NASCAR confiscates parts from SHR, ejects Stenhouse team engineer
HAMPTON, Ga. — NASCAR confiscated parts from two Stewart-Haas Racing cars and ejected Ricky Stenhouse Jr.’s team engineer Friday.
The events unfolded during pre-race tech inspection at Atlanta Motor Speedway.
Officials confiscated the roof rail deflectors on Noah Gragson and Ryan Preece’s cars. They plan to evaluate the parts further and levy penalties, if any, next week.
Stenhouse will not have team engineer Max Kennon with him the rest of the weekend. The No. 47 JTG-Daugherty Racing team will also lose pit selection for Sunday’s race.
This comes as Stenhouse failed inspection twice before finally passing.
The NASCAR Cup Series’ Ambetter Health 400 goes green Sunday at 3 p.m. ET. Broadcast is on FOX, MRN and SIRIUSXM NASCAR Radio. Qualifying is Saturday at 11:30 a.m. ET (TV: FS1).
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Jonathan Fjeld is the co-owner of the The Racing Experts, LLC. He has been with TRE since 2010.
A Twin Valley, MN, native, Fjeld became a motorsports fan at just three years old (first race was the 2002 Pennsylvania 500). He worked as a contributor and writer for TRE from 2010-18. Since then, he has stepped up and covered 24 NASCAR race weekends and taken on a larger role with TRE. He became the co-owner and managing editor in 2023 and has guided the site to massive growth in that time.
Fjeld has covered a wide array of stories and moments over the years, including Kevin Harvick's final Cup Series season, the first NASCAR national series disqualification in over 50 years, Shane van Gisbergen's stunning win in Chicago and the first Cup Series race at Road America in 66 years – as well as up-and-coming drivers' stories and stories from inside the sport, like the tech it takes for Hendrick Motorsports to remain a top-tier team.
Currently, he resides in Albuquerque, N.M., where he works for KOB 4, an NBC station. He works as a digital producer and does on-air reports. He loves spending time with friends and family, playing and listening to music, exploring new places, being outdoors, reading books and writing among other activities. You can email him at fjeldjonathan@gmail.com