The Hendrick Motorsports cars of Alex Bowman and William Byron received their second penalties of the season on Thursday.
NASCAR announced that both Bowman and Byron’s cars had illegal modifications to the area where the windows and windshield are on the cars after an inspection following Sunday’s race at Richmond. The two drivers have been penalized 60 points and five playoff points.
NASCAR’s penalty reports do not detail the specific allegations against teams and instead simply cite the section of the rule book that’s allegedly been violated. In this instance, NASCAR cited a violation of rule 14.5.6.B in its penalty report and the 14.5.6 rule references the assembly of the windshield and windows of the car. The 14.5.6.2.
The penalties drop Bowman to seventh in the points standings and make Ross Chastain the points leader while Byron drops to 14th.Hendrick Motorsports said after the penalties were announced that it would make a decision to appeal after the upcoming race at Bristol Motor Speedway.
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