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On Thursday morning (03/24/2022), NASCAR officially announced a major penalty for the Roush Fenway Keselowski Racing No. 6 team following an infraction found during the post-race inspection from Atlanta Motor Speedway.
Prior to Sunday’s race at Atlanta Motor Speedway, Brad Keselowski’s No. 6 car was sent to the rear of the field for unapproved adjustments. The violations announced Thursday morning were discovered during teardown inspection at the NASCAR R&D Center following the race weekend.
NASCAR officials issued a L2-level penalty to the No. 6 Roush Fenway Keselowski Racing team, penalizing the team 100 driver points and 100 owner points to significantly impact its path to the postseason.
The penalty came under Sections 14.1 and 14.5 in the NASCAR Rule Book, both of which pertain to the modification of a single source supplied part.
In addition to the points penalties, crew chief Matt McCall was fined $100,000 and suspended from the next four NASCAR Cup Series points races. Should the No. 6 team of Brad Keselowski qualify for the NASCAR Cup Series playoffs, it will be penalized with the loss of 10 NASCAR playoff points.
Penalty options for a L2 infraction include:
• Points deductions: 75-120 points
• Playoff points deductions: 10-25 points
• Suspension of one or two crewmembers for 4-6 races
• Fines: $100,000-$250,000
“To make sure that all of those things stay above board, there’s going to have to be a culture shift from the way that the teams and NASCAR, for that matter, have done business,” NASCAR Senior Vice President of Competition Scott Miller said in January when announcing the new penalty structure. “So this deterrence model has more meat in it, more meaningful penalties, but I think we all thought that it was time for this with the introduction of the new car.”
It definitely is a huge setback for the organization, as Keselowski had sat 16th in the regular season points standing before NASCAR subtracted from their total drivers points and owner's points. Luckly, they still have 21-races left in the regular season to clinch a place in the NASCAR Cup Series playoff field.
NEWS: NASCAR issues deduction of 100 owner points, 100 driver points and 10 NASCAR Playoff Points to the No. 6 Roush Fenway Keselowski Racing team for modifying a single source supplied part.
— NASCAR (@NASCAR) March 24, 2022
Crew chief Matt McCall has been fined $100,000 and suspended for the next four races. pic.twitter.com/6m9PR38R6J
Update (03/25/2022):
RFK Racing announced on Friday (03/25/2022), that they will appeal the penalty that NASCAR issued to the organizations No. 6 team on Thursday (03/24/2022).
RFK Racing Statement: pic.twitter.com/JHkoLsw4jQ
— RFK Racing (@RFKracing) March 25, 2022
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