Hendrick Motorsports has decided against appealing the L1-level penalties assessed to the organization's No. 24 and No. 48 entries following an April 2 event at Richmond Raceway.
Both teams were found to be in violation of sections 14.1 D (Overall Assembled Vehicle Rules), 14.1.2.B (Engineering Change Log), and 14.5.6.B (Greenhouse) of the NASCAR Cup Series rulebook.
Hendrick Motorsports has decided against appealing the L1-level penalties assessed to two of the organization's entries following an April 2 event at Richmond Raceway.
Both the No. 24 and No. 48 teams were found to be in violation of sections 14.1 D (Overall Assembled Vehicle Rules), 14.1.2.B (Engineering Change Log), and 14.5.6.B (Greenhouse) of the NASCAR Cup Series rulebook.
Both William Byron and Alex Bowman were docked 60 driver points, and five playoff points, while the entries were each docked 60 owner points. Prior to the penalty, Bowman held the lead in NASCAR Cup Series points.
Greg Ives and Brian Campe, who were serving as interim crew chiefs for the two entries, have been suspended for two NASCAR Cup Series events - starting at Martinsville - and fined $75,000.
Luckily, Rudy Fugle and Greg Ives are scheduled to return to their positions as crew chief of the entries, after serving their four-race suspensions due to L2-level penalties assessed after Phoenix.
“Because we will be best served by devoting our time and resources to competing each weekend, our team will not pursue an appeal of penalties issued on April 6,” the statement reads. “The area of the race cars NASCAR focused on is not related to our performance on the track.”