Daniel Dye disqualified following NASCAR Xfinity race at Nashville

Daniel Dye earned his sixth high ten end of the 2025 season on Saturday evening, inserting ninth at Nashville and scoring stage factors in each Stage 1 and Stage 2.

Nevertheless, Dye’s No. 10 Kaulig Racing Chevrolet failed rear top checks, leading to a post-race disqualification. Practically the entire 35 factors he scored are actually gone as he’ll now end thirty eighth, scoring only one level. Dye was set to depart Nashville 14th within the common season standings, however the inspection failure has dropped him all the way down to fifteenth.

Carson Kvapil has been promoted to ninth because of Dye’s misfortune and Sammy Smith is now tenth. This implies JR Motorsports managed to put all 5 of their vehicles inside the highest ten whereas additionally successful the race with Justin Allgaier.

Moreover, Connor Zilisch, who completed second, had two unsecured lug nuts. This can end in a $10,000 and a one-race suspension for crew chief Mardy Lindley.

This has been a troublesome day for Kaulig Racing as they had been caught making unapproved changes to A.J. Allmendinger’s Cup automobile forward of apply, and have been penalized in consequence.

The 2025 season has additionally seen an unusually excessive variety of post-race inspection points throughout all three nationwide divisions. The winner of the Truck Collection season-opener at Daytona [Parker Kligerman] and the winner of the Xfinity Collection race at Rockingham [Jesse Love] had been each disqualified, whereas Dye turns into the the ninth DQ throughout all three divisions this 12 months. 4 of these have taken place within the NASCAR Xfinity Collection.

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