A week after being penalized for passing cars under the caution at Darlington, #17-Matt Kenseth remains bewildered by NASCAR’s actions. Kenseth was involved in an accident and pitted before pit road was open. He was penalized and had to go to the rear of the longest line. He did before pit road opened. So, when the pits opened, all the lead-lap cars stopped. Kenseth said that should have put him in the lead, but a few cars exited pit road ahead of him. So Kenseth passed them, incurring a penalty for passing during the caution. A NASCAR official stated Kenseth couldn’t lead after taking the first penalty. “I read the rule book pretty thoroughly, I didn’t read the whole entire thing, so I can’t tell you for sure that there’s not a rule, but they said that a car getting penalized with one to go can’t lead a lap, well I never found that, maybe I missed a page somewhere,” Kenseth said.(News and Record)(3-27-2004)
