{"id":1677931,"date":"2022-10-07T09:12:39","date_gmt":"2022-10-07T13:12:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1677931"},"modified":"2022-10-07T09:14:03","modified_gmt":"2022-10-07T13:14:03","slug":"nascar-drops-the-hammer-and-penalizes-kevin-harvick-and-his-team-for-unapproved-modification-of-a-single-source-part","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nascar-drops-the-hammer-and-penalizes-kevin-harvick-and-his-team-for-unapproved-modification-of-a-single-source-part\/","title":{"rendered":"NASCAR Drops the Hammer and Penalizes Kevin Harvick and His Team for \u201cUnapproved Modification of a Single-Source Part\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">36<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnascar-drops-the-hammer-and-penalizes-kevin-harvick-and-his-team-for-unapproved-modification-of-a-single-source-part%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1677931&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>NASCAR announced they penalized Kevin Harvick and his No. 4 Stewart-Haas Racing team for an \u201cunapproved modification of a single-source part.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5518\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5518\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5518\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kevin Harvick via Noah Lewis YouTube<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nascar.com\/news-media\/2022\/10\/05\/nascar-hits-no-4-cup-team-with-l2-level-penalty-for-modification-of-single-source-part\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NASCAR.com reports<\/a> the penalty was issued after Harvick\u2019s vehicle was selected as one of two cars along with Martin Truex Jr.\u2019s No. 19 to be taken back to the NASCAR Research &#038; Development Center after the race at Talladega Superspeedway.<\/p>\n<p>Following the inspection of the vehicle, NASCAR determined Harvick and his team had an \u201cunapproved modification for a single-source part.\u201d NASCAR.com notes the infraction fell \u201cunder the heading of Sections 14.1 (vehicle assembly) and 14.5 (body).<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5308\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5308\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5308\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Kevin-Harvick-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Kevin-Harvick-2.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.boundingintosports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Kevin-Harvick-2-300x160.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Kevin-Harvick-2-768x410-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Kevin-Harvick-2-480x256-1.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Kevin-Harvick-2-600x320-1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Kevin-Harvick-2-750x401-1.jpg 750w\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5308\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kevin Harvick via Full NASCAR Races YouTube<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"title\"><strong>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boundingintosports.com\/2022\/09\/kevin-harvick-blasts-nascar-after-they-claim-they-had-no-eyes-on-william-byron-wrecking-denny-hamlin-under-caution\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kevin Harvick Blasts NASCAR After They Claim They Had \u201cNo Eyes On\u201d William Byron Wrecking Denny Hamlin Under Caution<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>FOX Sports reporter Bob Pockrass claims the part in question is the deck lid.<\/p>\n<p>He wrote on Twitter, \u201cIt is my understanding that the part in question in the Harvick penalty is the deck lid.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5864\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5864\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5864\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Bob-Pockrass.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"608\" height=\"384\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Bob-Pockrass.png 608w, https:\/\/www.boundingintosports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Bob-Pockrass-300x189.png 300w\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5864\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bob Pockrass Twitter<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The punishment for the infraction is a 100-point penalty for Harvick in the driver\u2019s standings as well as a 100-point penalty for the No. 4 Stewart-Haas Racing team.<\/p>\n<p>Along with the point penalty, Harvick\u2019s crew chief, Rodney Childers, was also suspended for four races and fined $100,000.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5595\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5595\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5595\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Rodney-Childers.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1226\" height=\"614\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Rodney-Childers.png 1226w, https:\/\/www.boundingintosports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Rodney-Childers-300x150.png 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Rodney-Childers-768x385-1.png 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Rodney-Childers-750x376-1.png 750w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Rodney-Childers-1200x601-1.png 1200w\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5595\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rodney Childers via Stewart-Haas Racing YouTube<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Childers reacted to the suspension on Twitter sarcastically writing, \u201cShocker.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5863\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5863\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5863\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Rodney-Childers.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"483\" height=\"896\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Rodney-Childers.png 483w, https:\/\/www.boundingintosports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Rodney-Childers-162x300.png 162w\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5863\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rodney Childers Twitter<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Harvick also seemingly reacted to the suspension writing, \u201cSeems strange\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5866\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5866\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5866\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Kevin-Harvick-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"611\" height=\"226\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Kevin-Harvick-1.png 611w, https:\/\/www.boundingintosports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Kevin-Harvick-300x111.png 300w\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5866\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kevin Harvick Twitter<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"title\"><strong>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boundingintosports.com\/2022\/09\/kevin-harvick-blasts-nascar-for-crappy-a-parts-after-his-car-erupts-in-flames-says-they-dont-care\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kevin Harvick Blasts NASCAR For \u201cCrappy A** Parts\u201d After His Car Erupts In Flames, Says \u201cThey Don\u2019t Care\u201d<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Harvick has been one of the most outspoken drivers criticizing NASCAR for their single source supplied parts.<\/p>\n<p>Following the Cook Out Southern 500 at the beginning of September where his car caught fire around lap 45 of Stage 3, Harvick told NBC Sports, \u201cI\u2019m sure it\u2019s just the crappy parts on the race car like we\u2019ve seen so many times. We haven\u2019t fixed anything. It\u2019s kind of like the safety stuff, we just let it keep going and keep going. And the car started burning and as it burns, you know, the flames started coming through the dash and I ran a couple of laps and then as the flame got bigger it started burning stuff up.