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The National Motorsports Appeal Panel changed the penalty that Nascar gave Chris Buescher and his RFK racing team earlier this month, which cut half of the point penalty they received.
The panel cut the 60-point punishment to Buescher and the team to 30 points each during Wednesday’s trial.
To return 30 points, Buescher moves from 23rd in the season to 16th place in Sunday’s race at Nashville Superspeedway. He now has 274 points. This puts Buescher six points behind teammate Ryan Preece for the final play -off game on the halfway point of the usual season.
RFK Racing said: “We appreciate the opportunity to submit our case today to the National Motorsports Appeal Panel and are glad that the panel has overturned one of the two judged fines.
“Our goal is to always fully comply with the letter from the NASCAR rule book, and our focus is now looking forward to competing a win in Nashville this weekend.”
AJ All Concerns enter Nashville after finishing a season-best fourth in the Coca-Cola 600.
The panel justified the cut by saying that the team did not violate the rules that Nascar quoted.
“The panel concluded that Nascar fulfilled its burden of proof regarding the strengthening of the leading bumper covering, but that it did not comply with the decoration of the exhaust panel.
The panel held the rest of the fines. This means that Buescher and the team still lose five play -offs. The team’s fine of $ 75,000 remains, just like the two-person suspension to the crew head Scott Graves. He served the penalty before the appeal by expelling the All-Star Race and the Coca-Cola 600.
Nascar quoted the Buescher team because it violated Article 14.5.4.g, which reads: “The leading fascia can be strengthened on the inner surface with bound on non-metallic material in the environment that contacts the bumper foam and up to 2 inches further in all directions.”
The appeal was heard by Tom Deloach, Cary Tharrington and Kevin Whitaker.
The L1 offense with the leading bumper covering was found in the NASCAR R&D center when the car was brought there after the Kansas race for further inspection.
