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NASCAR Penalties for Pit Road Violations

 


 

1. Pitting before Pit Road is open (Section 10-4B in Rule Book) … PENALTY: Restart at the tail of the field.

2. Pitting out of order (10-4B) … PENALTY: Restart at the tail of the field

3. Car/truck must enter pit road in single file (9-15C) … PENALTY: Must pass through pits under green; Restart at the tail of the field if under yellow

4. Speeding – Entering pits (9-15D) … PENALTY: Must pass through pits under green; Restart at the tail of the field if under yellow

5. All passing on pit road must be to the outside on entry (9-15C) … PENALTY: Must pass through pits under green; Restart at the tail of the field if under yellow

6. Driving thru more than 3 pit boxes (9-15C) … PENALTY: Must pass through pits under green; Restart at the tail of the field if under yellow

7. Crew member(s) over the wall too soon (9-15E) … PENALTY: Must pass through pits under green; Restart at the tail of the field if under yellow

8. Car/truck pitting out of the assigned pit box (9-15F) … PENALTY: 1 lap

9. Use of extension poles are limited/not self illuminated (9-15G) … PENALTY: Must pass through pits under green; Restart at the tail of the field if under yellow

10. Too many crew member(s) in contact with pit service area (9-15H) … PENALTY: Must pass through pits under green; Restart at the tail of the field if under yellow

11. Crew member(s) returning from equipment side of wall (9-15H) … PENALTY: Must pass through pits under green; Restart at the tail of the field if under yellow

12. Front air wrench must be carried back to pit wall side of car/truck (9-15J) … PENALTY: Must pass through pits under green; Restart at the tail of the field if under yellow

13. Using more than two (2) air wrenches during one pit stop (9-15J) … PENALTY: Must pass through pits under green; Restart at the tail of the field if under yellow

14. Non-Compliant refueling .. PENALTY: Must pass through pits under green; Restart at the tail of the field if under yellow

15. Tossing or throwing the fuel filler/equipment (9-15M) … PENALTY: Must pass through pits under green; Restart at the tail of the field if under yellow

16. Tire violation-Removing outside tire acceptable/Rolling a tire(s) beyond the center of pit road (9-15P) … PENALTY: Must pass through pits under green; Restart at the tail of the field if under yellow

17. Lug nut(s) not installed (9-15N) … PENALTY: Must come in

18. Removing equipment from assigned pit area (9-15O) … PENALTY: Stop and Go

19. Running over/under equipment (9-15O) … PENALTY: NASCAR Discretion

20. Hand pushing car/truck more than 3 pit boxes (9-15Q) … PENALTY: Must pass through pits under green; Restart at the tail of the field if under yellow

21. Speeding – Exiting pits (9-15D) … PENALTY: Must pass through pits under green; Restart at the tail of the field if under yellow

22. Running the stop & go sign/light (10-4C) … PENALTY: NASCAR Discretion

23. Going above the blend line exiting the pits (9-11) … PENALTY: Must pass through pits under green; Restart at the tail of the field if under yellow

24. Refueling car before the affected car receives the green flag on the race track or does not complete the designated race distance (competition yellow) (9-6D and 9-6E) …PENALTY: Minimum 1 lap

25. Passing the caution car/truck (10-4D) … PENALTY: 1 lap

26. Pulling up to pit (9-15A) — (drivers must maintain position in relation to field or face penalty) … PENALTY 1 lap

27. Jumping the start (10-2A) … PENALTY: Pass through pits

28. Jumping the restart (10-2A) … PENALTY: Pass through pits

29. Passing after turn three (3) on “One to Go” (9-11) … PENALTY: Pass through pits

30. Passing on a start or restart (before start/finish line) (9-11) … PENALTY: Pass through pits

31. Disobeying NASCAR request (9-11) … PENALTY: NASCAR Discretion

32. Intentionally causing a caution (9-11) … PENALTY: NASCAR Discretion

33. Verbal abuse to a NASCAR official (9-11) … PENALTY: NASCAR Discretion

34. Disobeying Black Flag (10-6A) … PENALTY: NASCAR Discretion

35. Safety violation … PENALTY: NASCAR Discretion

36. Commitment Line Violation (9-15B) … PENALTY: Must pass through pits under green; Restart at the tail of the field if under yellow

 


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