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Drivers Push The Limit With Post-Race Penalties

Last week after the race at Chicagoland both the 78 and 48 cars failed post-race inspection.

Before the Chase NASCAR had been penalizing teams and drivers for failing the post-race inspection, going as far as to dock points from a team in the standings. So naturally the 48 and 78 teams were a little worried, especially the 78 team who won the race this past Sunday.

It turns out that NASCAR won’t be penalizing either of the teams after all, and clarified what they plan to do for post-race infractions. Only P4-level post-race inspection infractions will draw a penalty and luckily for Truex and Johnson, the penalties for their teams were only P2-level.

What this decision does do to NASCAR though, is give teams a little more leverage when it comes to worrying about failing post-race inspection.

What’s to stop teams from trying to modify the body of a car and risking something that would normally cost them points? If they do fail post-race inspection, as long as it’s less than a P4-level, they won’t have to worry about losing points in the Chase.

With NASCAR establishing what will draw a penalty for post-race LIS inspection failures, expect Chase teams to try and take advantage of the change and other Chase teams fail this type of post-race inspection in the future.

Now whether or not some Chase teams push it too far is something we will have to wait to see.