Dale Earnhardt Jr. disappointed after losing Sam Mayer’s disqualification appeal 

Recently, Dale Earnhardt Jr. expressed his thoughts after losing the disqualification appeal for his Xfinity Series team's #1 Chevy driver. Sam Mayer was handed a penalty for failing post-race inspection after Saturday's United Rentals 250 race at Talladega Superspeedway.

The full-time Xfinity driver for JR Motorsports was found violating rule 14.17.3.2.2.2 for failing the post-race rear body inspection height, as per the NASCAR rule book.

Reflecting on the probable scenario that led to the violation, NASCAR legend Dale Jr. on his X(formerly Twitter) account wrote:

"The rear clip on the 1 was bent from a series of aggressive bump drafting incidents Saturday. We had photo evidence of the kinks in the tubing in a chassis that was previously certified along with body scans before and after the event. There isn't much we can do about the clip possibly getting destroyed in these races. It happens. Unfortunately we weren't able to convince the panel of our unenviable situation. On to the Roval."

The 21-year-old Mayer finished the second Round of 12 race at P16 but was handed a last-place finish because of the violation. As a result, the #1 Chevy driver has now found himself inside the Xfinity playoff bubble and is 13 points below the cutline.

Mayer will be next seen in action for the road course race at Charlotte Motor Speedway on October 12.

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"This is a super-fun track,": Sam Mayer on his visit to the next playoff race in Charlotte

The 2019 and 2020 ARCA Series East champion Sam Mayer is in his third full-time season with JR Motorsports. He finished seventh and third in the final driver standings in his last two Xfinity seasons.

As NASCAR moves toward the Charlotte weekend, the Wisconsin native discussed his state of mind for the upcoming road course event in a recent conversation. He said(via Speedwaydigest):

"We had a solid run in Talladega really all day until some unfortunate luck came our way at the end there so we will have to give it our all this weekend at The Roval and meet everyone in Victory Lane just like we did last year. "

"This is a super-fun track for me as we have run pretty well here in the past and getting our first Roval win last season. I know Mardy (Lindley, crew chief) and the No. 1 guys will unload a solid road-course car and we know what we have to do so we will go out and get it done."

The confident young JR Motorsports driver has had a decent 2024 season so far. He has accumulated two wins, seven top-fives, and 11 top-10 finishes in his 28 starts this season.