NASCAR Disqualifies Denny Hamlin from Pocono Win

NASCAR has disqualified race-winner Denny Hamlin and his second-placed teammate Kyle Busch from today's Cup Series race at Pocono. As a result of the decision, Chase Elliott has been promoted to race winner. Elliott's car passed a similar post-race inspection and no other cars have been disqualified.

The cars were deemed to have illegally-positioned "material" on the front fascia, leading to an apparent aerodynamic advantage. As a series official explains, those cars will now be fully investigated at NASCAR's R&D center. Restricting modification to aero components are major focuses of the Next Gen car, so NASCAR has determined to use its most powerful penalty available. As the appeal process has not begun, the series has chosen not to explain the disqualification in detail yet.