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October 19, 2016

No. 88 crew chief Greg Ives fined, others receive warnings post-Kansas


NASCAR officials handed down a P2 penalty to the No. 88 Hendrick Motorsports team for not having lug nuts properly installed during Sunday’s Hollywood Casino 400 at Kansas Speedway.

The infraction also brought a fine of $10,000 to Greg Ives, crew chief of the No. 88 Chevrolet.

The No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing team received a written warning and a loss of 15 minutes practice time for failing pre-race LIS three times.

The cars of Carl Edwards, Kyle Larson and Martin Truex Jr. failed pre-race LIS twice and received written warnings.

The cars of Austin Dillon and Regan Smith failed pre-race template inspection twice and received written warnings.

Cole Whitt‘s No. 55 Chevrolet failed pre-qualifying LIS twice and received a written warning.

The cars of Jamie McMurray and Martin Truex Jr. failed pre-qualifying template inspection twice and received written warnings.

Other warnings issued after last weekend’s events at Kansas Speedway:

The XFINITY Series cars of Cole Custer and Brandon Brown failed pre-race LIS twice and received written warnings.

Also, the cars of Brennan Poole and Derrike Cope failed pre-race template inspection three times and received written warnings.

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