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Sprint Cup Series crew chief Adam Stevens and XFINITY Series crew chief Kevin Meendering were fined $10,000 each because of improperly installed lug nuts at Phoenix International Raceway, NASCAR officials announced Wednesday.
Meendering, crew chief for the No. 1 Chevrolet, also is suspended as driver Elliott Sadler competes for the XFINITY Series title in the Championship 4 this weekend at Homestead-Miami Speedway. The penalty levied against the No. 1 team following the Ticket Gallaxy 200 at Phoenix was a P3-level penalty.
Stevens and the No. 18 team for Kyle Busch‘s Toyota were assessed a P2-level penalty after Sunday’s Can-Am 500 at Phoenix.
In addition, several teams were given warnings Wednesday after post-race inspections were completed at the NASCAR R&D Center in Concord, North Carolina.
The No. 2 team of Brad Keselowski was given a written warning and will lose 15 minutes of practice time after the Team Penske Ford failed pre-race laser inspection (LIS) three times. The No. 2 also failed pre-race template inspection twice.
Other Sprint Cup Series warnings issued were: Nos. 22 (driver Joey Logano), 24 (Chase Elliott) and 98 (Reed Sorenson) for failing pre-race LIS twice; No. 10 (Danica Patrick) for failing template inspection twice before qualifying; and Nos. 78 (Martin Truex Jr.) and 95 (Michael McDowell) for failing pre-qualifying LIS twice.
In the XFINITY Series, six teams failed pre-race LIS twice and received warnings: Nos. 3 (driver Ty Dillon); 15 (D.J. Kennington); 18 (Kyle Busch); 20 (Erik Jones); 33 (Brandon Jones) and 60 (Ricky Stenhouse Jr.).