Former NASCAR Driver Urges the Sport “To Do Better” After the Pocono Disqualification Ordeal

While the race itself in Pocono didn’t cause much of a stir, what happened afterward not only raised more than a few eyebrows but had a few mouthfuls coming the way of NASCAR. What happened was the race winner, and the runner-up, Denny Hamlin, and Kyle Busch were disqualified AFTER the race ended.

The reasoning for that was that their cars, #11 & #18, failed the post-race inspection.

Now, rules are rules. But rationally speaking, the way in which the whole thing was handled wasn’t exactly right. This was something that former driver Kenny Wallace also pointed out, sarcastically at least, in a series of tweets along with his ‘solution’ to what could’ve been done.

“When I worked for @SiriusXMNASCAR radio. I ALWAYS stated on radio that I had a problem with the way we declared winners in @NASCAR . 2 years ago we announced winners on Tuesday-Wednesday after tech inspection at the R&D shop. We can do better,” Wallace wrote in a tweet.

And in another tweet, he wrote, “@NASCAR . One of the only sports in the world where you go to Victory lane… But… Not for real. 😳. Maybe we should start a 30 minute TV Show (after the race) called… “Tech Inspection”… Then declare the winner😁🏁”

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What did NASCAR say about disqualifying Denny Hamlin and Kyle Busch?

Speaking in a press conference after the race, NASCAR’s Brad Moran announced the disqualification of both the Joe Gibbs Racing drivers while he also refused to elaborate on the detailed reasons to do so.

“There was some issues discovered that affect aero in the vehicle,” he said, speaking about the front fascias of the cars. “There really was no reason why there was some material that was somewhere it shouldn’t have been. And that does basically come down to a DQ.”

Moran emphasized that they don’t want to talk about the problem because the teams and the owners are already aware of the strict path NASCAR decided to take with penalties, infringements, and such issues.

“There’s some areas that all the teams are well aware that we can not go down the path that we had in the past with the other car,” he added.

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