HARVICK’S ‘4’ TEAM AMONG FIVE PENALIZED BY NASCAR

Harvick’s ‘4’ Team Among Five Penalized By NASCAR

Five NASCAR teams, including Kevin Harvick’s Number-4 Stewart-Haas Racing entry, received penalties on Wednesday for rule violations coming out of last weekend’s events at Dover International Speedway.

Harvick’s team has now received written warnings on two consecutive weekends. In Charlotte, it had to go through pre-race inspection more than three times and in Dover, the car’s exhaust pipe did not conform to specifications. As a result, Harvick will receive the last choice of a pit stall for this weekend’s race at Pocono.

After wrecking in their respective races at Dover, Camping World Truck Series competitor Jennifer Jo Cobb and Roush Fenway Racing Sprint Cup driver Trevor Bayne were penalized for walking onto the track before being attended to by the safety crew. Cobb was fined five thousand dollars and Bayne twenty thousand dollars. They’re both on probation through December 31st.

In the X-FINITY Series, Austin Dillon’s Number-33 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet was found to be too low during post-race inspection. Crew chief Nick Harrison was fined seventy-five hundred dollars and placed on probation through December 31st. Childress was docked ten championship owner points. Dillon finished fourth in the Buckle Up 200.

Also in the X-FINITY Series, an improperly attached weight fell out of Peyton Sellers’ Number-97 Obaika Racing Chevrolet during practice last Friday at Dover. Crew chief John Monsam has been fined fifteen thousand dollars. Both he and car chief David Jones drew a one-race suspension and are on probation through December 31st. Sellers, who finished twenty-fifth in the race, was docked fifteen championship points … as was car owner Victor Obaika.

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