By alley - Aug 2, 2017, 4:56 PM ET

Furniture Row's Gayle tops this week's penalty list

Chris Gayle, the Furniture Row Racing crew chief for Erik Jones (pictured at right, with Gayle), was suspended for two races Wednesday afternoon after NASCAR issued the team an L1-level penalty.

The No. 77 Toyota was the random car taken to the NASCAR R&D Center following an eighth-place finish Sunday at Pocono Raceway. It was there NASCAR officials found the car to be in violation of section 20.14.2 of the rulebook for the rear suspension.

Per the NASCAR penalty report, "Truck Trailing Arm Spacers/Pinion Angle Shims. Spacers/pinion angle shims must conform to the following drawing: A-008- 01016d-16 REV. A. Notes: 6 The Truck trailing arm spacer / pinion angle shim mating surfaces must be planar and must be in complete contact with corresponding mating surfaces at all points and at all times."

As a result, the team's finish has been ruled encumbered and in addition to the two-race suspension, it has been docked 25 driver and owner points. Gayle was also fined $50,000. With the penalty, Jones drops to 20th on the playoff grid and 150 points from a transfer spot with five races remaining in the regular season.

This is the same penalty and infraction Joey Logano and Team Penske received earlier in the year after winning at Richmond Raceway.

In a statement, team president Joe Garrone said Furniture Row Racing would not contest the penalty.

"We understand and accept NASCAR's penalty to our No. 77 team," Garrone said. "We will not appeal the unintentional infraction with the rear suspension and will move on with team engineer James Small taking over as the interim crew chief for the next two races."

Other penalties from Pocono include the crew chiefs for Kyle Busch, Ricky Stenhouse Jr., and Trevor Bayne being fined $10,000 for lug nut(s) not properly installed.

In the Camping World Truck Series, Trip Bruce – the crew chief for Stewart Friesen – was fined $2,500 for lug nut(s) not properly installed. Phil Gould, the crew chief for Ryan Reed in the Xfinity Series, was also fined $5,000 for lug nut(s) not properly installed following that series race at Iowa Speedway.