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NASCAR officials discovered a trio of issues in post-race inspection after Saturday’s XFINITY Series event at Texas Motor Speedway.
The JR Motorsports No. 88 Chevrolet of third-place finisher Kevin Harvick and the Richard Childress Racing No. 62 Chevy of 15th-place Brendan Gaughan measured too low in the rear after Saturday’s O’Reilly Auto Parts Challenge.
While the Sprint Cup Series scrapped rules on ride heights ahead of the 2014 season, those requirements remain in place for the XFINITY and Camping World Truck Series. For XFINITY teams, the penalty has been a 10-point deduction in the past.
The JR Motorsports No. 1 Chevrolet of sixth-place finisher Elliott Sadler was also flagged for having 19 of its 20 lug nuts properly attached. Since those regulations were instituted this year, teams have typically been fined for those violations.
NASCAR officials said that three cars would return to the NASCAR Research & Development Center in Concord, North Carolina, for further inspection. They are:
— The Team Penske No. 22 Ford of race runner-up Brad Keselowski
— The Joe Gibbs Racing No. 20 Toyota of fourth-place Erik Jones
— The Richard Childress Racing No. 2 Chevrolet of seventh-place Austin Dillon