On lap 27 of the 267-lap race, Buescher crashed into the Flip 1 wall after dropping the right-front wheel. The affect required a pink flag to restore the wall.
The wheel got here off in items, and Buescher defined later that he believed one thing within the suspension ended up reducing the wheel in half.
As is the norm when a staff loses a wheel on observe, which is taken into account a security vioaltion, NASCAR has suspended two RFK Racing crew members (Nicholas Patterson and Jakob Prall) for the following two points-paying occasions. They are going to miss this weekend’s race at Phoenix Raceway, in addition to the race at Bristol Motor Speedway the next week.
Extra penalties this week embrace a pair of $5,000 fines within the NASCAR Xfinity Collection. One for Phillip Bell, crew chief of the No. 9 JR Motorsports entry, as effectively Andrew Abbott, crew chief for the No. 42 Younger’s Motorsports entry. Each have been due to unfastened lug nuts.
A $2,500 was issued toJoe Shear Jr. for a unfastened lug nut as effectively, crew chief for the No. 98 ThorSport Racing entry within the NASCAR Truck Collection.
There have been no different penalties.
