Skip navigation
Favorites
Sign up to follow your favorites on all your devices.
Sign up

Matt Tifft, BJ McLeod lose car chiefs, practice time for qualifying inspection failures

Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Folds of Honor Quiktrip 500 - Practice

HAMPTON, GA - FEBRUARY 22: Matt Tifft, driver of the #36 Surface Sunscreen/Tunity Ford, drives during practice for the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Folds of Honor Quiktrip 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway on February 22, 2019 in Hampton, Georgia. (Photo by Chris Graythen/Getty Images)

Getty Images

The cars of Matt Tifft and BJ McLeod failed pre-qualifying inspection twice Friday at Atlanta Motor Speedway.

Tifft, who drives Front Row Motorsports’ No. 36 Ford, and McLeod, who drives Rick Ware Racing’s No. 52 Chevrolet, had their car chiefs ejected from the event for the rest of the weekend.

Both drivers also lose 15 minutes of practice time from Saturday’s final practice.