FORT WORTH, Texas — NASCAR officials confiscated the front-end splitters of Joe Gibbs Racing‘s Nos. 11, 18 and 19 Toyotas during pre-race technical inspection prior to Sunday’s AAA Texas 500 (2 p.m. ET, NBC, PRN, SiriusXM) at Texas Motor Speedway.
The Nos. 18 and 19 Camrys are driven by Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup drivers Kyle Busch and Carl Edwards, respectively. The No. 11 is driven by Denny Hamlin, eliminated from the Chase following the Contender Round.
JGR’s No. 20 entry, driven this weekend by Erik Jones in place of suspended Matt Kenseth, was cleared through tech inspection with no issues.
Crews hastily worked to replace the splitters in the garage area before sending the cars back through inspection.
The issue is similar to what happened with Team Penske at Michigan in August. The organization was not penalized by NASCAR following the events, but the splitters were taken back to the sanctioning body’s Research & Development Center in Concord, North Carolina.
RELATED: Penske splitters confiscated at Michigan
The three JGR cars eventually made it through inspection and took their places on the grid.