NASCAR fines Hendrick $100K for too much wind-tunnel time

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) Hendrick Motorsports was fined $100,000 on Thursday for exceeding the amount of wind tunnel testing allowed in a year.

NASCAR also docked the organization 10 hours of wind tunnel time for next year. An organization is allowed a maximum of 70 hours in 2020 and 90 hours in 2021. The testing is defined as billable hours reported by the wind tunnel.

Hendrick Motorsports self-reported the violation after discovering it had exceeded 70 hours by ''less than an hour,'' the team said.

Hendrick will not appeal the penalty.