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Earnhardt Ganassi's Martin Truex Jr. fails Texas postrace inspection
By Bob Pockrass - Associate Editor
Sunday, November 08, 2009
Martin Truex Jr.'s Earnhardt Ganassi Racing Chevrolet was too low in postrace inspection following Sunday's NASCAR Sprint Cup Dickies 500 at Texas Motor Speedway.
Chuck Yadmark
NASCAR Scene
FORT WORTH, Texas – The No. 1 Earnhardt Ganassi Racing car of Martin Truex Jr. was too low in postrace inspection Sunday following the Dickies 500 NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Texas Motor Speedway.
The Truex car, which finished 14th, was a random car for inspection. The top five had no issues. Any penalties to Truex and the team likely would be announced Tuesday.
NASCAR, as is customary, took the engines and cars of race winner Kurt Busch (Penske Racing) and polesitter Jeff Gordon (Hendrick Motorsports). It also took the engine of runnerup Denny Hamlin (Joe Gibbs Racing) and the car of Mark Martin (Hendrick) for a routine postrace analysis.
Mentioned Drivers: Martin Truex Jr.
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BILLFAN50 said:
Nov 8, 2009 at 10:15 PMShame on them. If your going to cheat,at least finish better than 14th.....
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» Confirm Abuse ReportPhoenix987 said:
Nov 8, 2009 at 10:54 PMIt looks like Tuesday/Wednesday will be interesting...
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» Confirm Abuse Reportminkee2 said:
Nov 9, 2009 at 3:57 PMWell, at least they didn't try to inspect what was left of Jimmie's car. But still after Mark. Where's everyone that always yells "cheaters" at Hendrick????
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» Confirm Abuse Reporteucasafari said:
Nov 9, 2009 at 4:03 PMim guessing they just screwed up and weren't really trying to cheat. unless someone was dumb enough to think you could get away with something that Nascar checks every freakin time.
Report as Abuseoh, and that means it passed pre-race inspection and that something during the race dropped it too low. either damage done during the race dropped it past the legal limit or by making adjustments to the car it just skimmed past the legal limit. either way it wasn't the 48, so im sure nobody will care.
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» Confirm Abuse Reportdale4me13760 said:
Nov 9, 2009 at 5:07 PMi'm wondering if the #48 was totally inspected after being rebuilt when he hit the wall?? nascar is alittle lax when it comes to some drivers..especially when they want that driver to win..
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» Confirm Abuse ReportWerner said:
Nov 9, 2009 at 5:08 PMthis too low penalty is getting out of hand...and......how low was he?....finish the story...
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» Confirm Abuse Reportjohnyd said:
Nov 9, 2009 at 6:27 PMand yet the, NASCAR, are still trying to get something on Hendricks. When, when I say, will they ever go after a Toyota team as much as they have Hendricks? How about Gibbs cars. They can't be that much of a rocket sled to lead by that much.
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» Confirm Abuse Reportbthompson133 said:
Nov 9, 2009 at 6:44 PMcheaters,cheaters,cheaters. now is everyone happy? how about $100000000 fine to make up for all the times they didn't catch them
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» Confirm Abuse ReportSheilaLovesNASCAR said:
Nov 9, 2009 at 11:57 PMNASCAR never does a full inspection on anyone coming back onto the track after a wreck. They are just required to be able to hold a minimum speed. They didn't give Jimmy any special treatment. They rebuilt the car in just over one hour. And he maintained minimum speed. So, stop with the favorite treatment for the 48. I wonder if any other team could have accomplish what the 48 team did.
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» Confirm Abuse Reporttbyrdman94 said:
Nov 10, 2009 at 7:30 AMIf it was the 48, it would be fine with NASCAR
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