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Crew chiefs of Kurt Busch, Erik Jones fined $10k for loose lug nuts at Richmond

Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Axalta presents the Pocono 400 - Qualifying

LONG POND, PA - JUNE 09: Tony Gibson, crew chief of the #41 Haas Automation/Monster Energy Ford, looks on from pit road during qualifying for the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Axalta presents the Pocono 400 at Pocono Raceway on June 9, 2017 in Long Pond, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images)

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NASCAR on Tuesday issued three penalties – two in NASCAR Cup and one in Xfinity – for cars that were found to have loose lug nuts after their respective races this past weekend at Richmond Raceway.

In NASCAR Cup, Tony Gibson, crew chief of the No. 41 Stewart-Haas Racing Ford Fusion driven by Kurt Busch, was fined $10,000 for the lug nut infraction.

Also in Cup, Chris Gayle crew chief on the No. 77 Toyota driven by Erik Jones, was also fined $10,000 for the lug nut infraction .

And in the Xfinity Series, Matthew Beckman, crew chief of the No. 19 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota driven by Matt Tifft, was also fined $5,000 for the lug nut infraction.

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