Three members of the Reaume Brothers Racing No. 33 Craftsman Truck Series team have been suspended by NASCAR for three races.
NASCAR has suspended three members of the Reaume Brothers Racing No. 33 Craftsman Truck Series team for three races after a piece of tungsten ballast came off their truck during the race at Atlanta Motor Speedway last Saturday.
The suspensions were revealed on Tuesday. The safety infraction resulted in the suspension of the crew’s Matthew Crossman and Travis Armstrong as well as crew chief Gregory Rayl. The team’s driver is Mason Massey.
The squad declared in a tweet that it will not appeal the penalty shortly after it was announced.
“The ballast became dislodged only after the left side ballast container had significant contact with the racing surface,” Reaume Brothers Racing said in a statement.
“We would like to be clear that there was no negligence on the part of RBR personnel.”
Meanwhile, Cory Roper, an owner/driver in the Truck Series who had been indefinitely suspended for breaking the substance abuse code, was reinstated, according to a Tuesday announcement from NASCAR.
NASCAR resumes this weekend at Circuit of the Americas.
