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10-07-2000, 11:25 PM
Oh geez...here we go again! I found this at That's Racin:
Inspection raises suspicions about Kenseth's engine
By JIM UTTER
Thatsracin.Com Writer
Matt Kenseth's victory in Saturday's All Pro 300 Grand National race at Lowe's Motor Speedway came under a cloud of suspicion after his No. 17 Chevrolet failed post-race inspection.
NASCAR officials impounded the engine from Kenseth's car after it failed to meet several specifications, including a larger-than-mandated compression ratio, during the post-race inspection process. The engine will be re-examined this morning to verify the results.
"We're going to run some more tests on some measurements at a neutral site, which we have done in the past," said Kevin Triplett, NASCAR's director of operations. "It is serious enough for us to inspect another car (the No. 60 Ford of second-place Mark Martin). It's serious enough for us to carry it over from tonight. And it's serious enough to make sure we have covered all the bases.
"If everything turns out OK, we want to be able to tell everybody how and why. If it doesn't, we still want to be able to tell everybody how and why."
As is standard procedure, Martin's car was kept at the track until the inspection of the race winner was completed.
Once NASCAR discovered the problem with Kenseth's car, it had to call Martin's team back to the track so his car could be unloaded and inspected. Martin's car didn't begin the inspection process until nearly 7:30 p.m.
"We hope to have a decision Sunday. We want to let the team know and we certainly want to let everybody else know who saw the race today," Triplett said.
Triplett would not comment specifically whether Kenseth's win could be voided. "We'll just wait and see how tomorrow goes," he said.
Inspection raises suspicions about Kenseth's engine
By JIM UTTER
Thatsracin.Com Writer
Matt Kenseth's victory in Saturday's All Pro 300 Grand National race at Lowe's Motor Speedway came under a cloud of suspicion after his No. 17 Chevrolet failed post-race inspection.
NASCAR officials impounded the engine from Kenseth's car after it failed to meet several specifications, including a larger-than-mandated compression ratio, during the post-race inspection process. The engine will be re-examined this morning to verify the results.
"We're going to run some more tests on some measurements at a neutral site, which we have done in the past," said Kevin Triplett, NASCAR's director of operations. "It is serious enough for us to inspect another car (the No. 60 Ford of second-place Mark Martin). It's serious enough for us to carry it over from tonight. And it's serious enough to make sure we have covered all the bases.
"If everything turns out OK, we want to be able to tell everybody how and why. If it doesn't, we still want to be able to tell everybody how and why."
As is standard procedure, Martin's car was kept at the track until the inspection of the race winner was completed.
Once NASCAR discovered the problem with Kenseth's car, it had to call Martin's team back to the track so his car could be unloaded and inspected. Martin's car didn't begin the inspection process until nearly 7:30 p.m.
"We hope to have a decision Sunday. We want to let the team know and we certainly want to let everybody else know who saw the race today," Triplett said.
Triplett would not comment specifically whether Kenseth's win could be voided. "We'll just wait and see how tomorrow goes," he said.