NASCAR issued a post-race penalty despite the big crash at Las Vegas Motor Speedway
On Saturday night, the NASCAR O’Reilly Series raced at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. It marked the third of nine Chase races.
Brandon Jones started stage two from the race lead. He then slammed the wall on lap 55. The No. 22 car wiggled loose just after a pit stop. It was suspected the crash was caused by a loose wheel.
Watch the crash video below.
In the crash, Jones collected another chase contender, Justin Allgaier. The No. 7 crew was able to make extensive repairs and get Allgaier back on track.
For Jones, he was also disqualified after the race. Despite the mangled machine, the No. 20 car was found with four or more loose lugnuts after the race resulting in the DQ.
Brandon Jones comments on the crash
“Yeah, shoot, it’s just the pit stop,” Brandon Jones stated.
“I mean, they’re trying to get me out front, I guess, and it’s just right now every mistake like this is a detriment to the season. It’s like, give up a half-second to maybe just maintain. It’s like, you just don’t have to hit the home runs right now, and I don’t know, I don’t know what we need to do better other than just execute from the the team’s standpoint.”
“Unfortunately, I’m not a finger-pointer at all. I mean, there’s always things that I could do better on all these races, but at the end of the day, it’s all these little decisions of staying out and not pitting, and then having mistakes like this on pit road with the loose wheels. It’s like constant, nonstop things that are out of my control that I can’t figure out how to get to stop.”
“So it’s difficult when it’s like this. It’s really hard to stop the bleeding. You see it time and time again with other cars and other teams and drivers.”
“It’s whoever can not make mistakes, and the guys that make mistakes end up not winning, and they end up falling out like we currently are, unfortunately. So we’ve just got to keep pushing, though. We got to keep going race to race, can’t be a quitter. You can’t give up in these moments.”
Las Vegas Race Results: NASCAR O’Reilly (October 3, 2026)
