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April 13, 2016

Keselowski, Bayne lose practice time with penalties after Texas


RELATED: Full Texas results | Updated standings

NASCAR took 15 minutes of practice time away from the No. 2 Team Penske Ford of Brad Keselowski and the No. 6 Roush Fenway Racing Ford of Trevor Bayne for inspection failures during the Duck Commander 500 weekend at Texas Motor Speedway.

The No. 2 team failed pre-qualifying laser inspection three times, and the No. 6 team failed pre-race laser inspection three times.

The practice penalties will be served this weekend at Bristol Motor Speedway. Opening practice begins Friday, April 15 at 11 a.m. ET.

Four other NASCAR Sprint Cup Series teams received warnings but will not have to serve a practice penalty.

Those teams were the No. 3 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet of Austin Dillon and the No. 42 Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet of Kyle Larson for failing pre-race inspection twice and the No. 18 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota of Kyle Busch and the No. 23 BK Racing Toyota of David Ragan for failing pre-qualifying inspection twice. Busch won the Duck Commander 500 for his second straight win in the Sprint Cup Series.

The Nos. 01 (Ryan Preece), 5 (Chase Elliott) and 7 (Justin Allgaier) teams in the NASCAR XFINITY Series received written warnings for failing pre-race laser inspection twice.

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