NASCAR penalty report released after weekend at Las Vegas Motor Speedway

The NASCAR penalty report for the races at Las Vegas Motor Speedway this past weekend has been released. NASCAR announced the crew chiefs for Xfinity Series drivers Daniel Dye, Jeb Burton and Matt DiBenedetto were fined $5,000 for one loose/missing lug nut. Additionally, Legacy No. 43 (Erik Jones) front tire changer John Rosselli and jackman Kellen Mills were suspended for two races for the wheel coming off during the race. They will be replaced by Bryan Backus (changer) and Matt Wilps (jack), per Bob Pockrass of Fox Sports.

The Xfinity Series Playoff race was a wild one as AJ Allmendinger held off Ryan Sieg for the victory. With the win, Allmendinger will compete in the Xfinity Series Championship race next month. After the race, NASCAR announced that three cars were found with one unsecured lug nut each. The three cars with the lug nut infractions were the No. 10 for Kaulig Racing Chevrolet (Daniel Dye), the No. 27 Jordan Anderson Racing (Jeb Burton) Chevrolet and the No. 38 RSS Racing Ford (Matt DiBenedetto).

“I absolutely love these guys and girls at Kaulig Racing, it’s been such up-and-down but what I love about them is we stick together, we keep fighting,” Allmendinger said after the race (per NASCAR.com) before turning toward his team and shouting, “Happy birthday, Matt Kaulig. The boss’s birthday. I told you I was getting you a trophy. I love you.”

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In the Cup Series race, Joey Logano won and clinched a spot in the Championship 4. NASCAR also announced that no cars would return to the Research & Development Center for further inspection.

“Obviously, it feels really good. So proud of our race team all the way through,” Logano told reporters after the race. “This group of guys, they’re truly incredible. They’re good people, which is one of the things I’m most proud of, but they’re really smart. In the Playoffs, they’re able to really be able to keep a level head and maximize the races no matter what’s dealt with them.

“Today we had a solid car. We were not as good as the 20, but we were a top-five car. In the long run, we were probably the best car. We got ate up on the restarts too much. When there’s an opportunity like that at the end of the race, where there’s a long run, you’re able to make good mileage, that’s one of our strengths that we have with the Ford, so there’s an opportunity there to run it long.”