TC Daily Pit Stop: Preece Fined, Docked Points For Texas Incident With Gibbs; Kyle Busch Not Penalized; Watkins Glen Entry Lists
TC Daily Pit Stop: Wednesday, May 6, 2026
Ryan Preece Fined and Docked Points for Gibbs Incident; No Penalties For Kyle Busch
Ryan Preece was smacked with a $50,000 fine and was docked 25 points following his incident with Ty Gibbs in last Sunday’s Wurth 400 at Texas Motor Speedway. According to NASCAR’s Mike Forde, in this week’s Hauler Talk Podcast, Preece’s in-car communication, where he threatened to crash Gibbs, paired with the incident, led to the penalties.
Surprisingly, Kyle Busch was not penalized for his incident with John Hunter Nemechek with two laps remaining in Sunday’s race. Forde said that NASCAR was unable to conclude through SMT data, due to the damage of the No. 8 RCR car, if the incident was intentional.
Forde did say that NASCAR will have a discussion with Kyle Busch this weekend as this is the second time in four races that NASCAR has had to decide whether or not to penalize Busch for an on-track incident, and that the benefit of the doubt is wearing thin.
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WATKINS GLEN ENTRY LISTS
Entry List: 2026 NASCAR Cup Series Go Bowling at The Glen
There are 38 cars on the entry list for Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series Go Bowling at The Glen at Watkins Glen International. The two “Open” entries this week are the No. 66 Garage 66 Ford, driven by Josh Bilicki, and the No. 78 Live Fast Motorsports Chevrolet, driven by Katherine Legge.
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Entry List: 2026 NOAPS Misson 200 At The Glen
There are 39 cars for 38 spots on the entry list for Saturday’s NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series Mission 200 at The Glen at Watkins Glen International. Notables include: No. 0 Alex Labbe, No. 1 Connor Zilisch, No. 9 Shane van Gisbergen, No. 32 Ross Chastain, No. 50 Preston Pardus, No. 88 Rajah Caruth, and No. 91 Carson Kvapil.
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Entry List: 2026 NCTS Bully Hill Vineyards 176 at The Glen
There are 38 trucks for 36 spots on the entry list for Friday’s NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Bully Hill Vineyard 176 at Watkins Glen International. Notables include: No. 1 Brent Crews, 2 Jackson Lee, 4 Shane van Gisbergen, 5 Adam Andretti, 7 Connor Mosack, 20 Toni Breidinger, 22 Natalie Decker, 25 AJ Allmendinger, 33 Stephen Mallozzi, 42 Tyler Reif, 45 Ross Chastain, 56 Timmy Hill, 62 Wesley Slimp, 69 Dystany Spurlock, 71 Connor Zilisch, 76 Nathan Nicholson, and 77 Carson Hocevar.
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OTHER NASCAR HEADLINES
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