Front Row Motorsports #34 Team Penalized 100 Points For Part Modifications

By: Tom Luttermoser   Image Via Front Row Motorsports Twitter

Tuesday, Front Row Motorsports #34 team was hit with an L2 infraction penalty near-identical to that of the L2 penalty handed down to RFK's #6 car earlier this year after the March Atlanta race. The #34 team has been hit with a 100 driver point, 100 owner point and a 10 Playoff point penalty if McDowell were to win one of the next 4 races. Before the penalty, Michael McDowell sat in 20th position in the points and this will bring him to 26th, 207 points outside of the playoffs.

Additionally Crew Chief Blake Harris has been finned $100,000 and will be suspended from the next 4 Cup Series points paying races at Indy, Michigan, Watkins Glenn and Daytona. (Basically the remainder of the regular season). 

The penalty via Sections 14.1 C, D and Q as well as Sections 14.5 A and B in the NASCAR Rule Book apply to the body and overall vehicle assembly surrounding modifications of a single source supplied part. 

The 47 of Ricky Stenhouse Jr and the 34 Of McDowell were randomly selected post Pocono along with the Top-2 finishing drivers Denny Hamlin and Kyle Busch (we know how that worked out). We can now see that NASCAR is not playing around with the new three-tiered penalty system in which an L2 infraction as seen here and with the 6 earlier in the season presents penalty options including:

• Points deductions: 75-120 points
• Playoff points deductions: 10-25 points
• Suspension of 1-2 crew members for 4-6 races
• Fines:$100,000-$250,000