Brad Keselowski and RFK Racing were docked 100 driver and owner points, while crew chief Matt McCall was fined $100,000 and suspended for four races, after it was discovered that that illegal modifications to parts supplied by NASCAR were run on the 2012 Cup Series champion’s #6 Ford Mustang.
The penalty dropped new team co-owner Keselowski, who left Team Penske at the end of 2021, out of a playoff spot and all the way down to 35th in the standings.
Keselowski has only made his way up to 31st in the standings since then, with a single top 10 finish in the season-opening Daytona 500 to his name so far this year.
The team was one of two chosen (the other being Chase Elliott’s #9 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet) to have their cars taken back to the NASCAR R&D Centre for a full teardown following the Atlanta race won by William Byron.
NASCAR stated before the season that any modifications to supplied parts on the new-for-2022 Next Gen cars would result in severe penalties, including…
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