The word is NASCAR will not allow the #24 team to run the new chassis Jeff Gordon ran in(and won) the Winston for the Coca Cola 600 this weekend, rumor has it that traction control may be the reason??(5-20-97)…but The NASCAR Fans Website Newsletter reports: Apparently according to Ray Evernham the chassis that Jeff Gordon used in the Winston had been approved by NASCAR. Ray Evernham: “NASCAR had approved the car, but there’s some serious discussion going on about it now,” he said. “We’re trying to find out what’s going on.” Gordon and Evernham had not planned to run the car in the Coca-Cola 600, but NASCAR spokesman Kevin Triplett said the sanctioning body has not said it can not be used again. “We looked at the car pretty hard Saturday night,” Triplett said. “We tore down at least five cars, and that was one of them. We did it all right there together, so everybody could see what we were doing. We found nothing in the No. 24 that would give it an unfair advantage.”(5-21-97)
