Six NASCAR XFINITY Series crew chiefs have been placed on probation through Dec. 31 after receiving P2 Level penalties for irregularities discovered following pre-race inspection for this past weekend's American Ethanol E15 250 atIowa Speedway.
All six of the vehicles in question were singled out for right-side body panel modifications; five of the six drivers of those vehicles finished in the top 10 in Sunday's race, including winnerSam Hornish Jr.
Those penalized were:
• Chris Gayle, crew chief of the Joe Gibbs RacingNo. 18 Toyota. Hornish made his first start of the '16 season when he was called on to fill in for driver Matt Tifft;
• Chris Gabehart, crew chief of the JGR No. 20 Toyota driven by Erik Jones. Jones finished 27th;
• Team Penske crew chief Brian Wilson; driverBrad Keselowski finished third in the No. 22 Ford;
• David Elenz, Kevin Meendering and Jason Burdett, all crew chiefs for JR Motorsports, were among those placed on probation as well.
Elenz heads up the No. 88 Chevrolet for JRM. The entry uses a variety of drivers throughout the year and saw Alex Bowman finish fifth with the team at Iowa.
Meendering is crew chief for driver Elliott Sadler(No. 1 Chevrolet); Sadler finished sixth.
Burdett oversees the No. 7 Chevrolet with driverJustin Allgaier for the organization. Allgaier finished seventh.
In addition to the P2 Level penalties, the No. 16Roush Fenway Racing team with driverRyan Reed received a written warning for failing the laser inspection station three times during pre-race inspection. As a result, the team has been docked 15 minutes of practice time at the series' next event.
Also failing the LIS on two occasions, and receiving written warnings only, were the teams of Sadler, Daniel Suarez (JGR No. 19) andHarrison Rhodes (MBM Motorsports No. 13 Chevrolet).
The XFINITY Series is off this weekend and returns to action Friday, July 1 atDaytona International Speedway (7:30 p.m. ET, NBCSN, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio).
NASCAR Release.
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