RICHMOND, Va. - Four cars in the top 10 and eight total failed inspection Saturday and will start at the rear for Saturday night’s Cup race at Richmond Raceway.
Erik Jones, Chase Elliott, Daniel Suarez and Jimmie Johnson all were to have started in the top 10 before their cars failed inspection once.
Jones was to have started second. Elliott was to have started seventh. Suarez was to have started ninth. Johnson was to have started 10th.
Also failing inspection on the first attempt were the cars of Aric Almirola (was to have started 15th), Denny Hamlin (18th), Matt Tifft (20th) and Joey Gase (36th).
The cars of Elliott, Hamlin and Tifft each failed a second time. Each team had an engineer ejected.
With Jones failing inspection, Kurt Busch will move up to second and start on the front row next to Kevin Harvick.
The top 10 in the starting lineup will now be
1st - Kevin Harvick
2nd - Kurt Busch
3rd - Joey Logano
4th - Kyle Busch
5th - Martin Truex Jr.
6th - Austin Dillon
7th - Chris Buescher
8th - Brad Keselowski
9th - Paul Menard
10th - Kyle Larson
Each of the cars that failed inspection also give up their spot in picking pit stalls and will pick after those who passed inspection.
Inspection is continuing at the track. Check back for more updates.
#NASCAR ... 4 of the top 10 cars in qualifying failed inspection and will lose their starting spot. pic.twitter.com/pE07EQZRzL
— Dustin Long (@dustinlong) April 13, 2019