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Appeal date of May 8 set for Kenseth's team

The National Stock Car Racing Appeals Panel will hear Joe Gibbs Racing's appeal on May 8 for severe penalties assessed by NASCAR to Matt Kenseth's No. 20 Sprint Cup Series team for an illegal engine used at Kansas Speedway.JGR's appeal will be heard by a three-member committee, and it will be conducted at NASCAR's Research and Development Center in Concord, N.C. NASCAR handed down penalties to the No. 20 team last Wednesday after officials found one of the connecting rods on the engine used in Kenseth's race-winning Toyota Camry on April 21 at Kansas did not meet the minimum connecting rod weight. The violation was discovered during a secondary post-race inspection of his engine at the R&D center.Kenseth was penalized with a loss of 50 points. His crew chief, Jason Ratcliff, had been fined $200,000, suspended from NASCAR competition for six points-paying races, as well as next month's all-star event (non-points), and placed on probation until Dec. 31. Car owner Joe Gibbs was docked 50 ...

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