NASCAR Xfinity Series driver Tommy Joe Martins will be without regular crew chief Daniel Johnson this Thursday, June 9, at Kentucky Speedway.
Johnson was suspended on Tuesday (July 7) in reaction to the rear axle coming off of Martins’ No. 44 Chevrolet at last weekend’s race on the road course at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. No points deduction or monetary fine will be assessed.
Tommy Joe Martins crew chief Daniel Johnson has been suspended for one race for the rear axle coming off the car during the IMS event (no points penalty, no monetary fine). #nascar @NASCARONFOX
— Bob Pockrass (@bobpockrass) July 7, 2020
The suspension will be for one race, Thursday night’s Shady Rays 200 at Kentucky. Johnson will return the following day for the Alsco 300, the second race of the Xfinity Series’ doubleheader at the track.
Martins has competed in all but one of the Xfinity Series’ 13 races so far this year, the only exception being the season opener at Daytona International Speedway, where he failed to qualify. His best result to date in 2020 was in the Unhinged 300 at Talladega Superspeedway, where he finished 15th.
Adam Cheek joined Frontstretch as a contributing writer in January 2019. A 2020 graduate of Virginia Commonwealth University, he covered sports there and later spent a year and a half as a sports host on 910 the Fan in Richmond, VA. He's freelanced for Richmond Magazine and the Richmond Times-Dispatch and also hosts the Adam Cheek's Sports Week podcast. Adam has followed racing since the age of three, inheriting the passion from his grandfather, who raced in amateur events up and down the East Coast in the 1950s.