{"id":380745,"date":"2026-04-15T13:47:18","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T13:47:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/380745\/"},"modified":"2026-04-15T13:47:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T13:47:18","slug":"motorsport-australian-investigatory-tribunal-overturns-stunning-sydney-motorsport-park-race-penalties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/380745\/","title":{"rendered":"Motorsport Australian Investigatory Tribunal overturns stunning Sydney Motorsport Park race penalties"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A MOTORSPORT Australia Investigatory Tribunal has overturned a raft of one-lap penalties which were handed down at a recent NSW Motor Race Championship event at Sydney Motorsport Park for cars exceeding track limits.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.v8sleuth.com.au\/sydney-crackdown-sees-46-laps-worth-of-penalties-issued\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">At the time, a total of 27 individuals across nine categories were penalised for a combined 46 laps.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In earlier events, five seconds was the typical penalty for track limit breaches, applied after the appropriate bad sportsmanship warning flags had been displayed.<\/p>\n<p>At SMP on March 14\/15, no warning strikes were conveyed prior to laps being deleted from an offending car\u2019s total, with some drivers penalised multiple laps.<\/p>\n<p>Notably, the penalties resulted in the car not being classified in the final results due to not completing 75 percent of the total race distance.<\/p>\n<p>While amendments have been made to the opening race results, there was no remedy for the scrambled progressive grids throughout the event.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/superstore.v8sleuth.com.au\/products\/v8-sleuth-magazine-issue-3?utm_source=SRBuyButton&amp;utm_medium=website\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/v8sleuth-mag-issue3_1024x1024.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A statement from the NSW SuperSport\u2019s Championship read:<\/p>\n<p>In recent weeks, Motorsport Australia have held an Investigatory Tribunal into the imposition of one-lap penalties for exceeding track limits at the NSW Motor Racing Championship event at SMSP on March 14\/15.<\/p>\n<p>The Investigatory Tribunal ultimately found that the one-lap penalties should not have been imposed.<\/p>\n<p>As a result, the Investigatory Tribunal recommended that the Race 1 results \u2013 for every category \u2013 be amended based on the penalties that were noted in the original Race Standing Regulations.<\/p>\n<p>Sometime within the last 24 hours, the amended Race 1 results were published on Natsoft.<\/p>\n<p>NSW Supersports will recalculate the pointscores as soon as possible, and will communicate this to all competitors as soon as available.<\/p>\n<p>The Investigatory Tribunal acknowledged that the amended Race 1 results would affect the Race 2 and Race 3 results, but made no further recommendations.<\/p>\n<p>Rick Kelly\u2019s controversial championship-winning Commodore<\/p>\n<p>IT was at the heart of one of the most controversial V8 Supercars title deciders of all-time, with Rick Kelly\u2019s victorious Toll HSV Dealer Team VZ Commodore continuing to race on in 2025.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A MOTORSPORT Australia Investigatory Tribunal has overturned a raft of one-lap penalties which were handed down at 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