On Wednesday, NASCAR suspended six individuals — two crew chiefs, two tire changers and two tire carriers — because of a pair of botched pit stops at Dover International Speedway last weekend.
One involved Kyle Busch’s Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, the other Chase Briscoe’s Brad Keselowski Racing Ford in the Camping World Truck Series.
In both instances, the respective crews badly bollixed their pit stops and failed to get the lug nuts on. When Briscoe and Busch pulled out of their pit stalls, immediately they each lost a tire.
There is no ambiguity whatsoever about the NASCAR rule governing such matters, which reads, “loss of wheel(s) due to improper installation will result in a mandatory minimum four-race suspension of the crew chief and the tire changer and tire carrier of the lost wheel(s).