KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Kyle Larson’s appeal of a rules violation from last week’s race at Talladega was denied Friday, a blow to the Chip Ganassi Racing driver’s chances of advancing in NASCAR’s playoffs. His team’s expedited appeal on Friday morning was denied by the three-person panel of Chuck Deery, Dixon Johnston and Cathy Rice. Chip Ganassi Racing planned to make a final appeal, but Larson didn’t seem to care much whether the team was successful. Larson was 29 points to the good side of the cutline last fall when engine failure eliminated him from NASCAR’s playoffs. “I was a little bummed about Talladega, and flying home I got really excited about where we were headed this week,” Larson said.

Source: National Post October 19, 2018 16:18 UTC