Penalty costs Kevin Harvick guaranteed NASCAR title shootout spot

Autosport ^ | November 7, 2018, 10:48 AM EST | Tom Errington

[mabarker1]

WOW !!! This puts a whole new Crossthreaded Lugnut into the fan blades.

[mabarker1]

On Wednesday NASCAR announced that Harvick and his #4 SHR team have been hit with a penalty of 40 driver and owner points for a spoiler infraction.

Harvick’s Texas win was ruled as ‘encumbered’, which means it cannot count towards a place in the championship’s ‘final four’.

A NASCAR statement said: “The team violated Section 20.4.12 of the NASCAR Rule Book that is specific to spoilers.

“Spoilers must be used exactly as supplied from the manufacturer and not altered.

“The infraction was discovered in post-race tear down at the NASCAR Research & Development Centre.”

Harvick’s crew chief Rodney Childers and car chief Robert Smith have also been suspended for the next two races at Phoenix and Homestead, adding a further blow to his championship hopes, with Childers also fined.

The points deduction drops Harvick to fourth in the playoff standings, which means he can still qualify for the title decider by holding that position or by winning at this weekend’s Phoenix race.

[NormsRevenge]

Talk about a ‘spoiler’. :-|

[V_TWIN]

Reminds me of something I heard once:

“In NASCAR if you cheat the rule book in 10 areas and NASCAR Tech inspection only catches 7.........your 3 to the good”

_Junior Johnson

[rstrahan]

Haas Racing says they made changes that made the car faster but violated the rules. That explains why the 4 was so much faster.

[mabarker1]

Penalty PING !!!

[mabarker1]

Bbbbaaaaaaa(d)

[mabarker1]

I guess that would apply to runnin’ Shine. Get caught 7 out of 10 and You made 30% Profit.

[McGruff]

Wow! Huge controversy.

[mabarker1]

Well NUTSCAR has once again used the Eword (Encumbered) + <40points>Driver , <40points>Owner, and can’t use the Texas Bonus Points. Lost Crew and Car Chief for next 2 Races(till next Season). Texas not allowed for use as a Tie Breaker if needed. OUCH - several butts are hurting.

[umgud]

If intentional, they got to ask if it was worth it.

[mabarker1]

So true, I would like to know the truth.

And on another subject:

Martin Truex Jr., Cole Pearn move to Joe Gibbs Racing for 2019

Martin Truex Jr. and crew chief Cole Pearn will join Joe Gibbs Racing and compete in the No. 19 Toyota in 2019, the team announced Wednesday.

Read a whole bunch more by clicky the Linky

[Lockbox]

“I’m shocked, shocked to find that cheating is going on in Nascar!”

[mabarker1]

It’s only cheating if Ya get caught 😳🙈🙉🙊

[TheBattman]

Yet another reminder of why NASCAR is meaningless to me - WAY too much regulation and too many rules.

[Lockbox]

The old ‘rule interpretation’ defense......

[mabarker1]

NUTSCAR has screwed the pooch for sure. But brainless france got busted for being opioid stupid so that’s a plus.

[mabarker1]

Is that better than the “I can’t read” excuses?

[tubebender]

It’s good to see Y’all are still racing your wheelchairs...

[Lockbox]

Sorry, the ‘rule interpretation’ defense is for sport car and open wheel racers. The “I can’t read” excuse is reserved for the roundy round racers.........