Interesting news article about Stewart-Haas Racing getting a severe penalty

[Scream And Fly]

Article link: NASCAR hits Stewart-Haas Racing with ‘severe penalty’ over counterfeit part: ‘We don’t take these lightly’ | Fox News

Stewart-Haas Racing was hit with NASCAR’s most significant penalty on Wednesday after finding that Chase Briscoe was driving a car with a counterfeit part in Monday’s Coca-Cola 600.

The racing team will face severe punishment over the level-L3 violation, including being docked 120 points in both owner and driver standings and a $250,000 fine, according to NASCAR.com.

Chase Briscoe, driver of the #14 Mahindra Tractors Ford, walks onstage during driver intros prior to the NASCAR Cup Series Würth 400 at Dover International Speedway on May 1, 2023 in Dover, Delaware. (James Gilbert/Getty Images)

"In the post-race inspection here at the R&D Center we found the No. 14 car to have an engine panel NACA duct not to compliance within the rulebook. It’s a counterfeit part and that is an L3 penalty that was have assessed to the team," NASCAR Senior Vice President of Competition Elton Sawyer told the website.

"This is a severe penalty. We don’t take these lightly. We did a lot of investigation, a lot of work, scanning the parts to make sure what we thought was correct and after all that work that was done behind the scenes, again, it rose to a level to be an L3 penalty."

In addition to being docked regular season points and the fine, the racing team was also docked 25 playoff points and suspended crew chief John Klausmeier for six races, FOX Sports’ Bob Pockrass reported.

[XstreamVking]

They are going crazy with the rules and the penalties. Follows along with the loss of the spirit of the race.

[Li'l Toy]

Help someone ignorant of most of NASCAR. Is the part different and better performing, or is it just a penalty to protect the brand?

[David - WI]

Help someone ignorant of most of NASCAR. Is the part different and better performing, or is it just a penalty to protect the brand?

I would guess the duct either flows more or creates less drag than the duct that NASCAR settled on. If you're gonna race cookie-cutter cars, they gotta all be the same. Noosecar is pretty sad these days.

[dgscroggs]

My brother works in the shop there he’s always told me if you ain’t cheatin , u ain’t eatin it’s racing …..

[powerabout]

Mahindra tractors. they are like 1940's Massey Fergusons...
Have you seen a farm in India lately?

[CDave]

Damn they are serious about everyone running the same parts. A simple NACA duct. Wow

[CDave]

Help someone ignorant of most of NASCAR. Is the part different and better performing, or is it just a penalty to protect the brand?

With the new car they introduced last year they have VERY strict rules in place now.
You have approved suppliers you can get parts from and everyone has to get parts from those suppliers and no one else.
The teams were told that NASCAR would not tolerate teams running unsanctioned parts.
I guess they were serious about it.
The new cars are very similar to the Australian Super Car cars. https://www.thedrive.com/accelerator...an-v8-supercar

New car for Cup series--->https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a3...ext-gen-racer/

Thread about the new car--->https://www.screamandfly.com/showthr...-and-a-6-speed