Should NASCAR Further Investigate Hendrick?

With all appeals over, does NASCAR need to further investigate the Hendrick Motorsports situation, or are you satisfied with the end result?

Luken Glover: The whole process simply needs to come to a conclusion. I don’t fault HMS for filing an appeal, but considering the speed and caliber of the team thus far, the best thing to do now is advance past this and focus on winning more races. Based on the speed from both Alex Bowman and William Byron, they should be able to get into the regular season title conversation again. It is very peculiar that NASCAR chose Nos. 24 and 48 following the Richmond Raceway race without much of an explanation. I would need further context of what happened pre-penalty, but that points to another problem: There is a lack of transparency in the garage which continually casts a shadow on the sport. Given that this past week was far from NASCAR’s finest, both sides need to move on and focus on other things. Teams need to know where the line is drawn, and NASCAR needs to eliminate the excuses and be more transparent. Otherwise, we are going to get more black eyes like we did last week.

Zach Gillispie: The appeals process is the bigger issue, as it created the fiasco in the first place. But the biggest issue is the Next Gen car itself. The Next Gen has been a total flop. The cost savings that were promised have not panned out. The racing has been mediocre at best. The elimination of in-house fabrication has been terrible for quality assurance, which is why we saw the Hendrick louver fiasco in the first place. NASCAR should be ashamed because it has created an absolute sham by switching from the reliable Gen 6 car to a bolt-on sports car that comes from a kit. That’s just not NASCAR, but it is no surprise to see the leadership shooting themselves in the foot again.

Steve Leffew: NASCAR is expected to maintain a fair playing field where the rules apply to all teams equally. So if HMS does something outside the rules, I expect NACAR will hold them accountable. How could anyone be satisfied with the results, though? HMS had its points returned while the newer and smaller Kaulig Racing only got a quarter of its points back? This whole saga has been a public relations nightmare for NASCAR, so they might be out for revenge.

Josh Calloni: The situation needs to be over. They’ve been penalized twice, once with an appeal accepted, and once with no appeal being filed. Was the first penalty getting changed in the…