Irregularity found in pre-qualifying inspection of No. 17 car at Homestead
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NASCAR announced penalties on Tuesday to the No. 17 Roush Fenway Racing team of Ricky Stenhouse Jr. after rear-end suspension parts were confiscated by NASCAR before Coors Light Pole Qualifying on Friday at Homestead-Miami Speedway.
The infraction is a P3 level penalty, meaning it tends to fall between serious and intermediate in nature. The infraction violates section 12-1 (actions detrimental to stock car racing) and 20-12 (suspension: all front end and rear suspension mounts and mounting hardware must not allow movement or realignment of any suspension/drive line component beyond normal rotation or suspension/drive line travel).
In addition, crew chief Mike Kelley was fined $50,000 and placed on NASCAR probation for six months, starting Jan. 1, 2015 through June 30, 2015. Additionally, car chief Patrick Magee was also placed on NASCAR probation for the same six month period as Kelley.
Officials at the track said the parts were taken in a Friday inspection before qualifying for the season-ending Ford EcoBoost 400. Stenhouse started and finished 22nd in the 2014 finale.
Stenhouse’s sophomore campaign in the Sprint Cup Series saw him finish 27th in the point standings, with five top-10 finishes and a failure to qualify for the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Talladega Superspeedway.
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