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CUP: No Hendrick Decision Yet
Chad Knaus and Ron Malec are appealing their six-week suspension...
Tom Jensen  |  Posted March 13, 2012   Concord, NC
PROGRAMMING NOTE: Throughout the day, SPEED and NASCAR Insider Wendy Venturini are on-site to capture the latest information with the appeal, breaking into regularly scheduled programming throughout the day. Then at 6 p.m. ET tonight, full coverage from today’s proceedings can be seen on NASCAR Race Hub Special Report. Daily updates on SPEED and SPEED.com.

As of noon ET Tuesday, the hearing for the Hendrick Motorsports NASCAR appeal continued with no verdict reached. The team is appealing penalties levied when Jimmie Johnson’s car failed inspection prior to Daytona 500.

The Hendrick appeal hearing began at 9 a.m. ET at the NASCAR R&D Center in Concord, N.C. SPEED and SPEED.com will be onsite to provide updates throughout the day.

It is expected that the hearing will conclude in early afternoon.

Team crew chief Chad Knaus and car chief Ron Malec were suspended for six weeks after NASCAR officials said the No. 48 car’s C posts did not conform to specifications after pre-qualifying inspection in Daytona Beach last month.

Additionally, Knaus was fined $100,000, and driver Jimmie Johnson and team owners Rick Hendrick and Jeff Gordon were docked 25 points.

Tom Jensen is the Editor in Chief of SPEED.com, Senior NASCAR Editor at RACER and a contributing Editor for TruckSeries.com. You can follow him online at twitter.com/tomjensen100.
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