NASCAR issued a series of penalties on Tuesday – including a crew chief suspension – but Cup driver Joey Logano avoided a major one.
Logano, who drives the No. 22 Ford for Team Penske, was fined $10,000 for utilizing racing gloves that were not SFI certified.
declined to assess any points penalty to the driver or his team. During pre-race inspection Sunday at Atlanta Motor Speedway, Logano was discovered to have gloves that had been altered, potentially for a competitive advantage. Black webbing had been added between the left glove’s thumb and index finger and Logano could be seen placing his left hand against the window netting during his qualifying lap on Saturday.
inspectors confiscated the deflectors during opening-day inspection on Friday. Both teams and drivers were stripped of 35 points. The penalty leaves Gragson with -6 points after the first two races of the season and Preece with zero. A spokesman for SHR said the organization had no comment and had not decided whether to appeal. Ryan Preece, Stewart Haas Racing, HaasTooling.
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