NASCAR has issued multiple penalties ahead of the race at Bristol Motor Speedway
On Sunday, the NASCAR Cup Series drivers take the green flag in Bristol, Tennessee. Today, teams are set for a round of practice and qualifying at Bristol Motor Speedway.
Before teams are allowed on the track for practice they must clear several inspection sections. Multiple teams have failed inspection, multiple times.
Failed inspection twice: Kyle Larson, Michael McDowell, Ross Chastain, Cole Custer and Chad Finchum
Per the rulebook NASCAR is allowed to eject a crew member of their choosing. McDowell has had an engineer ejected. For the other four, they have all had their car chief ejected for the duration of the race weekend.
All five teams will also lose pit selection for Sunday’s race.
Teams are now rolling to the track for practice. All five teams have cleared inspection after initial failures.
NASCAR Team Members Ejected
The following crew members have been ejected:
Jesse Saunders
(Car chief, No. 5 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet)
Adam Sturgill
(Engineer, No. 71 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet)
David Fero
(Car chief, No. 1 Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet)
Scott Brewer
(Car chief, No. 41 Haas Factory Team Chevrolet)
Dylan Roberts
(Car chief, N0. 66 Garage 66 Ford)
NASCAR Inspection Penalties
Pre-Qualifying
The following includes various levels of inspection penalties:
1 Failure
No Penalty
2 Failures
Crew member of NASCAR’s choosing ejected. Additionally, the team loses pit selection.
3 Failures
Not permitted to qualify plus above penalty. They also have to serve a pass-through penalty at the start of the race.
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