Matt Kenseth and team penalized for failed inspection at New Hampshire
NASCAR has docked New Hampshire 301 race winner Matt Kenseth 15 championship driver points and crew chief Jason Ratcliff has been fined $25,000 after failing post-race laser inspection at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.
The No. 20 team has also been penalized 15 championship owner points for the P3 violation.
However, NASCAR elected not to take away Kenseth's three bonus points for winning the race, which goes toward Chase for the Sprint Cup seeding.
Austin Dillon, driver of the No. 3 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet, and team received a written warning and has lost 15 minutes of practice time for this weekend's Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway after failing pre-race laser inspection three times.
Kevin Harvick and the No. 4 Stewart-Haas Racing team also received a written warning and has lost 15 minutes of practice time after failing pre-qualifying template inspection three times.
The No. 22 Team Penske Ford team and driver Joey Logano, received a written warning after failing pre-race laser inspection twice. Carl Edwards and the No. 19 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota team also received a written warning after failing pre-qualifying laser inspection twice.
The following teams received written warnings for failing pre-qualifying template inspection twice: Jamie McMurray (No.1), Kyle Larson (No. 42), Dillon (No. 3), Trevor Bayne (No. 6), Danica Patrick (No. 10), Tony Stewart (No. 14), Edwards (No. 19), Ryan Blaney (No. 21), Clint Bowyer (No. 15) and Matt DiBenedetto (No. 83).
