NASCAR announced that Jimmie Johnson‘s car failed inspection after his runner-up finish and he was disqualified.
Jay Fabian, Cup Series managing director, said Johnson’s car failed post-race alignment.
“The failure was rear alignment,” Fabian said. “It’s the same thing we check on at least a handful of cars … after every event.”
The team decided Monday not to appeal the penalty.
Cliff Daniels@DanielsCliffDisappointed about our post-race OSS. We think something must’ve broken but won’t know until we get it back to the shop tomorrow and can diagnose. Tough news after a strong night. This team is getting stronger We are focused forward. We’ll be back Wednesday with another great car
Asked about consideration of a broken part, Fabian said: “The allowance is built in for parts that move. There is an allowance for that. If parts break, the number is the number. There is no real parameter outside of that. There have been parts in the past that have been designed to fail or break. Certainly not suggesting that is the case here, but that’s what’s gotten us to this hard line and this is the post-race number and there is a fair tolerance from pre-race numbers to post.”
Johnson is now listed as finishing 40th. He’ll also start there for Wednesday’s race at Charlotte Motor Speedway with the results from the Coca-Cola 600 setting the starting lineup for that race.
