A NASCAR official displayed the spoilers from both the No. 22 Team Penske car of Joey Logano and the No. 60 RFK Racing entry of Ryan Preece at Texas Motor Speedway on Saturday after their respective disqualifications last weekend at Talladega Superspeedway.
Brad Moran, managing director for the Cup Series, met with the media outside of the series competition hauler to explain the separate issues with the two spoilers that led to the teams forfeiting their top-five finishes.
At superspeedway races, a specific brace is utilized to help maintain the required spoiler angle at high speeds. For Logano’s No. 22 Ford, two violations were discovered in post-race inspection.
First, a nut was missing from the bolt that keeps the brace intact. Secondly, a fastener on the brace was not securely fastened and maintained. Both violations could potentially cause deflection in the spoiler when the cars reach high speeds.
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For Ryan Preece’s No. 60 RFK Racing entry, it was discovered that the team had an unapproved number of spoiler shims, which similarly deals with spoiler deflection.
“They’re allowed two shims maximum at a superspeedway that must go the entire distance; the maximum they can be is 50 (thousands), which these are OK,” Moran said. “Where the problem comes in is that there was a third (shim). Pretty cut and dry, black and white.
— NASCAR.com —