4, Michael Falkner wrote:I'll always be skeptical, because, if it's that bad, you'd have thought by now that NASCAR would've broken Hendrick up.
Call me Wednesday or Thursday before I believe that.
Mike____________
Still skeptical Mike - after all that fire and brimstone was handed down against HMS?
I'll always be skeptical, because, if it's that bad, you'd have thought by now___________________
that NASCAR would've broken Hendrick up.
Mike
And the pattern continues...__________________
All points penalties reversed on appeal.
Mike
And the pattern continues..._________
All points penalties reversed on appeal.
Mike
And the pattern continues...____________________
All points penalties reversed on appeal.
Mike
I guess you're right, and those penalties against the HMS teams earlier in March wereWe'll see if the second set last week is the same.
just for show!
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