Nos. 4, 14 fail post-Daytona 500 qualifying inspection – Nascar

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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — NASCAR cracked down on two teams in Sunday’s Daytona 500 post-qualifying inspection, disallowing qualifying speeds for two Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolets. In addition, Furniture Row Racing‘s lone Toyota missed its qualifying run.

The Stewart-Haas No. 4 Chevrolet driven by former NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion Kevin Harvick and the SHR No. 14 Chevy — currently wheeled by Brian Vickers in place of the injured Tony Stewart — were found with track bars out of compliance with NASCAR specifications. Harvick had posted the 14th-fastest lap and Vickers the 21st-fastest before their qualifying times were disallowed.

Rodney Childers, crew chief for SHR’s No. 4, said on Twitter after the qualifying session that the violation “was a simple mistake on our part.” He explained that the team had measured the track bar from a different spot than NASCAR officials, resulting in a quarter-inch discrepancy.

The Furniture Row No. 78 Toyota Camry piloted by Martin Truex Jr. was halted before making a qualifying attempt because of an issue with the right-side roof flap being out of compliance. NASCAR officials said in a statement that since the team could not fix the issue in the five-minute warning time, the No. 78 team forfeited its qualifying attempt.

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NASCAR officials said that the issues with all three cars would be discussed further in Tuesday competition meetings.

All three teams are guaranteed starting berths in the Feb. 21 Daytona 500 (1 p.m. ET, FOX, MRN, SiriusXM) through the NASCAR Charter system. All three will be sent to the rear of the field for Thursday’s Can-Am Duel qualifying races (7 p.m. ET, FS1) that will determine the 40-car starting order for the Great American Race.

We will have to start in the rear of our 150.. We measured our TB in a different spot than they did and ended up with 1/4″ too much rake.

— Rodney Childers (@RodneyChilders4) February 14, 2016

I want to apologize to @NASCAR @jimmyjohns and our fans. It was a simple mistake on our part and look fwd to racing Thursday night. Thx.

— Rodney Childers (@RodneyChilders4) February 14, 2016