Five of the top-10 have failed NASCAR inspection at Kansas Speedway Highlights: 11 cars failed post-qualifying/pre-race inspection at Kansas Speedway and will go to the back. Additionally, several teams will have a crew member ejected. The NASCAR garage area opened at 1:30pm today. Inspection was the first thing on the list after some crew chiefs had a sleepless night and with good reason. Kevin Harvick took the unofficial pole position yesterday in Kansas Speedway qualifying. He made that official this afternoon as cars rolled through the inspection line. Harvick has passed and will start from the pole. It’s a condensed two-day show at Kansas Speedway. That means that it’s all an impound race with combined inspections. There was no inspection ahead of qualifying. This afternoon’s inspection doubles as post-qualifying and pre-race inspection. Typically, cars roll through the inspection line ahead of qualifying. They then run a practice session. That’s followed by a separate inspection line ahead of the race. This weekend, post-qual and pre-race are combined into one inspection. Stewart-Haas Racing locked out the top-4 position in qualifying runs. However, two of Harvick’s teammates have failed Kansas Speedway inspection moments ago. Aric Almirola and Daniel Suarez both failed inspection. NASCAR had issues with their rear deck lids. They were too low by 9/1000 of an inch. NASCAR inspection failures: Kansas Speedway More than 25% of the field has failed inspection at least once. Teams that failed on the first pass through inspection: Inside the top 10: Aric Almirola (2nd), Daniel Suarez (4th), Chase Elliott (5th), Martin Truex Jr (6th) and Kyle Larson (8th) have all failed. Outside of the top 10: Ty Dillon (15th), Joey Logano (20th), Michael McDowell (23rd), Landon Cassill (25th), Joey Gase (38th) and Timmy Hill (39th). One failed inspection results in the qualifying time being disallowed. The cars who failed on the first pass will be sent to the tail of the line as they make another attempt to get through the line. If teams fail multiple times and additional penalties will now be put in place. The NASCAR inspection penalties are amplified for two-day shows. Teams that failed twice in inspection: Chase Elliott is the first car to fail on his second attempt through the inspection line. The crew jacked the car up and went to work after failing, their third attempt is up next. With the second pass now complete: Chase Elliott, Kyle Larson and Joey Logano all failed on their second pass. Two failures has resulted in an ejection of a crew member in addition to starting at the rear. It’s NASCAR’s decision on which crew member is ejected. The car chiefs for all three have been ejected. Any team that failed inspection will also lose their pit stall selection. The pits stall has not yet been selected and these drivers will all pick last as their qualifying time from yesterday never counted after failing inspection today. Elliott, Larson and Logano all made it through on the third attempt and inspection is now complete. NASCAR inspection rules: Pre-race/post-qualifying inspection NASCAR updated the inspection violation penalties at the start of the 2019 season. They are also different for a race weekend featuring an enhanced weekend with an impound following qualifying. The NASCAR inspection penalties for Kansas Speedway are as follows: 1 NASCAR Inspection failure: The team’s time from qualifying is disallowed. They will start from the rear, behind all other cars that pass inspection. They also lose their pit stall selection. 2 NASCAR inspection failure: If a team fails twice, NASCAR will eject a crew member of their choosing. In addition, they are forced to the start the race in the rear. 3 NASCAR inspection failures: If a team failed three times then they lose a crew member. They have to start at the rear. In addition, the car has to serve a pass through penalty on pit lane at the start of the race. A points penalty is also added to the list. Note: This story will be updated upon any additional failures. More Kansas Starting Lineup – MENCS NASCAR tv schedule for Kansas Speedway Multiple cars fail post-qualifying/pre-race inspection at Richmond Links NASCAR | Kansas Speedway<doc-sep>Eleven cars, including five that had qualified in the top eight spots, failed inspection at Kansas Speedway. All 11 drivers had their qualifying times disallowed and will start at the rear of the field for tonight’s race. Each team also lost their pit stall selection. The cars that failed once included those of Aric Almirola, who had qualified second, and his Stewart-Haas Racing teammate Daniel Suarez, who had qualified fourth. Sixth-place qualifier Martin Truex Jr. – who won from the rear last weekend at Dover – also had his car fail. The rest of the one-time failures were Ty Dillon (had qualified 15th), Michael McDowell (23rd), Landon Cassill (25th), Joey Gase (39th), and Timmy Hill (39th). Three cars failed twice, which resulted not only in having their times disallowed and lose of pit stall selection but the ejection of their car chiefs. The cars that failed were: Chase Elliott’s (had qualified fifth), Kyle Larson (eighth), and Joey Logano (20th). Under the enhanced weekend schedule, inspection for the Digital Ally 400 was held Saturday afternoon, serving as both post-qualifying and pre-race inspection. Kevin Harvick and Clint Bowyer will now start on the front row. The race is scheduled to go green after 7:30 p.m. ET.<doc-sep>
Stewart-Haas Racing saw two of its four cars go to the back for Saturday night’s Digital Ally 400 (7:30 p.m. ET on FS1, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio) and five of the top eight from qualifying had their times disallowed after failing pre-race/post-qualifying inspection for the enhanced weekend at Kansas Speedway. All told, 11 cars saw their qualifying times disallowed. Aric Almirola (No. 10 Ford) was slated to start second and Daniel Suarez (No. 41 Ford) was slated to start fourth, but both cars failed inspection on the first attempt and saw their times tossed out. They lined up behind every car that passed on the first go-round. RELATED: See every car in the field | Kansas lineup | Full Kansas schedule Chase Elliott (No. 9 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet), the most-recent Kansas winner, as well as Martin Truex Jr. (No. 19 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota), a two-time Kansas winner and last weekend’s victor at Dover, also failed inspection. Kyle Larson’s No. 42 Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet also did not pass the first time through. Elliott qualified fifth on Friday, Truex qualified sixth, while Larson was eighth-fastest in single-car qualifying. Ty Dillon (No. 13 Germain Racing Chevrolet) also was among the drivers whose cars failed inspection. He was set to start 15th Saturday night. Two-time Kansas winner and reigning series champion Joey Logano (No. 22 Team Penske Ford) also failed inspection. He was set to start 20th. The cars of Elliott, Larson and Logano each failed a second time through inspection and that meant each of those teams lost a crew member. Others who failed inspection on the first attempt: Michael McDowell (No. 34 Front Row Motorsports), set to start 23rd; Landon Cassill (No. 00 StarCom Racing Chevrolet), set to start 25th; Joey Gase (No. 46 MBM Motorsports Toyota), set to start 38th; Timmy Hill (No. 66 MBM Motorsports Toyota), set to start 39th.