LOUDON, NEW HAMPSHIRE - JULY 15: Parker Kligerman, driver of the #48 Spiked Light Coolers Chevrolet, Anthony Alfredo, driver of the #78 Steele Group Chevrolet, and Justin Allgaier, driver of the #7 BRANDT Chevrolet, spin after an on-track incident on a restart during the NASCAR Xfinity Series Ambetter Health 200 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway on July 15, 2023 in Loudon, New Hampshire. (Photo by Meg Oliphant/Getty Images) | Getty Images
LOUDON, NEW HAMPSHIRE - JULY 15: Parker Kligerman, driver of the #48 Spiked Light Coolers Chevrolet, Anthony Alfredo, driver of the #78 Steele Group Chevrolet, and Justin Allgaier, driver of the #7 BRANDT Chevrolet, spin after an on-track incident on a restart during the NASCAR Xfinity Series Ambetter Health 200 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway on July 15, 2023 in Loudon, New Hampshire. (Photo by Meg Oliphant/Getty Images) | Getty Images

NASCAR issuing “stern communication” to teams to clean up restarts

NASCAR’s Elton Sawyer said drivers in all three series will receive “stern communication” this week about cleaning up restarts.

Sawyer, NASCAR’s senior vice president of competition, made the comments on Tuesday morning on SiriusXM NASCAR Radio. The response came when asked about how NASCAR viewed the multi-car crash on a restart in the Xfinity Series race Saturday at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, which didn’t result in any penalties or warnings.

The crash occurred coming to a lap 71 restart. Those who got the worst of it were in the middle to back of the pack, such as Justin Allgaier and Parker Kligerman, when the field stacked up behind front-row leaders John Hunter Nemechek and Chandler Smith.

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