Chase Briscoe and Joe Gibbs Racing’s No. 19 team were handed a L2 penalty on Wednesday (Feb. 19) after Briscoe’s fourth-place Daytona 500 car was found to have modified the spoiler base, a single source part of the Next Gen car.
Violating sections 14.1 and 14.5.8 of the NASCAR Rule Book, the No. 19 team was docked 100 owner points and 10 playoff points while Briscoe was docked 100 driver points and 10 playoff points. JGR was fined $100,000, and crew chief James Small was handed a four-race suspension.
The penalty drops Briscoe from 10th to 39th in the standings, and he will enter Sunday’s (Feb. 23) NASCAR Cup Series race at Atlanta Motor Speedway with -67 points.
Front Row Motorsports’ No. 34 team and Rick Ware Racing’s No. 51 team were also penalized following Daytona for safety violations pertaining to ballast found outside the ballast containers.
Each team lost 10 owner points, while drivers Todd Gilliland and Cody Ware lost 10 driver points each.
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