JGR teams face penalties for oil pans

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From Jayski:


http://jayski.com/cupnews.htm#20110617f

•JGR teams face penalties for oil pans: The Joe Gibbs Racing teams of #18-Kyle Busch, #11-Denny Hamlin and #20-Joey Logano all face possible penalties after an issue was discovered in inspection Friday morning at Michigan before practice began. John Darby, Cup series director, said that all three Gibbs cars had oil pans that had not been submitted for approval before competition. "We had them pull (those) off and put what we're accustomed to, what has been submitted back on their cars,'' Darby said. All three teams face possible penalties for the infraction. "Chances are great (a penalty) wouldn't involve points,'' Darby said.

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I saw late in happy hour Logano's #20 was changing the engine. Didn't set it to record, so I don't know what happened. Was the engine change related to the previous story?

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Found it.......


http://www.nascar.com/news/110617/happy-hour-michigan-jlogano-dhamlin-kybusch/index.html

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More from jayski:

UPDATE: Joe Gibbs Racing had unapproved- and unusually heavy - oil pans seized from its three NASCAR Sprint Cup cars Friday morning at Michigan International Speedway. Officially, the issue was that the oil pans had not been submitted for approval by NASCAR, a standard procedure for the thousands of parts and pieces on race cars. But a bigger issue ultimately might be weight. While a standard NASCAR Sprint Cup oil pan weighs about 4 pounds, the three taken off the Gibbs cars weighed an estimated 20-30 pounds apiece. Competitors contacted by SPEED.com and FOXSports.com said the heavy oil pans would allow the teams to remove weight elsewhere in the car and put it low and on the front of the car, which could provide a handling advantage, perhaps a substantial one. Officials did not penalize JGR at the track but said in a statement, "NASCAR will discuss early next week if there will be any additional penalties assessed to these three teams."

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OOOPPPsss.....

that will be a healthy fine from NASCAR for all three teams. Joe Gibbs better stop polishing those pennies for a little bit.

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I can't find the article now but other race teams turned them in because they feared it would center the cars gravity better resulting in a better handling car.