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Four NASCAR Cup car chiefs ejected after multiple Las Vegas inspection failures

NASCAR Cup AJ Allmendinger Austin Cindric Chevrolet William Byron Ford Las Vegas Motor Speedway

During pre-race inspection for the NASCAR Cup race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, four different race teams failed twice ahead of practice and qualifying -- three Chevrolets and one Ford.

As a result, they have all been issued the standard penalties for such failures, which includes the ejection of the car chief for the remainder of the race weekend.

They are the #24 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet of William Byron, the #2 Team Penske Ford of Austin Cindric, and also both Kaulig Racing entries -- the #16 Chevrolet of AJ Allmendinger, and the #10 Chevrolet of Ty Dillon.

All four have also lost their pit stall selection, and will get whatever final four stalls are leftover after the rest of the 36-car field chooses. However, these cars all passed on the third attempt, so they will be allowed to qualify and won’t have to serve any in-race penalties. A third failure would have resulted in a drive-through penalty at the start of Sunday's race, but there were no further reported issues.

Entering this race, none of these cars are in the top ten in points after a rocky start to the year with Byron sitting the highest at 11th, followed Allmendinger in 13th, T. Dillon 21st, and Cindric 30th.

Inspection failures like this are somewhat common, and it happened to both Austin Dillon and BJ McLeod three weeks ago at Atlanta.

Photos from Las Vegas - Practice & Qualifying

Chris Buescher, RFK Racing

Las Vegas - Saturday, in photos

Kyle Larson, Hendrick Motorsports

Las Vegas - Saturday, in photos

John Hunter Nemechek, Legacy Motor Club

Las Vegas - Saturday, in photos

Joey Logano, Team Penske

Las Vegas - Saturday, in photos

Denny Hamlin, Joe Gibbs Racing, Tyler Reddick, 23XI Racing

Las Vegas - Saturday, in photos

AJ Allmendinger, Kaulig Racing

Las Vegas - Saturday, in photos

Austin Cindric, Team Penske

Las Vegas - Saturday, in photos

Christopher Bell, Joe Gibbs Racing, Chase Briscoe, Joe Gibbs Racing

Las Vegas - Saturday, in photos

Christopher Bell, Joe Gibbs Racing

Las Vegas - Saturday, in photos

Carson Hocevar, Spire Motorsports

Las Vegas - Saturday, in photos

Christopher Bell, Joe Gibbs Racing, Chase Briscoe, Joe Gibbs Racing

Las Vegas - Saturday, in photos

Connor Zilisch, Trackhouse Racing

Las Vegas - Saturday, in photos

Connor Zilisch, Trackhouse Racing

Las Vegas - Saturday, in photos

Daniel Suárez, Spire Motorsports

Las Vegas - Saturday, in photos

Joey Logano, Team Penske

Las Vegas - Saturday, in photos

Denny Hamlin, Joe Gibbs Racing

Las Vegas - Saturday, in photos

Joey Logano, Team Penske

Las Vegas - Saturday, in photos

Daniel Suárez, Spire Motorsports

Las Vegas - Saturday, in photos

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