Overview
- NASCAR issued a one-race ban in its weekly report, citing Section 4.4.B of the Member Code of Conduct for Mayer’s intentional cooldown-lap hit on Jeb Burton at Martinsville.
- Mayer’s 2025 campaign ends a week early after he missed the Championship 4 by eight points and finished seventh in the Martinsville race.
- Ryan Sieg will substitute in the Haas Factory Team entry at Phoenix, a milestone appearance that is set to be his 400th Xfinity Series start.
- NASCAR’s Elton Sawyer said incidents after the checkered flag will not be tolerated, framing the penalty as a safety and conduct enforcement measure.
- Reactions across the garage were sharply critical, with voices such as Denny Hamlin and team owner Jordan Anderson condemning the escalation in the Mayer–Burton feud.