NASCAR post-race weekend penalty report after Iowa

Matt Weaver

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There was nothing major on the NASCAR penalty report from over the weekend at Bristol Motor Speedway beyond one Xfinity Series loose or unsecured post-race lug nut infraction.

Taylor Gray, crew chief Jason Ratcliff and the Joe Gibbs Racing No. 54 team was hit with a $5000 fine for the offense. As per section 8.8.10.4a in the NASCAR Rule Book, this infraction was met with a $5000 fine to the organization.

There were no penalties from the Cup Series weekend. This is a notable update because the cars driven by Denny Hamlin, Ross Chastain, Ryan Blaney and Alex Bowman were taken back to the NASCAR R&D Center for a random inspection but that turned up no infractions.

For more information about what a random inspection entails, read this.

Matt Weaver

Matt Weaver is a former dirt racer turned motorsports journalist. He can typically be found perched on a concrete wall at a local short track on Saturday nights and within world-class media centers on Sunday afternoons. There isn’t any kind of racing he hasn’t covered over the past decade. He drives a 2003 Chevrolet Silverado with over 510,000 miles on it. Despite carrying him to racing trips across both coasts and two countries, it hasn’t died yet.