Overview
- NASCAR's weekly penalty report announced a $5,000 fine and a 25-point deduction to both the No. 69 owner entry and its driver over a shifter-boot violation found in pre-qualifying inspection.
- The rule cited requires shifter boots to be manufactured within two years and for shifters to carry a NASCAR safety-certification label, with noncompliance classified as a technical safety violation.
- The penalties left MBM Motorsports with minus-14 owner points and driver Jonathan Shafer at minus-25 driver points, because Shafer has not scored points this season to offset the deduction.
- Shafer failed to qualify for the Indianapolis race after the inspection found the issue, and the penalty compounds his season record of multiple DNQs while driving for MBM.
- The case underlines that NASCAR's pre-qualifying technical checks enforce safety rules across all teams and that fines and point docks can have outsized effects on part-time, resource-limited operations.