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Daniel Dye disqualified after NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Nashville

Originally posted on 5 GOATs | By Jonathan Howard | Last updated Jun 1, 2025 3:02 AM ET

Following post-race inspection at Nashville, NASCAR has disqualified Daniel Dye and the No. 10 Kaulig Racing car. Dye originally finished P9, which would have been his sixth top-10 of the season. Instead, he is now credited with a 38th-place finish.

Daniel Dye is going to take a good hit in the points after tonight. He picked up 35 points with his performance tonight, but it was all for nothing. Kaulig Racing is wondering what they have to do to not get wrecked or penalized in Nashville this weekend.

Let’s run down the Xfinity Series results for Kaulig today: Christian Eckes P36 after restart wreck totaled his Chevy. Josh Williams, involved in the same restart incident, fought back for a paltry P18 finish. Dye DQ’d and relegated to last place.

Oh, on top of that, AJ Allmendinger suffered a massive penalty today in Cup Series practice for an unapproved adjustment on pit road. Ty Dillon is the only driver who hasn’t had on or off-track troubles today.

The winner of tonight’s race, Justin Allgaier, passed inspection. He records his third win of the season. As for Daniel Dye, he needs to take these next two weeks before Mexico City to regroup and refresh.

NEWS: The No. 10 car has been disqualified following post-race inspection at @NashvilleSuperS due to failing rear heights.

The No. 10 car is now credited with a 38th-place finish.
— NASCAR Xfinity (@NASCAR_Xfinity) June 1, 2025

NASCAR has been really DQ-heavy this season. It started with the disqualification of Parker Kligerman from the Daytona Truck Series race, which he had originally won. Since then, we have seen a number of infractions handed down from NASCAR to various teams.

In the Xfinity Series, we had two DQs at Rockingham. Jesse Love, the winner of that race, was disqualified, as well as Justin Bonsignore. Sammy Smith had his top-five finish at Charlotte taken away after post-race inspection just a week ago.

Daniel Dye is the latest victim of post-race inspection. Tough break.

Daniel Dye gets hit with DQ after AJ Allmendinger Cup penalty

Like I said, Kaulig Racing is really taking it on the chin this weekend. Chris Rice and Matt Kaulig have to be wondering what in the world is going on. They can’t catch a break no matter how hard they try.

It really felt like Daniel Dye was going to be the bright spot of the night. Two cars were involved in an ultimately avoidable restart pileup. Then you have your Cup Series star get hit with a penalty that will make him lose pit selection, lose his car chief, his car chief has had his hard card pulled for the year, and Allmendinger will have to start at the rear on Sunday before he performs a stop-and-go penalty. Yikes.

I’m not sure what this organization did to anger the racing gods. But things need to turn around soon. Ty Dillon, you’re the only hope, it looks like, for salvaging the weekend at Nashville.

This article first appeared on 5 GOATs and was syndicated with permission.

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