NASCAR recently issued an L-2 level penalty to Hendrick Motorsports for illegally modifying their hood louvres. The penalty is the biggest yet, totaling a whopping $400,000 for the team, taking 100 less team and driver points and 10 less playoff points for him. However, their points penalty was later rescinded.
However, Hendrik Motorsport’s relief was rather short. NASCAR received William his Byron’s #24 and Alex Bowman’s #48 for post-race inspection after the Richmond race. They found that the team had once again violated NASCAR rules and imposed an L-1 level penalty. However, Bubba Wallace spotter Freddie Craft’s venture Couch Racer told NASCAR on Twitter that he would spare the winning car for post-race inspections and that it could put the team in debt. I asked you about something.
Couch Racer questions NASCAR’s selective approach
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Each week, NASCAR randomly selects two cars from the race for a thorough inspection at its R&D department in North Carolina. NASCAR once again tried to dig deep into Hendrick Motorsports, but it seems they missed the winning car.
Pointing out the discrepancy, Couch Racer tweeted:
Kyle Larson, who won the pole, did not come under NASCAR scrutiny, but the No. 24 and No. 48 drivers, who finished 24th and 8th respectively, did. NASCAR fined his chiefs of the crew $75,000 each, suspended him for the next two races, deducted 60 team and driver points, and made a playoff for him for modifying the greenhouses of both cars. I imposed 5 points of.
The weekly random checks didn’t seem so random after all, and as a NASCAR writer revealed, the team had a whopping $550,000 financial burden and could quickly fall into debt.
Is Hendrik Motorsport heading for bankruptcy?
The team’s current revenue model accounts for 60-80% of revenue from sponsorships, with the rest coming from NASCAR’s media deals. Being a very capital intensive sport, teams need huge amounts of money to keep their cars on track. NASCAR writer Austin Konenski sheds light on the same.
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The continued misery facing Hendrick Motorsports is over $500,000 in penalties and no earnings from the previous season combined. Repeated violations have proven to be very costly for the team, suggesting it will hamper debt.
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