Photo Credit: Noel Lanier
On June 15 NASCAR issued a P3 Penalty to the No. 42 Sprint Cup Series Team (Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates) for violating sections 12-1 (actions detrimental to stock car racing), as well as 20. 17.3.1.2 (Vehicle inspection measurements) of the NASCAR Rulebook during the race last weekend at Michigan International Speedway during post-race inspection.
Larson finished third in the FireKeepers Casino 400 with his interim crew Chief Philip Surgen who called the shots from atop his pit box. This was Larson’s second best finish of the 2016 season.
NASCAR fined Surgen $25,000 as well as docking the team 15 championship driver points along with 15 championship owner points. Surgen was filling in for Chad Johnson. Johnson was suspended for a lug nut violation after the Axalta “We Paint Winners” 400 at Pocono Raceway on June 5.
