Allgaier's car too light in post-race inspection

Along with Allgaier’s car, NASCAR will take the winning No. 4 Stewart-Haas Racing car, driven by Kevin Harvick, and the runner-up No. 78 Furniture Row ride of Martin Truex Jr.

Any infractions for the No. 51 team likely would be announced on Tuesday.

On Friday, Brad Keselowski‘s No. 2 Team Penske Ford cleared inspection prior to the start of the group session and was resting on pit road when it was called back to the inspection line minutes before the first qualifying round was to begin at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. NASCAR said an official saw a No. 2 crew member pull on the car’s wheel wells on pit road prior to qualifying.

Keselowski’s car was again cleared, and he returned to pit road in the midst of the qualifying session, ultimately advancing to the final round and finishing 11th.

“They saw something they wanted to have a closer look at back here in the template area, so we brought the car back here for them to look at,” Team Penske Competition Director Travis Geisler told NASCAR.com. “They got one of the templates out they felt like maybe we weren’t in compliance with and we worked with them and they worked with us to making sure everything is right. It’s part of what NASCAR does best, they work really hard to make sure it’s an even playing field.

” … It raises the pulse a little bit, but fortunately we got through all that and I don’t think it impacted our performance at all.”

Before the season, NASCAR announced it would closely monitor flared skirts and would issue written warnings or penalties, if applicable, to crew members who attempted to pull out the wheel well in an attempt to create more downforce.

— NASCAR.com’s Brad Norman contributed to this report
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