The National Motorsports Appeals Panel announced Wednesday it upheld NASCAR’s four-race suspension of three Kaulig Racing crew members in the Cup Series for a wheel coming off one of its cars in the Daytona 500.
The incident occurred on the No. 31 Chevrolet driven by Justin Haley.
Crew chief Trent Owens, Jacob Nelson (front-tire changer) and Marshall McFadden (jackman) will be suspended following the appeal being denied. Kaulig Racing announced it won’t not go forward with a final appeal.
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“We respect NASCAR’s decision on the appeal,” team president Chris Rice said in a statement. “We will take penalty, move on, and work hard to be better.”
The suspensions begin this weekend with Sunday’s Cup Series race at Atlanta Motor Speedway (3 p.m. ET on Fox). It will cover ensuing races at Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas, Richmond (Va.) Raceway and Martinsville (Va.) Speedway.