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Matt Kenseth's Winning Car Failed NASCAR's Post-Race Tech
Matt Kenseth's Winning Car Failed NASCAR's Post-Race Tech-October 2024
2024-02-19 EST 22:11:30

NASCAR Sprint Cup racer Matt Kenseth may have gotten to his daughters to —a huge live lobster presented to winners at New Hampshire Motor Speedway—but he has more to worry about than “will I get pinched?” Kenseth’s car failed NASCAR’s post-race technical inspection.

Kenseth’s No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota failed in the laser inspection station (LIS) that NASCAR uses to make sure all of the cars comply with series rules, per . Often an LIS failure means that body of the car has been tweaked for more side force, and thus, better turn-in on a short oval like New Hampshire, explains. That would give the car an unfair advantage over the others.

No penalties have been assessed at this time. To make sure they caught something, the car will return to NASCAR’s Research and Development Center in Charlotte, N.C., for a full tear-down and more thorough inspection.

NASCAR executive vice president and chief racing development officer Steve O’Donnell explained on SiriusXM NASCAR Radio how they want to make sure there was actually a violation (as opposed to, say, something broken) before handing out a penalty:

A failure at track doesn’t necessarily mean a failure once we get it back to the R&D Center.

What we’re going to do, and the reason we bring it back to the R&D Center, is to look at what, if any, damage occurred to that car. What, if any, parts were broken? We’ve got the best engineers in the world, so were they manufactured to possibly break? We’ve got to go through all those things. If, after that, we determine if it’s still a violation, we would issue a penalty

One upside if you’re bored at work on Tuesday is that NASCAR broadcasts their post-race inspections for all to see. You can watch that instead of getting anything productive done tomorrow, starting at 8:00 a.m. ET.

If they find that the car was out of compliance, then a penalty will be issued. This isn’t the first time a Joe Gibbs Racing car has failed the LIS, notes . However, Kenseth’s No. 20 car has only been failed for this in practice and qualifying. Prior cars this season who failed post-race LIS were issued P3-level penalties, which is about halfway up NASCAR’s P1 through P6-level penalty scale. Those teams were penalized 15 driver and owner championship points and the crew chief was given a $25,000 fine.

In the meantime, I’m probably going to have vivid, terrifying nightmares about giant lobsters seeking revenge for all of their delicious brethren I’ve eaten over the years. Thanks, New Hampshire. Thanks a lot.

: Kenseth’s No. 20 car was given the standard penalty for an LIS failure after the failure was confirmed at NASCAR’s R&D center, per :

#20-Matt Kenseth was given a P3 penalty for violations of Sections 12.1; 20.17.3.1.2 [Failed the post-race Laser Inspection Station (LIS) measurements]. Crew chief (Jason Ratcliff) has been fined $25,000; team has been assessed with the loss of 15 championship owner and 15 championship driver points.

Kenseth keeps his race win.

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