In the interest of fairness and in response to the controversial TeamHendrick ruling, NASCAR requested that Final Appeals Officer Bill Mullis rescind all points penalties against KauligRacing. Full story:
All points penalties against Hendrick were rescinded on appeal, but a different three-person panel mostly upheld the penalties against Kaulig. The original 100-point penalty was merely reduced to 75 points on April 5.
Team president Chris Rice spoke out against the decision and called the penalties 'devastating' to the small organization. Now, Final Appeals Officer Bill Mullis has rescinded the remaining 75-point penalty, as well as the loss of ten playoff points.In an interesting development, this decision came at the request of NASCAR who asked for the points penalties to be erased "in the interest of treating all competitors fairly." Obviously, this is in response to the HMS decision.
Full statement: “NASCAR believes that Kaulig Racing committed the violations documented in the penalty notice, that the penalties were appropriate and that thethree-person appeals panel ruled correctly when hearing the Kaulig appeal on April 5. However, in the interest of treating all competitors fairly, NASCAR today requested that the Final Appeals Officer remove the race and playoff points from the penalty.
Kaulig Racing team statement:"Kaulig Racing is pleased with the ruling of the Final Appeals Officer to amend the original L2 penalty issued by NASCAR following the confiscation of a louver at Phoenix Raceway. Regarding these unique circumstances, it means the world to us as an organization that the sanctioning body is working hard to ensure fairness and consistency across the board within our sport.
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