NASCAR hands out penalties for five Xfinity teams at Daytona

NASCAR has issued penalties for five Xfinity Series race teams. The news comes just a few days before the circuit hits Daytona International Speedway for the weekend.

Per NBC Sports, the five race teams (and drivers) involved include: Ryan Sieg, Jordan Anderson, Justin Allgaier, Jeb Burton and Parker Retzlaff. NASCAR did not get into the specifics of the violations for each team.

Sieg’s car failed inspection three times. Per NBC Sports, “He will not be allowed the qualify, will start at the tail end of the field, must serve a pass-thru penalty after taking the green flag and loses pit selection for next weekend’s race at Darlington.”

Anderson’s car also failed inspection multiple times and faces penalties similar to Sieg. He will not be allowed the qualify, will start at the tail end of the field, must serve a pass-thru penalty after taking the green flag and loses pit selection for the next race.

According to NBC Sports, Allgaier, Burton and Retzlaff all face penalties of “starting at the tail end of the field, serve a pass-thru penalty after taking the green flag and lose pit selection for next weekend’s race at Darlington for inspection violations.”

The Xfinity Series race at Daytona comes on Friday, Aug. 25. The green flag for the Wawa 250 drops at 7:30 p.m. ET.

NASCAR Cup Series regular season ends in Daytona

There’s a lot on the line when NASCAR heads to Daytona for the Cup Series race this weekend. How fitting, right? Drivers on the cusp have one last shot to make a playoff push before the Round of 16.

Veteran driver Denny Hamlin believes we’ll see a “crash fest.”

“I do think this is going to be an absolute crash fest,” Hamlin said on his Actions Detrimental podcast. “I think that the pushes are gonna get too extreme? Anybody know the weather? Travis, check the weather for me at Daytona. This will tell me a lot about a few things.

“I just think that it always is a crash fest when you see the checkered flag fall at the Summer Daytona race. There’s very few cars in the picture. I need to get stage points and I need Martin to probably get caught up in a wreck. I mean, if I get stage points I only need to beat him by…yeah, he needs to get in a wreck.”

Saturday’s Cup Series race from Daytona begins at 7 p.m. ET.