The Furniture Row Racing No. 78 team in the NASCAR Sprint Cup series was hit with a P2 penalty Wednesday. The car, with driver Martin Truex Jr. finished third Saturday night. The Toyota failed post race inspection laser inspection (LIS).
Crew chief Cole Pearn was fined $15,000, and the team was assessed a loss of 10 championship owner and 10 championship driver points. The same car along with the No. 18 of Kyle Busch, the No. 16 of Greg Biffle, and the No. 22 of Joey Logano were given written warnings for twice failing LIS pre-qualifying.
The points however were deducted before the reset for the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup. Truex remains seeded sixth in the 16-driver Chase field with 2006 points based on his two regular season race wins.
Also in the penalty report issued Wednesday, the No. 7 car of Regan Smith was given a written warning and a loss of 15 minutes of practice time for failing LIS three times prior to qualifying.
Greg is the author of "The Nuts and Bolts of NASCAR: The Definitive Viewers' Guide to Big-Time Stock Car Auto Racing" and has been published in major publications across the country including the Los Angeles Times, the Cleveland Plain Dealer and the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. He was also a contributor to Chicken Soup for the NASCAR Soul, published in 2010, and the Christmas edition in 2016. He wrote as the NASCAR, Formula 1, Auto Reviews and National Veterans Affairs Examiner for Examiner.com and has appeared on Fox News. He holds a BS degree in communications, a Masters degree in psychology and is currently a PhD candidate majoring in psychology. He is currently the weekend Motorsports Editor for Autoweek.
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