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NASCAR Cup Series Managing Director Brad Moran shows reporters, Saturday, March 2, 2024, at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, the illegal glove Joey Logano of Team Penske was caught wearing during qualifying last week at Atlanta Motor Speedway. The webbing between the fingers that give the glove a “Spider-Man” appearance are used to block air when a driver puts his hand out the window during qualifying. (AP Photo/Jenna Fryer)

NASCAR caught Joey Logano wearing an amphibious-like glove in a cheating violation

NASCAR has displayed a clearly altered glove that Joey Logano wore in qualifying at Atlanta Motor Speedway, where aerodynamic-deflecting alterations were so obvious it looked as if he was wearing part of an amphibious costume

By JENNA FRYER
Published - Mar 02, 2024, 05:45 PM ET
Last Updated - Mar 02, 2024, 05:45 PM EST

LAS VEGAS (AP) — NASCAR on Saturday displayed a clearly altered glove that Joey Logano wore in qualifying at Atlanta Motor Speedway, where aerodynamic-deflecting alterations were so obvious it looked as if he was wearing part of an amphibious costume.

The black glove for Logano's left hand had webbing made of an unspecified material in between every finger. The theory is that Logano, who qualified second at Atlanta last weekend, had the glove altered in order to place his hand out his window as an aerodynamic blocker during qualifying.

At Las Vegas Motor Speedway a week later, NASCAR would not speculate on the motivation of the two-time Cup champion or Team Penske, which did not appeal a penalty imposed on Logano. NASCAR said it discovered the glove during a random inspection — and not, as Denny Hamlin suggested, in a tipoff from a rival team — and that it did not know if Logano was wearing the glove when he won the pole for the season-opening Daytona 500.

Rival driver Corey Lajoie didn't flinch when asked Saturday if Logano was wearing the glove in Daytona 500 qualifying — “yes,” he said — and insisted Team Penske would have done computer simulation on the glove before using it on the track. LaJoie estimated the webbed glove was worth three counts of drag for Logano.

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