Roush Fenway Keselowski Racing has wasted absolutely no time in responding to the NASCAR L2 penalties. On Thursday, the RFK No.6 driven by Brad Keselowski was found in violation of the regulations and subsequently penalized with stripping away of 100 driver points, 100 owner points as well as a $100,000 fine on the crew chief in addition of a four-race ban.

These elements are pretty huge on their own, but they become even bigger when put together as a whole, and then some when the context of a penalty is thrown into the mix.

So after this judgment by NASCAR, RFK Racing had until Tuesday to make up their mind on filing an appeal, no prizes for guessing what they did.

RFK Racing filed an appeal on Friday in relation to the sanctions against the No.6 team. “In connection to the penalties announced yesterday by NASCAR, we have filed a notice of appeal and look forward to the opportunity to work through the process,” their statement read.

This announcement by RFK Racing led to a mixed set of reactions from NASCAR fans. Some of them made fun of the effectiveness of the appeal, some encouraged the team, while some didn’t understand just why they appealed at all.

Brad Keselowski becomes the first example of new penalties with “more meat”

Before this season kicked off, NASCAR senior vice president of competition Scott Miller put emphasis on how serious they were for the new penalties that had very real, very serious consequences for any violations.

“To make sure all of those (inspection) things stay above board, there’s going to have to be a culture shift from the way the teams and NASCAR, for that matter, have done business,” Miller said.

“So, this deterrence model has more meat in it, more meaningful penalties. But I think we all thought it was time for this with the introduction of the new car.”

Unfortunately for Brad Keselowski and RFK Racing, they’ve become the first example of the new rules, a first that was definitely not part of their plans.

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