Event of the Nascar Cup series on Sunday after Sunday At the World Wide Technology Raceway, Nascar issued a warning to trackhouse races After Ross Chastain and Shane Van Gisbergen were found driving through the grass on their charging towers.
Chastain and Van Gisbergen, who finished 24th and 25th at the second event of the Nascar Cup Series qualifiers, were seen after the race crossing inner grass at random moments throughout their recharge time.
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In the days following the Sunday event at the 1.25 mile racecourse, many within the industry theorized that this tactic was designed to gain an additional weight before going to the post-course inspection, thus passing the inspection of their cars.
Brad Moran, the director general of the Nascar Cup series, discussed the hot topic with Siriusxm Nascar Radio Channel 90 Tuesday morning, as part of the weekly registration with the management of Nascar.
“We will have some discussions with Trackhouse (Racing) in management, as well as their team leaders, and we will give all the teams about this week” ” said Moran. “We have rules that could put the teams in a real bad place when we see it. So, we will clearly do it, going forward, starting in Bristol, what it means.”
Without a single grass blade in sight at Bristol Motor Speedway, this will not be a widespread problem for the night race of Bass Pro Shops on Saturday, but beyond, the majority of racetracks with a kind of grass cover somewhere, it can be important for Nascar to link the law on this subject.
Although there were no ways involved, last October at Charlotte Motor Speedway, Alex Bowman failed the inspection after the race for not having encountered rear weights – which finally eliminated him from the Nascar qualifiers and paved the way to Joey Logano to go to the turn of the Champion ‘and finally win the championship.
Ross Chastain and Shane Van Gisbergen are currently sitting on the opposite sides of the Cup line, with Chastain 19 points above, and Van Gisbergen 15 points below to go to Bristol Motor Speedway.
