After his #48 Lowe’s Chevrolet was disqualified after post Daytona 500 qualifying inspection there was a chance Jimmie Johnson was going to lose his primary car for the 500. However according to NASCAR’s Vice President of Competition Robin Pemberton; “We are not going to take the car. They’ll be able to run that car. There are some things we need to work on when we get in the garage area Wednesday morning but the cars fine.” Nextel Cup Series Director John Darby explains, “A lot of times you can hold an illegal part or piece in you hand. Then there’s other situations where you use what is a very acceptable, very normal and very legal piece on the car and create a procedure that turns that part into something that it shouldn’t do.” Darby went on to explain what his inspectors found following pole qualifying. “Basically the pannard rod adjusting bolt had an additional clamp on it which enabled that adjusting rod to not only adjust the pannard bar but while the pannard bar was being adjusted it jacked the rear window up.” The 48 team must now correct the illegal part for the car to be able to return to the track.(PRN’s Garage Pass Radio Show)(2-14-2006)
