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The only thing that could have marred Austin Dillon's breakthrough NASCAR Nationwide Series win at Kentucky was a penalty.
And, on Monday, NASCAR officials issued a six-point penalty against Dillon and his car owner after his race-winning Chevrolet failed the post-race inspection for being too low in the rear.
While Richard Childress, grandfather of Dillon, and entrant of the car said it was due to a broken bolt; Dillon said, on a radio broadcast, it was a broken clamp.
The penalty drops Dillon back down to second place behind teammate, Elliott Sadler, by four points in the series standings.
As a result crew chief Danny Stockman Jr. has been fined $10,000 in addition, Stockman and car chief Robert Strmiska continue to remain on NASCAR probation until Dec. 31.
Ironically Sadler had the same penalty for a similar infraction, in May in Iowa, but the Richard Childress Racing team thought that they had fixed the problem.
As Dillon explained, on the radio program on Monday before the penalty was announced, “everything passed tech,” at NASCAR's research center in Concord, NC.
"It was just too low in the back. It stinks because it happened to Elliott in Iowa. It's been fixed and it won't happen again.”
And, on Monday, NASCAR officials issued a six-point penalty against Dillon and his car owner after his race-winning Chevrolet failed the post-race inspection for being too low in the rear.
While Richard Childress, grandfather of Dillon, and entrant of the car said it was due to a broken bolt; Dillon said, on a radio broadcast, it was a broken clamp.
The penalty drops Dillon back down to second place behind teammate, Elliott Sadler, by four points in the series standings.
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| Austin Dillon. (Photo: NASCAR) |
As a result crew chief Danny Stockman Jr. has been fined $10,000 in addition, Stockman and car chief Robert Strmiska continue to remain on NASCAR probation until Dec. 31.
Ironically Sadler had the same penalty for a similar infraction, in May in Iowa, but the Richard Childress Racing team thought that they had fixed the problem.
As Dillon explained, on the radio program on Monday before the penalty was announced, “everything passed tech,” at NASCAR's research center in Concord, NC.
"It was just too low in the back. It stinks because it happened to Elliott in Iowa. It's been fixed and it won't happen again.”