Martin, Johnson draw warnings
Tony Holt | Oct 03, 2009 | Comments 0
Jimmie Johnson
Mark Martin and Jimmie Johnson used a pair of wins to race their way to the top of the Sprint Cup standings. Fair and square. No cheating involved.
Even so, tongues were wagging Friday at Kansas Speedway after NASCAR warned the two Hendrick Motorsports teams they came close to failing post-race inspection at Dover.
“There was no room to breathe,” Sprint Cup director John Darby said. “Both cars passed, or we would be having a whole different conversation.”
During the inspection, NASCAR found that the body of the cars came close to exceeding specifications. Hendrick officials were called in to go over the measurements, and NASCAR let the teams go with a warning.
Martin won his career-best seventh pole Friday; Johnson qualified 11th for Sunday’s race.
•Denny Hamlin was critical of Brad Keselowski again after practice, saying Keselowski never apologized for causing an accident last weekend at Dover. “I didn’t know I was supposed to call him,” Keselowski said. … Jeremy Mayfield is hiring high-profile attorney Mark Geragos to help fight his drug suspension. … Jean Todt and Ari Vatanen will face off for the presidency of FIA, motor racing’s governing body, after no other candidates emerged.
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