{"id":173953,"date":"2025-09-27T22:14:13","date_gmt":"2025-09-27T22:14:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/173953\/"},"modified":"2025-09-27T22:14:13","modified_gmt":"2025-09-27T22:14:13","slug":"svg-and-mcdowell-penalized-crew-chiefs-ejected-by-nascar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/173953\/","title":{"rendered":"SVG and McDowell penalized, crew chiefs ejected by NASCAR"},"content":{"rendered":"

On their second attempt to pass NASCAR Cup inspection at Kanas Speedway, the No. 71 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet team was observed making unapproved adjustments to the splitter.<\/p>\n

After officials caught this,\u00a0NASCAR says “the struts were reinstalled, and the car was rerun over the OSS and failed due to the adjustment.”<\/p>\n

The No. 88 Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet of Shane van Gisbergen was found to have also made unapproved adjustments, resulting in several penalties.<\/p>\n

No. 71 crew chief Travis Peterson and No. 88 crew chief Stephen Doran have been ejected for the remainder of the weekend, but there is more.<\/p>\n

Both drivers will have to start from the rear of the field and perform a stop-and-go penalty at the start of the race. McDowell had qualified 21st and van Gisbergen 24th.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"Michael <\/p>\n

Michael McDowell, Spire Motorsports Chevrolet<\/p>\n

Photo by: Meg Oliphant \/ Getty Images<\/p>\n

McDowell entered this race 25th in the championship standings, while SVG was recently eliminated from the title fight and sits 15th in points.<\/p>\n

While all of 12 playoff drivers made it through without issue, there was another inspection failure involving the No. 51 Rick Ware Racing Ford of Cody Ware.<\/p>\n

The car failed twice before passing on the third attempt, so car chief Dave Jones has been ejected from the event and they have also lost their pit stall selection.\u00a0<\/p>\n

There were also three double failures in pre-race inspection for the NASCAR Xfinity Series on Friday.<\/a><\/p>\n

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