NASCAR News: Rule Clarification-Pitting in another team's pit stall

During Sunday’s NASCAR Cup race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Christopher Bell (pictured) left his service with a loose left front wheel and was directed to stop in another team’s pit stall. He went to Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Chase Briscoe’s No. 19 pit crew, which tightened the wheel before Bell’s No. 20 Toyota went back on track.

NASCAR today sent the following clarification to race teams in all three national series on pitting in another team’s pit stall.

If a vehicle receives service in another team’s pit stall to correct a safety issue, the vehicle will receive a flag status penalty (restart tail of the field or pass-through) for the vehicle pitting outside of the assigned pit box

- Some examples of a safety issue:

- - Tighten loose wheel nuts or lug nuts
  - Remove a fuel can
  - Remove a wedge wrench
  - Remove the jack from under the vehicle

If a vehicle receives service in another team’s pit stall for competition adjustments, the vehicle may receive a lap(s) penalty