CHICAGO — Officials penalized the No. 21 Wood Brothers Racing and the No. 42 Legacy Motor Club teams after two pre-race inspection failures each at the Chicago Street Course.
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As a result, both teams will have a crew member ejected and lose choice of pit stall selection for Sunday’s Grant Park 165 (2 p.m. ET, TNT Sports/truTV, HBO Max, MRN Radio, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio).
Competition officials barred the car chiefs for each team for the remainder of the race weekend — Kirk Almquist with the No. 21 team and Ryan Dextraze with the No. 42 group.
Berry, driver of the No. 21 Ford, currently sits 19th in the driver standings and has a provisional playoff berth secured after his victory at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in March. Nemechek, meanwhile, ranks 23rd and is 82 points behind the elimination line in the Cup Series Playoffs grid.
This weekend’s Cup Series race is the 19th regular-season event of the 2025 season and the third race in downtown Chicago. Practice and qualifying are set to begin Saturday at 1 p.m. on truTV and will set the 40-car starting grid.