Seven NASCAR XFINITY Series teams and one from the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series will lose 15 minutes of on-track time this weekend as a result of recent minor infractions.
According to NASCAR, the following XFINITY Series teams will serve 15-minute practice time deduction penalties during the opening practice at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, site of Saturday’s Nationwide Children’s Hospital 200: Richard Childress Racing No. 2 (driver Brian Scott), Team Penske No. 22 (Alex Tagliani), JGL Racing No. 26 (Tomy Drissi), Richard Childress Racing No. 33 (Brandon Jones), Jimmy Means Racing No. 52 (Joey Gase), Joe Gibbs Racing No. 54 (Boris Said) and JR Motorsports No. 88 (Ben Rhodes).
The seven teams were penalized for issues arising at Watkins Glen this past weekend (late exiting garage).
The first practice for NXS teams at Mid-Ohio is scheduled to begin at 1:30 p.m. ET Friday.
The JR Motorsports No. 00 Camping World Truck Series team will serve a 15-minute penalty in the opening practice at Michigan this weekend for an issue (falling out of inspection line) two weeks ago at Pocono (Pa.) Raceway. The series did not compete this past weekend.
Opening practice for Truck Series teams at MIS is scheduled to get underway Friday at 1:30 p.m. ET.
Sprint Cup Series driver Alex Bowman is scheduled to drive for the JRM team this weekend in Saturday’s Careers for Veterans 200 Presented by the Cooper Standard Foundation and Brad Keselowski’s Checkered Flag Foundation.