NASCAR will not penalize three Joe Gibbs Racing teams for pre-race inspection failures at Texas Motor Speedway.
Officials confiscated the front-end splitters of the No. 11 of Denny Hamlin, the No. 18 of Kyle Busch and the No. 19 of Carl Edwards prior to Sunday's AAA Texas 500. The No. 20, which was piloted by Erik Jones this week due to Matt Kenseth's two-race suspension, cleared inspection with no issues.
Team members replaced the splitters prior to the drop of the green flag and resent the cars through inspection with no issues.
The splitter situation nearly mirrors Team Penske's issue at Michigan in August, when the Nos. 2 and 22's splitters were confiscated after failing pre-race inspection.
The splitters were brought back to the NASCAR Research & Development Center in Concord, North Carolina, but no penalties were ultimately handed down to the Penske teams, either.