Joe Gibbs Racing driver Christopher Bell has been sent ✅to the back of the grid for Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

The driver of the #2ജ0 Toyota Camry XSE reported an i💜ssue with the throttle body during qualifying on Saturday.

An unapproved adjustment had to be made to the car, relegati💮ng Bell to the rear of the 36-car Cup Series grid. He had originally qualified 13th with aജ time that was 0.101s off polesitter Michael McDowell (#71 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet).

The grid drop serves as a major blow to the 30-year-old, who is aiming to become the first driver since seven-time champion Jimmie♎ Johnson to win four races on the trot in the Cup Series.

He arrived at Las Vegas after win𓃲ning the previous th♈ree rounds at Atlanta, Austin and Phoenix.

Bell wasn’t the only Toy𓂃ota driver to be affected by mechanical gremlins in the run-up to the Vegas race.

Legacy Motor Club’♈s John Hunter Nemechek was also hi🌸t by the same problem and will join Bell at the back of the pack in the Pennzoil 400. He had qualified in 30th place.

With Bell and Nemechek penalised,🍨 the highest-placed Toyota on the grid will be the #45 23XI Racing Camry of Tyler Reddick.

Reddick will♔ take the start from 13th on the grid, one place ahead of Bell’s JGR t⛎eammate Denny Hamlin.