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For the second time this Winston Cup season, NASCAR officials have confiscated a racecar for failure to meet the sanctioning body's template rules.
In pre-event inspection Thursday at Homestead-Miami Speedway for Sunday's Ford 400, NASCAR took away Kyle Busch's No. 60 ditech.com Chevrolet fielded by Hendrick Motorsports when "the car's body dimensions did not meet NASCAR specifications," according to Winston Cup director John Darby.
Thus, Kyle, 18, the brother of series regular Kurt Busch, will have to wait to make his Winston Cup debut until next season, as Hendrick Motorsports withdrew his entry after the confiscation.
A statement from NASCAR said the discrepancy to the car was sizeable enough that "it could not be repaired at the racetrack in a timely and effective manner, necessitating that it be confiscated."
A Hendrick Motorsports spokesperson said the improper dimension was the same "x-measurement" that Tony Stewart's Chevrolet failed earlier this season at Texas Motor Speedway, when his car was also confiscated.
The measurement is done from the base of the car's back window diagonally to the back corner of the rear fender.
Hendrick Motorsports only brought one car for Busch and decided the effort to switch decals, seats and all the ancillary equipment necessary from another of Hendrick Motorsports' backup cars was not warranted simply to give Kyle Busch some seat time, Hendrick spokesman Chris Haid said.
Stewart's Joe Gibbs Racing team had its car's chassis returned in early June, sans the bodywork.
For the second time this Winston Cup season, NASCAR officials have confiscated a racecar for failure to meet the sanctioning body's template rules.
In pre-event inspection Thursday at Homestead-Miami Speedway for Sunday's Ford 400, NASCAR took away Kyle Busch's No. 60 ditech.com Chevrolet fielded by Hendrick Motorsports when "the car's body dimensions did not meet NASCAR specifications," according to Winston Cup director John Darby.
Thus, Kyle, 18, the brother of series regular Kurt Busch, will have to wait to make his Winston Cup debut until next season, as Hendrick Motorsports withdrew his entry after the confiscation.
A statement from NASCAR said the discrepancy to the car was sizeable enough that "it could not be repaired at the racetrack in a timely and effective manner, necessitating that it be confiscated."
A Hendrick Motorsports spokesperson said the improper dimension was the same "x-measurement" that Tony Stewart's Chevrolet failed earlier this season at Texas Motor Speedway, when his car was also confiscated.
The measurement is done from the base of the car's back window diagonally to the back corner of the rear fender.
Hendrick Motorsports only brought one car for Busch and decided the effort to switch decals, seats and all the ancillary equipment necessary from another of Hendrick Motorsports' backup cars was not warranted simply to give Kyle Busch some seat time, Hendrick spokesman Chris Haid said.
Stewart's Joe Gibbs Racing team had its car's chassis returned in early June, sans the bodywork.
