In the absence of suspended crew chief Adam Stevens, Joe Gibbs Racing will use a committee approach for Kyle Busch’s #18 Toyota this weekend at Dover International Speedway. Former Sprint Cup crew chief Todd Berrier, who is JGR’s director of inspections, will call race strategy for Busch during Sunday’s race at Dover. The team’s engineers will run Busch’s team during practices and qualifying Friday and Saturday. Stevens and front tire changer Josh Leslie were suspended for a race Wednesday after a violation of NASCAR’s revised lug nut rule was discovered in postrace inspection of Busch’s winning car from last Saturday at Kansas Speedway. JGR hasn’t confirmed who will replace Leslie at Dover.(NBC Sports)
AND: Per, ESPN.com’s Bob Pockrass Brian Eastland will be the front tire changer for Kyle Busch this weekend in place of the suspended Josh Leslie.
