Lance Hooper was dropped from Saturday’s Busch 300 and sent home after NASCAR inspectors disqualified him for an engine restrictor-plate violation. NASCAR’s Kevin Triplett said that Hooper faces more penalties. ?????In post-qualifying inspection, we found a couple of violations of Section 20, Article 5.12 of the rulebook, that all air shall be filtered through the element and any attempt to pull air from other sources will be a violation,???? Triplett said.(JournalNow)(2-12-1999)
