NASCAR ejects 4 automotive chiefs after Truck Collection inspection failures

On Friday, every of the 31 NASCAR Truck Collection entries for Kansas Speedway rolled by inspection. A lot of the groups made it by with out a lot drama, however not all of them. 4 vans, together with three from ThorSport Racing, struggled to cross. 

They had been the No. 99 ThorSport Racing Ford of Ben Rhodes, the No. 98 ThorSport Racing Ford of Ty Majeski, the No. 88 ThorSport Racing Ford of Matt Crafton, in addition to the No. 26 Rackley W.A.R. Chevrolet of Dawson Sutton.

Every of those vans failed twice earlier than passing on the third try. Because of this, every crew will lose pit stall choice for subsequent weekend’s race at North Wilkesboro, however there was a extra fast punishment as properly. Every of their automotive chiefs — or quite, ‘truck’ chiefs, have been ejected from the observe for the rest of the race weekend. That is widespread protocol for when there are two failures in attempting to cross pre-race inspection.

Brad Means (No. 98), Derek Rohlfing (No. 99), Tyler Kontos (No. 88), and Tucker Scanlon (No. 26) will likely be watching the race from afar on Saturday. This would be the extent of the penalties.

ThorSport, which has gained the final two Truck Collection titles (Rhodes in 2023 and Majeski in 2024), have but to go to Victory Lane this yr. The crew’s fourth entry is the No. 66, pushed by Luke Baldwin this weekend, which made it by tech with out difficulty.