2 cars penalized after Dover for missing lugnuts

Erik Jones

Two Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series cars were found with an unsecured lug nut after Sunday’s Apache Warrior 400 at Dover International Speedway.

The Stewart-Haas Racing No. 14 Ford driven to a sixth-place finish by Clint Bowyer and the 12th-place Furniture Row Racing No. 77 Toyota of rookie Erik Jones each had one unsecured lug nut in a post-race check.

Under the rules set forth in the 2017 NASCAR deterrence system, the suggested guidelines for such an infraction is a $10,000 fine.

Any penalties from NASCAR’s competition department will be announced later in the week.