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Three NASCAR Sprint Cup Series teams, including the Stewart-Haas Racing No. 4 with defending series champion Kevin Harvick, received written warnings for issues stemming from the inspection process last weekend at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.
Harvick’s team was cited for failure of the laser inspection system (LIS) three times in pre-qualifying inspection as well as twice in race inspection. As a result, the team received two written warnings and will forfeit the opening 15 minutes of practice at the next scheduled session.
UPDATE: Because of the condensed practice schedule at Dover due to the weather, this penalty will carry over to Charlotte.
The Team Penske No. 2 team with driver Brad Keselowski and the Roush Fenway Racing No. 17 team with driver Ricky Stenhouse Jr. each received one written warning for failing qualifying inspection.
Two other teams, the Premium Motorsports No. 62 (Timmy Hill) and No. 7 of Tommy Baldwin Racing (Alex Bowman), will also be held out of the opening 15 minutes of practice. The Premium Motorsports team was late in line for qualifying inspection. The TBR entry was late to race inspection.
The Sprint Cup Series is scheduled to compete at Dover International Speedway this weekend, with opening practice scheduled to begin at 11 a.m. ET.
Also at NHMS, the Trophy Girl Racing No. 44 entry with driver Josh Reaume (DNQ) will serve a 15-minute practice hold at its next scheduled event in the Camping World Truck Series.
Warnings were given to the Richard Childress Racing No. 3 and the Athenian Motorsports No. 25 teams during the XFINITY Series stop last weekend at Kentucky Speedway. Both teams received warnings for failing the LIS portion of the inspection process too many times.
Athenian Motorsports officials announced earlier this week that the organization had withdrawn its entry in this weekend’s XFINITY Series event at Dover and that future events for the No. 25 team would be made on a race-by-race basis.
Every fourth warning received by a team will result in the loss of pit selection. If the fourth warning comes before pit selection at an event, the penalty will be assessed at that event. If it occurs after pit selections have been made, it will be enforced at the next scheduled event.
Warnings do not carry over into the following season.