TC Daily Pit Stop: Austin Dillon Loses Appeal; Kligerman Handed L1 Penalty; Alfredo Looking for Playoff Berth at Daytona
TC Daily Pit Stop: Thursday, August 22, 2024
Austin Dillon, Richard Childress Racing Lose Appeal; Plan to Make Final Appeal
Austin Dillon and Richard Childress Racing have lost their appeal to the National Motorsports Appeals Panel (NMAP), the panel announced on Wednesday. Dillon was fighting a penalty issues post-Richmond, for his last-lap actions, where he wrecked both Joey Logano and Denny Hamlin.
While the panel did not make any changes to the loss of playoff eligibility or points penalty, they did make a change to the penalty for spotter Brandon Benesch, whose three-race suspension was reduced to one. He will return at Daytona.
Richard Childress Racing plans to make a final appeal, which will be heard on Monday.
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Parker Kligerman, Big Machine Racing Hit With L1-Level Penalty Post-Michigan
Parker Kligerman and Big Machine Racing have been assessed an L1-level penalty following last weekend’s Xfinity Series event at Michigan International Speedway, for what NASCAR is calling a violation with the rear spoiler.
Kligerman and the No. 48 team were docked 20 driver/owner points, 5 Playoff Points, and crew chief Patrick Donahue was fined $25,000.
According to the report, in pre-race inspection, Kligerman’s team violated section 14.4.10.A of the NASCAR Xfinity Series Rule Book, which pertains to the spoiler on his No. 48 Chevrolet Camaro. According to the rule book, L1-level penalties can have penalties ranging from 20-75 points, and 1-10 Playoff Points, and can also result in a 1-3 race suspension for a team member, and a $25,000-100,000 fine.
No other penalties were included on NASCAR’s Penalty Report.
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Anthony Alfredo, Our Motorsports Could Parlay Good Season into Playoff Berth at Daytona
Anthony Alfredo and the No. 5 Our Motorsports team have been sneaky good throughout the 2024 NASCAR Xfinity Series season. So good, in fact, the driver and his single-car team have flirted with being inside the Playoff cutline for sustained portions of the season.
While Alfredo’s points ranking has dropped to 15th, 115 points below the cutline due in large part to finishes of 30th-or-worse at Portland International Raceway, Sonoma Raceway, the Chicago Street Course, and Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
Now, Alfredo will head to Daytona, a track kind to him in the past, looking for a shot at making the NASCAR Xfinity Series Playoffs with a walk-off victory.