Kaulig Racing's No. 10 Chevrolet team, Joe Gibbs Racing's No. 18 Toyota team, Richard Childress Racing's No. 21 Chevrolet team and Young's Motorsports' No. 42 Chevrolet Camaro team were fined $5,000 apiece due to an improper/loose lug nut discovered on their respective entries following Saturday's Xfinity event at Homestead.
The 2025 spring Las Vegas penalty report features two Cup teams being penalized and losing crew members for two races for loose wheels, four Xfinity teams and one Truck team being penalized for lug nut infractions and two crew members suspended indefinitely for violating NASCAR's Substance Abuse Policy.
The 43-year-old Allmendinger from Los Gatos, California, will commence his third re-entrance as a full-time Cup Series competitor by making his 12th attempt of winning his first Great American Race.
Eddie Pardue and Alex Yontz will remain as crew chiefs for Kaulig's Nos. 11 and 16 Chevrolet teams, respectively, while Kevin Walter will work atop the No. 10 Chevrolet team for the upcoming Xfinity season.
Trent Owens and Andrew Dickeson have been named crew chiefs for Kaulig Racing's Nos. 16 and 10 Chevrolet entries, respectively, while veteran engineer Mike Cook will be serving as the organization's technical director for the 2025 Cup Series season.
The 42-year-old Allmendinger from Los Gatos, California, led a race-high 102 of 201-scheduled laps and became the first Playoff contender to secure a Championship 4 berth by winning the Xfinity Series' Round of 8 opener at Vegas.
The three-time SuperCars champion from Auckland, New Zealand, posted his best qualifying lap at 99.246 mph in 82.704 seconds, which was enough to claim his first Cup Series career pole at the Roval.
The three-time SuperCars champion from Auckland, New Zealand, notched the third Xfinity Series pole of his career and of the 2024 season with a pole-qualifying lap at 97.110 mph in 84.523 seconds.
