Chase Elliott and the No. 9 NAPA team have been penalized following last Sunday's TicketGuardian 500(k) at ISM Raceway. NASCAR announced on Wednesday (March 14) that the team was found to violate Section 20.14.2 of the NASCAR Rule Book, which deals with rear suspension and trailing arm angles/pinion angle shims.Per the penalty report: Truck trailing arm spacer/pinion angle shim surfaces must be in complete contact at all points, at all times. Failure to adhere to that can create additional side force and is a violation.
As a result, 25 driver and owner points were deducted while Crew Chief Alan Gustafson was fined $50,000. Car chief Josh Kirk has also been suspended for the next two points-paying races (Auto Club and Martinsville).
Also, five teams in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series (No. 11, 12, 17, 22, and 78) all were found to have one lug nut unsecure following Sunday's TicketGuardian 500. As a result, Mike Wheeler, Jeremy Bullins, Brian Pattie, Todd Gordon and Cole Pearn were all fined $10,000.
In the NASCAR XFINITY Series the No. 22 and 18 were found to have one lug nut unsecure following Saturday's DC Solar 200. As a result, Brian Wilson and Eric Phillips were each handed a $5,000 fine.
In addition, Brandon J. Lee and Wayne F. Kanter committed behavioral penalties and have been indefinitely suspended.
Photo Credit - Brandon Wright/Brandon Wright Photography
Article by - Christian Koelle
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