NASCAR Appeals Panel upholds Jesse Love DQ
The National Motorsports Appeals Panel upheld NASCAR’s decision to disqualify Jesse Love from the NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Rockingham Speedway.
Richard Childress Racing announced their decision to appeal the penalty Monday (April 21), with the panel’s decision dropping on Wednesday (April 23).
Love, whose No. 2 Chevrolet initially crossed the Start/Finish Line first Saturday (April 19), was disqualified later in the day for violating NASCAR’s rules regarding an infraction with the rear suspension.
“The panel finds that it is more likely than not that there was a violation of 14.14.2 Rear Suspension, I-5.H,” the panel said in a statement. “The panel was unable to determine whether the violation was intentional or unintentional.
“The panel finds that the mating surfaces between the truck trailing arm and the U-bolt saddle were not in contact with each other.”
Sammy Smith, who initially finished second, was declared the race winner.
“”RCR is disappointed in NASCAR’s decision today to uphold the disqualification of the No. 2 team,” Richard Childress Racing said in a statement. “We will focus our efforts on moving forward and being competitive at Talladega this weekend.”
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Dominic Aragon is currently the editor-in-chief for The Racing Experts.
From Grants, New Mexico, USA, Aragon started watching NASCAR in 2004 and has been covering the sport since 2009. Aragon is a 2012 graduate of Grants High School and a May 2016 graduate of the University of New Mexico with a B.A. in Mass Communications & Journalism. Aragon has worked in local and national media, as a musician, and an educator. He is co-author of the 2024 book "All of It: Daytona 500 Champion Tells the Rest of the Story" with racer Geoff Bodine.
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