After a nail-biting wait, a stunning reversal for Chase Briscoe and the No. 19 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota team today as the National Motorsports Appeals Panel voted in their favor after they appealed penalties issued following the NASCAR season-opener.
The Daytona 500 pole-sitter was hit with a massive L2 penalty following the season-opener, losing 100 driver and owner points after NASCAR found that the holes around the spoiler mount were elongated. The sanctioning body considers this a manipulation of single-source supplied parts and along with the points deduction, suspended crew chief James Small for four races and issued a $100,000 fine. Wednesday, though, in a stunning surprise, the panel ruled in favor of Briscoe's team, and those penalties were overturned.
