Jimmie Johnson regains 25 points and gets to keep his crew chief and car chief at the track, the chief appellate officer of the National Stock Car Racing Appeal Panel ruled Tuesday.
Jimmie Johnson Responds To Overturned Penalty, Mike Helton Comments
For the first time since Tuesday’s surprising ruling by chief appellate officer John Middlebrook to rescind the bulk of the penalties levied against the No. 48 team, Jimmie Johnson spoke with the media and said the decision proves his car was legal at Daytona.
But as pleased as the five-time champ is, his happiness was tempered by Middlebrook’s choice to uphold both the fine and probation levied against crew chief Chad Knaus.
Read Article >NASCAR Penalties Overturned; Chad Knaus, Rick Hendrick React To Decision
Rick Hendrick closed his eyes while he spoke, the team owner appearing worn down and exhausted from a month of his organization being under suspicion of cheating.
Though tired, his posture was not one of defeat, but relief. Hendrick Motorsports gained a stunning reversal of its pre-Daytona 500 penalties on Tuesday afternoon, with chief appellate officer John Middlebrook granting the No. 48 team its wish to strike down punishments it felt were unjust.
Read Article >Hendrick Motorsports Penalties Overturned; Team Wins Appeal Of NASCAR Daytona Penalties
In a stunning decision few people saw coming, Hendrick Motorsports won its final appeal of NASCAR’s Daytona penalties against the No. 48 team on Tuesday.
No. 48 crew chief Chad Knaus and car chief Ron Malec had their six-week suspensions overturned by John Middlebrook, the chief appellate officer of the National Stock Car Racing Appeals Board.
Read Article >Jimmie Johnson Optimistic NASCAR Penalties Against No. 48 Team Will Be Overturned
Despite Tuesday’s appeals panel decision to uphold the initial NASCAR penalties levied against Hendrick Motorsports’ No. 48 team, driver Jimmie Johnson remains confident and optimistic his crew would be cleared of wrongdoing.
“I’m definitely disappointed in what happened last Tuesday,” Johnson said Friday at Bristol Motor Speedway. “I have hope that this next appeal will be heard and we will have a different outcome. There is no telling how it is all going to shake out.”
Read Article >Opinion: Chad Knaus Suspension Just An Occupational Hazard
Just like the NASCAR rulebook, there are no shades of grey when it comes to how fans view Hendrick Motorsports crew chief Chad Knaus.
Either you think Knaus is the best crew chief in the garage who simply is doing his job by pushing the envelope – and sometimes past what’s legal – or you think he is one of the biggest cheats in the history of NASCAR.
Read Article >Hendrick Motorsports Appeal Denied: Darrell Waltrip, Kyle Petty React
Here’s what FOX/SPEED analyst Darrell Waltrip and SPEED analyst Kyle Petty are saying about an appeals panel decision to uphold the NASCAR penalties on Hendrick Motorsports’ No. 48 team and its crew chief, Chad Knaus:
DARRELL WALTRIP:
Read Article >NASCAR: Hendrick Motorsports Penalty Appeal Denied By Commission
Hendrick Motorsports will appeal the No. 48 team’s Daytona penalty to its highest level after the National Stock Car Racing Appeals Panel decided to uphold NASCAR’s original ruling on Tuesday afternoon.
The appeals panel of John Capels, Leo Mehl and Dale Pinilis unanimously decided to reject Hendrick’s argument that NASCAR’s six-week suspension of 48 team crew chief Chad Knaus was unjust and kept all aspects of the penalty in place. That also includes a loss of 25 points for driver Jimmie Johnson, a six-week suspension of car chief Ron Malec and a $100,000 fine for Knaus.
Read Article >Transcript: Kyle Petty Rips NASCAR’s Appeal Process
Former NASCAR driver and current SPEED analyst Kyle Petty shredded the NASCAR penalty process during Sunday’s edition of NASCAR RaceDay.
Here’s the transcript of his comments, which come ahead of Tuesday’s Hendrick Motorsports appeal of the No. 48 team penalties:
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