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Penalties handed out following Darlington Cup Series race

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emailBy Kelly Crandall | May 18, 2020 2:18 PM

Six NASCAR Cup Series crew chiefs have been fined, and one also suspended following Sunday’s race at Darlington.

All six crew chiefs were penalized for lug-nut infractions after the Real Heroes 400.

Erik Jones and the No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing team received the most severe penalty: Crew chief Chris Gayle has been suspended from the next Cup Series race because the car was found to have two unsecured lug nuts after finishing eighth on Sunday. Gayle has also been fined $20,000.

Race engineer Seth Chavka will be the interim crew chief for Jones while Gayle serves his suspension on Wednesday night when the series returns to Darlington for a second event.

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Race-winning crew chief Rodney Childers of Stewart-Haas Racing along with Chris Gabehart of Joe Gibbs Racing, Paul Wolfe of Team Penske, Chad Johnston of Chip Ganassi Racing, and Jason Ratcliff of Leavine Family Racing, have all been fined $10,000. Each of their respective vehicles had one unsecured lug nut.

Childers won the race with driver Kevin Harvick, their first victory of the season. Gabehart and Denny Hamlin finished fifth while Johnston and Matt Kenseth rounded out the top 10.

Further back, Wolfe and Logano were 18th with Ratcliff and rookie Christopher Bell earning a 24th-place finish.

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NASCAR issues multiple penalties after Homestead weekend

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emailBy Kelly Crandall | 13 hours ago

NASCAR released a hefty penalty report late Tuesday afternoon, with infractions occurring in all three national series over the weekend at Homestead-Miami Speedway.

Two crew chiefs in the NASCAR Cup Series were fined $10,000, those being James Small of Martin Truex Jr.’s Joe Gibbs Racing team and Chad Johnston of Matt Kenseth’s Chip Ganassi Racing group. Both teams had one lug nut not secure on their vehicles.

Truex finished 12th in the Dixie Vodka 400 while Kenseth was 25th in the running order.

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Chase Briscoe won the Sunday Xfinity Series race at Homestead without three members of his team: Crew chief Richard Boswell, car chief Nicholas Hutchins, and engineer Daren Vanderley were suspended following the Saturday race when ballast fell out of the No. 98 Stewart-Haas Racing Ford. They will also miss the next three Xfinity Series events as they serve a four-race suspension.

Three crew chiefs in the Xfinity series were fined for lug nut issues: Alex Yontz of Kaulig Racing (for Justin Haley), Jeff Meendering of Joe Gibbs Racing (for Brandon Jones), and Bryan Smith of Sam Hunt Racing (for Colin Garrett) have each been fined $5,000 for one unsecured lug nut after the Saturday race.

In the Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series, two teams were penalized: The winning No. 51 team from Kyle Busch Motorsports, which was driven by Busch Saturday night, has been docked 10 owner points. In pre-race inspection, NASCAR officials found that the track bar mount and support did not meet rule specifications. Busch moved to the rear of the field for the start of the race and also had to serve a pass-through penalty.

Paul Clapprood, has nuts that are worth more, according to female fans. The crew chief of the No. 44 truck of Ross Chastain, was fined $2,500 for one unsecured lug nut. Chastain finished third in the event.