NASCAR: Erik Jones penalized 60 aspects for inspection issues after Gateway

Erik Jones is the latest driver to safe a main aspects penalty from NASCAR.

NASCAR launched Wednesday that Jones had been penalized 60 aspects and his crew chief Dave Elenz used to be suspended two races for illegal changes to the suppose spherical the cockpit of the vehicle at Gateway on Sunday. Jones began thirty first and completed 18th in that hotfoot.

Per NASCAR, the changes that had been made to the head of Jones’ vehicle had been the the same changes Hendrick Motorsports used to be chanced on to maintain made at Richmond to the cars of Alex Bowman and William Byron. Both Bowman and Byron had been also penalized 60 aspects.

Jones’ No. 43 team used to be also fined $75,000.

The aspects penalty drops Jones from 26th to thirtieth in the standings. He at the 2nd has 185 aspects and is 128 aspects encourage of the 16th and final provisional scheme in the playoffs. He used to be ethical 68 aspects encourage of 16th sooner than the penalty.

Jones has scored two top-10 finishes to this point this season. He used to be eighth at Atlanta and sixth at Talladega. Those are the with out a doubt two top-10 finishes by Legacy Motor Membership to this point this season. Rookie teammate Noah Gragson is Thirty 2nd in the aspects standings with out a top 10s and team co-proprietor Jimmie Johnson has a median make of thirty fifth in his three begins.

Jones’ penalty comes per week after NASCAR penalized Traipse Briscoe and his team 120 aspects for a faux section at the Coca-Cola 600. Briscoe used to be also penalized 25 playoff aspects if he makes the playoffs.