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NASCAR handed over a few fines on Tuesday for violations of safety at safety after the NASCAR Cup Series weekend doubleheader at Michigan International Speedway.
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The No. 11 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota was found with one air nut not securely secured after Denny Hamlin drove the car to sixth place in the FireKeepers Casino 400 on Saturday. As a result, crew chief Chris Gabehart was fined $ 10,000.
After Sunday’s Consumers Energy 400 on Sunday at the 2-mile Michigan track, the No. 24 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet was driven by William Byron to 12th place with the same violation found in a post-race check. Chad Knaus, No. 24 crew chief, was also fined $ 10,000.
The penalty report also marks penalty points at L1 level to both Roush Fenway Racing teams for Saturday’s opener. NASCAR officials confiscated the spoilers of both teams and deducted 20 points from both the status of the team owners and drivers of both team no. 6 as no. 17, and added $ 25,000 fines for each team. No additional penalties were announced Tuesday.
Also noted was a penalty in the L1 class served during inspection for the race for the NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series at the ThorSport Racing No. 13 Ford team. Team and driver Johnny Sauter were each locked 10 points in their respective standings after the discovery of unapproved truck bed side panels for their game on Friday.
