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Sammy Smith disqualified, losing fifth-place finish in Charlotte Xfinity race

Sammy Smith Charlotte (Organization) Chevrolet Justin Allgaier William Byron Ryan Ellis Hendrick Motorsports Christian Eckes Dean Thompson NASCAR

William Byron made the pass for the win on Justin Allgaier as the field raced towards the white flag, claiming victory for Hendrick Motorsports. In post-race inspection, his No. 17 Chevrolet passed without issue.

However, the No. 8 JR Motorsports Chevrolet of Sammy Smith did not. Smith originally finished fifth, but he has now been disqualified after the car failed to meet the minimum weight requirement. He will instead be credits with 38th in the final running order.

The DQ gives Dean Thompson his first top five of his NASCAR Xfinity Series career. Josh Williams is promoted to sixth, matching his career-best result. Austin Hill is now seventh, Ryan Ellis eighth, Christian Eckes ninth, and Sheldon Creed tenth. Ellis was already celebrating his first top-ten finish after 144 career starts, even before gaining an extra position in post-race inspection.

I don’t really know what to tweet yet. Man. What a day. I feel like we really EARNED this.

It’s been a ride to this point. I never thought I’d get to NASCAR and definitely didn’t think it’d take this long to get a top-10. I’m really happy we got to earn it at a slicked off… pic.twitter.com/q1H404VFPX
— Ryan Ellis (@ryanellisracing) May 25, 2025

Smith was set to leave Charlotte eighth in the regular season standings, but the disqualification drops him to 13th in points.

The No. 48 Big Machine Racing Chevrolet of Nick Sanchez the No. 26 Sam Hunt Racing Toyota of Thompson, and the No. 39 RSS Racing Chevrolet of Ryan Sieg are all going to the R&D Center for further inspection.

Additionally, NASCAR found the No. 00 Haas Factory Team Ford to have one loose lug nut.

Per respected statistics tracker Seth Eggert, there have already been more disqualifications across the three national divisions this year than ever before with eight total.

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