Hendrick's comments defending the #48 Johnson car penalties leaves many questions for NASCAR to answer including how does this car pass all of 2011 and not now?
When I read on Friday that NASCAR announced that they had confiscated the two C-Posts from the #48 of Jimmie Johnson's car, I just figured that the crew chief Chad Knaus was just trying to get an advantage for Daytona like all crew chiefs are trying to do and that was it.
But when I read David Newton's article on ESPN that he talked to Rick Hendrick before last Saturday's Budweiser Shootout defending the #48 car and that he would be appealing any penalty that would be handed down the week after the Daytona 500. That lead me to wonder exactly what is going on and questioning NASCAR inspection process. Keep in mind, that according to Hendrick, that #48 car was raced in all four restrictor plate races in 2011 including its the car Jimmie Johnson won in last May at Talladega Superspeedway and that no one changed the C-Post.
I want to know what the real deal is with this car and as a fan it does make me question NASCAR and there inspection process.
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When I read on Friday that NASCAR announced that they had confiscated the two C-Posts from the #48 of Jimmie Johnson's car, I just figured that the crew chief Chad Knaus was just trying to get an advantage for Daytona like all crew chiefs are trying to do and that was it.
But when I read David Newton's article on ESPN that he talked to Rick Hendrick before last Saturday's Budweiser Shootout defending the #48 car and that he would be appealing any penalty that would be handed down the week after the Daytona 500. That lead me to wonder exactly what is going on and questioning NASCAR inspection process. Keep in mind, that according to Hendrick, that #48 car was raced in all four restrictor plate races in 2011 including its the car Jimmie Johnson won in last May at Talladega Superspeedway and that no one changed the C-Post.
I want to know what the real deal is with this car and as a fan it does make me question NASCAR and there inspection process.
