Tires appeared to be the big problem last weekend at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Two teams had tires come off of the cars and one team barely missed losing a tire after stopping in a teammate’s pit stall to get the tire tightened.
Joe Gibbs Racing driver Chase Briscoe and Richard Childress Racing driver Kyle Busch were each penalized two laps after the number 19 and number eight cars lost a wheel on the racing surface.
In further penalties, NASCAR issues the expected suspensions on Wednesday. Eight team jackman Dylan Moser and rear tire changer Shiloh Windsor and number 19 team jackman Caleb Dirks and rear tire changer Daniel Smith have each been suspended for the next two races.
Whether it was a single lug hub in the Cup Series or the standard five lug nut hubs on the Xfinity and Craftsman Truck Series vehicles; the lug nut monster was very busy in Las Vegas.
The lug nut monster was very busy with four Xfinity Series teams and one Craftsman Truck Series team were charged with having improperly secured lug nuts in post race inspections.
In the Xfinity Series:
Four teams were fined $5,000 for a single lug nut improperly secured…
The Kaulig Racing number eleven car driven by Josh Williams (and Ty Dillon)
The number 19 Joe Gibbs Racing car driven by Aric Almirola
The number 26 Sam Hunt Racing car driven by Dean Thompson
and The number 88 JR Motorsports car driven by Connor Zilisch
Craftsman Truck Series number 07 Spire Motorsports truck driven by Justin Haley was also charged with having a single lug nut improperly secured and the team was fined $2,500.
In other NASCAR penalty news…
Two crew members have been suspended indefinitely for violation of NASCAR’s Substance Abuse Policy; RFK Racing number six crew member Josiah Wright and Craftsman Truck Series GK Racing crew member Mike Harmon.
Both crew members will have to go through NASCAR’s substance abuse program before they will be able to re-apply for re-admission into NASCAR.