No. 48 crew chief: ‘We did our due diligence as extreme as we can’
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Crew chief Chad Knaus of the No. 48 Hendrick Motorsports team weighed in Monday on his team’s third-place finish as well as its three failed inspections before the Axalta ‘We Paint Winners’ 400 at Pocono Raceway.
After going through inspection a fourth time before being cleared to race, the team fought back from a blown tire and contact with Matt Kenseth‘s No. 20 before Jimmie Johnson brought home a podium finish.
“We did our due diligence as extreme as we can,” Knaus said on FOX Sports 1’s “NASCAR Race Hub” without specifying what the pre-race inspection holdup was. “We went through the first time and weren’t in compliance. Went through a second and failed again. It’s just about guys making the most out of every advantage that we can.”