Kyle Larson penalized before NASCAR Cup race at Atlanta

Matt Weaver

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Kyle Larson has suffered two weekend penalties before the NASCAR Cup Series race at Atlanta Motor Speedway even begins.

Because it took three attempts for crew chief Cliff Daniels to get their Hendrick Motorsports No. 5 Chevrolet through technical inspection, the team has lost their pit stall selection for the race and also loses car chief Jesse Saunders for the event.

They avoided the worst case scenario however as a third failure would have resulted in Larson needing to complete a pass-through pit road penalty at the start of the race. Now, Larson will be able to take full advantage of his 11th place starting position.

Matt Weaver

Matt Weaver is a former dirt racer turned motorsports journalist. He can typically be found perched on a concrete wall at a local short track on Saturday nights and within world-class media centers on Sunday afternoons. There isn’t any kind of racing he hasn’t covered over the past decade. He drives a 2003 Chevrolet Silverado with over 510,000 miles on it. Despite carrying him to racing trips across both coasts and two countries, it hasn’t died yet.