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NASCAR disqualifies Denny Hamlin, Kyle Busch after 1-2 finish at Pocono: What We Know

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In an exceptionally rare move for the NASCAR Cup Series, officials disqualified Denny Hamlin and Kyle Busch after their cars failed post-race inspections Sunday at Pocono Raceway, making Chase Elliott the winner. Here’s what we know.

Sunday at Pocono Raceway in Pennsylvania was, for the most part, a typical NASCAR Cup Series race day — until it wasn’t not long after the checkered flag flew.

in the M&M’s Fan Appreciation 400 at the 2.5-mile track nicknamed the “Tricky Triangle,” with his Joe Gibbs Racing teammate, Kyle Busch, right behind him in second and Hendrick Motorsports’ Chase Elliott in third.exceptionally rare move for NASCAR’s top-tier series, officials disqualified both Hamlin’s and Busch’s teamsSo although we don’t have a ton of details about what exactly happened at Pocono, here’s what we do know.

Following the race, Hamlin celebrated his third win of the season with his team with the Pocono trophy and some celebratory Coca-Cola, one of Hamlin’s sponsors. Hamlin led 21 of the race’s 160 laps, while Busch led for 63. But about two hours after the race ended, reporters on the ground in Long Pond, Pennsylvania began reporting that both Hamlin and Busch were disqualified. And that made Elliott the winner — it’s his fourth win of the season — and bumped everyone else’s finish up by two spots.Kyle Busch did as well, making Chase Elliott the winner at Pocono.

Source: Car News Wire (carnewswire.net)

 

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