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Nine cars going to the rear for today’s Cup race at Talladega

Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series GEICO 500 - Practice

TALLADEGA, AL - APRIL 26: Ricky Stenhouse Jr., driver of the #17 Fifth Third Bank Ford, practices for the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series GEICO 500 at Talladega Superspeedway on April 26, 2019 in Talladega, Alabama. (Photo by Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images)

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TALLADEGA, Ala. - NASCAR announced Sunday that nine cars are going to the rear for today’s Cup race at Talladega Superspeedway, including eight for unapproved adjustments.

Cars were impounded after qualifying.

Those going to the rear for unapproved adjustments are the cars of:

Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (qualified 6th)

Martin Truex Jr. (qualified 20th)

Kyle Busch (qualified 22nd)

Denny Hamlin (qualified 23rd)

Ryan Newman (qualified 24th)

Erik Jones (qualified 27th)

Reed Sorenson (qualified 37th)

Cody Ware (qualified 40th)

The other car going to the rear is that of Brendan Gaughan for a driver change. Tyler Reddick qualified the car 29th so Gaughan could return to his Las Vegas home on Saturday to attend his son’s communion. Gaughan will be back in the car today.