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Specifically referring to the moment when he brought the car to a stop he says, \u201cAnd I think right there you see all the brake fluid that was coming out of the brakes. It burned a brake line. But the fire was coming through the dash.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"video-block full\">\n<div class=\"video-player youtube\">[embedded content]<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Harvick then exclaimed, \u201cWhat a disaster, man! No reason. We didn\u2019t touch the wall, we didn\u2019t touch a car, and here we are in the pits with a burned up car and can\u2019t finish the race during the playoffs because of crappy a** parts.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI just stopped. The rocker was on fire for a couple laps. I just stopped because I couldn\u2019t see anymore because the flames were coming through the dash and I couldn\u2019t make myself sit in there and burn up,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4649\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4649\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4649\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Kevin-Harvick3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1110\" height=\"553\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Kevin-Harvick3.png 1110w, https:\/\/www.boundingintosports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Kevin-Harvick3-300x149.png 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Kevin-Harvick3-768x383-1.png 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Kevin-Harvick3-750x374-1.png 750w\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4649\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kevin Harvick via Skewcar YouTube<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>He also told reporter Noah Lewis and other media outlets, \u201cThe rocker panel just caught on fire. We just keep letting cars burn up, letting people crash into stuff, get hurt. We don\u2019t fix anything. Now, we just riding around out there and the car catches on fire. So just s***ty parts.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When asked how this affects his race in the playoffs Harvick responded, \u201cWell, they don\u2019t care. It\u2019s cheaper to not fix it.\u201d He was then asked how do you change it and he replied, \u201cFind somebody new to run the the show that can run it.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"video-block full\">\n<div class=\"video-player youtube\">[embedded content]<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"title\"><strong>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boundingintosports.com\/2022\/09\/kevin-harvick-and-denny-hamlin-call-out-nascar-after-alex-bowman-diagnosed-with-concussion-type-symptoms-following-wreck-at-texas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kevin Harvick And Denny Hamlin Call Out NASCAR After Alex Bowman Diagnosed With Concussion-Type Symptoms Following Wreck At Texas<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Then after Alex Bowman announced he would not be racing at Talladega due to concussion-like symptoms he was suffering from that were the result of a wreck at Texas Motor Speedway, Harvick took to Twitter where he stated, \u201cCompletely unacceptable that those in charge have let things get to this point.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added, \u201cI remember it like it was yesterday, Denny Hamlin in the presentation of the new car to the drivers pleading that the car was to stiff. Data didn\u2019t agree. TIME TO LISTEN TO THE DRIVERS CRASHING THEM!\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5670\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5670\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5670\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Kevin-Harvick.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"748\" height=\"624\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Kevin-Harvick.png 748w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Kevin-Harvick-300x250-1.png 300w\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5670\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kevin Harvick Twitter<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The rear of the vehicle and the deck lid have also been a major point of contention due to the injuries drivers are suffering when the vehicles are involved in rear-end collisions.<\/p>\n<p>Brad Keselowski, the driver and owner of the No. 6 Roush Fenway Keselowski Racing car, explained, \u201cIn order to put that gearbox or transaxle in the back of the car NASCAR had to really change the way the car was designed. Effectively they took the rear half of the car and they had to really strengthen it up.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Later in the segment, Keselowski detailed how they had to strengthen the rear clip even further because of issues with the transaxle breaking, \u201cBacking up, some of our fans at home I\u2019m sure remember earlier in the season at the Clash, the first race of the year, we had a couple cars actually dropped out of the race because the transaxle broke.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd the reason why it broke was because the rear clip wasn\u2019t strong enough. So we\u2019ve actually even gone back from the start of the year and made it even stronger to try to make up for this transaxle. I think that\u2019s one of the big causes,\u201d he noted.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">This slow-mo look at the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Alex_Bowman?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Alex_Bowman<\/a> accident that resulted in him suffering concussion-type symptoms that will keep him from racing at Talladega shows how much his head moves.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kaitlynvincie?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@KaitlynVincie<\/a> hosts a discussion with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/keselowski?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Keselowski<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Bobby_Labonte?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Bobby_Labonte<\/a> as they detail what happened. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yexlnrdj6z\">pic.twitter.com\/yexlnrdj6z<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bob Pockrass (@bobpockrass) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bobpockrass\/status\/1575832930592739328?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 30, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>What do you make of these penalties to Harvick and his team?<\/p>\n<p><strong>NEXT: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boundingintosports.com\/2022\/10\/chase-elliott-criticizes-nascars-next-gen-car-and-the-ongoing-safety-issues\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chase Elliott Criticizes NASCAR\u2019s Next Gen Car And The Ongoing Safety Issues: \u201cThere\u2019s No Excuse\u201d<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NASCAR announced they penalized Kevin Harvick and his No. 4 Stewart-Haas Racing team for an \u201cunapproved modification of a single-source part.\u201d Kevin Harvick via Noah Lewis YouTube NASCAR.com reports the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1677933,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1677931","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1677931","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1677931"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1677931\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1677933"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1677931"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1677931"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1677931"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}