NASCAR Finds Something ‘Amiss’ Inside the No. 99

Just hours after Carl Edwards won the UAW Dodge 400 in Las Vegas to garner his second Sprint Cup Series victory in a row, NASCAR inspectors found an issue with his no. 99 Ford in post-race inspections. The issue was that the lid on his oil tank box was off. Earlier in the season at Daytona, NASCAR docked five Nationwide Series teams for their lids being loose.  There’s absolutely no talk about Edwards’ victory in Vegas not standing, nor was the incident sufficient enough to cause him to fail the post-race inspection.  However, each of those five Nationwide teams were docked 25 driver and owner points, so similar action is expected to be taken against Edwards.  Carl currently boasts a 21-point lead in the points standings over the no. 18 team of Kyle Busch, so such a penalty would drop him back down to second in points should that happen.  According to nascar.com, NASCAR will be sending the car back to their R&D department to evaluate the car with an announcement regarding potential penalties coming sometime this week. Crew Chief Bob Osborne will wait to comment on the matter until NASCAR makes their determination on the situation.