The No. 51 Kyle Busch Motorsports team incurred a penalty due to the wheel that came off the truck at Texas Motor Speedway last weekend, NASCAR announced Wednesday, Oct. 28.
The team violated Sections 12.5.2.7.4 in the NASCAR rule book, and crew chief Danny Stockman and tire changer/jack man Charles Thacker are suspended for the next three NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series events.
Since there are only two races left in the season, the suspension will carry over to the Truck event at Daytona International Speedway next year.
Chandler Smith piloted the No. 51 Toyota on Sunday. Brandon Jones is in the truck for this week’s race at Martinsville Speedway.
Joy joined Frontstretch in 2019 as a NASCAR DraftKings writer, expanding to news and iRacing coverage in 2020. She's currently an assistant editor and involved with photos, social media and news editing. A California native, Joy was raised watching motorsports and started watching NASCAR extensively in 2001. She earned her B.A. degree in Liberal Studies at California State University Bakersfield in 2010.