NASCAR's appeals panel did wrong by Kaulig Racing.
, but NASCAR's initial announcement did not clarify that difference and the appeals panel has not shared any reasoning for either decision.The National Motorsports Appeals Panel is made up of 20 people
, largely made up of track-level executives, former drivers, and people who had previously served as executives at defunct organizations like Speed TV and CART. A group of three is chosen to hear each individual case. Kelly Housby, Dixon Johnston, and Bill Lester listened to the Hendrick appeal. Kaulig's case was heard by Hunter Nickell, Shawna Robinson, and Steve York.
By rule, the 75 points they chose to dock Kaulig were the minimum for an"L2" level penalty that included a points deduction. With Hendrick ultimately docked zero points, that leaves the conclusion that the first group of appeal officers thought all four Hendrick teams, despite all committing the same violation to the same part, did not meet the requirements for that tier of penalty.
If the standards were simply set by one group and enforced by another, this would already be a problem. The appeals committee would effectively represent a re-roll on any marginal penalty decision, a slim chance for the same evidence to go in front of different eyes and return a different result. The problems here are worse than that.
With no way of knowing exactly what led to the differences in adjusted penalties, those of us observing from outside of the National Motorsports Appeals Panel are left thinking that the panel's structure did wrong by Kaulig. Fortunately, the team has some recourse: they will be advancing their appeal to the final stage, an appeal to a single officer. Unfortunately for all of us craving transparency, that final appeal is with one person who exists outside of the modern NASCAR ecosystem.
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