On Saturday at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Cup Series managing director Brad Moran showcased the glove NASCAR confiscated at Atlanta from Logano, which featured webbing between each of the fingers, including a large section between the thumb and index finger.
Logano – who had qualified second – was sent to the rear of the field for Sunday’s race and had to serve a pass-through penalty after taking the green flag. He also was handed a $10,000 fine this week for utilizing gloves that were not SFI certified.
Team Penske did not appeal.
“As you can see, the entire glove is wrapped. So, the reason for that is obviously you can block more air,” Moran explained. “You know the drivers do put their hand up against the (window net) opening which we’ve never really had a rule against it.
“This, obviously, goes one step further and this becomes not only a competition problem, it also becomes a safety violation, because that glove is no longer SFI approved. Regardless of what the material is made of, regardless of who put it on there, it’s not as delivered.”
In Fox Sports video of Logano’s qualifying lap at Atlanta, he can be seen taking his left hand with the webbed glove up against the window netting several times.
Moran said the issues with the glove were discovered by a random safety check down through in-car cameras throughout the race weekend. Because of the black colour of the gloves, it made the webbing difficult to discover.
Source: Autosport