DiBenedetto is 25 points behind Clint Bowyer , who holds the final transfer position entering Saturday’s race at Bristol (7:30 p.m.

Crew chief Johnny Klausmeier knew that he faced a one-race suspension late in the Southern 500 when it was evident that Clint Bowyer’s car had two lug nuts not tight.

“From my vantage point on the pit box, I kind of watched the tire changers, and I saw that it didn’t look like he was hitting all the lug nuts,” Klausmeier said.

Instead of holding on to the final transfer spot entering Saturday night’s race at Bristol Motor Speedway, Bowyer would have been outside the cutline.

Brandon Brown is set to clinch the final spot in the Xfinity Series playoffs Friday night at Bristol.

# The Joey Logano Foundation will donate $22,000 each week of the playoffs to organizations that support children and young adults in crisis.