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Three NASCAR Cup car chiefs ejected after Darlington inspection failures

NASCAR Cup Chase Elliott Cup Darlington (Facility) Chris Buescher Timmy Hill Ford

Darlington is the latest race to feature some inspection issues at the start of the weekend. Ahead of NASCAR Cup practice and qualifying, three Cup teams failed inspection twice, resulting in some penalties.

They were the #9 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet of Chase Elliott, the #17 RFK Racing Ford of Chris Buescher, and the lone open entry in the field -- the #66Garage 66 Ford of Timmy Hill.

As a result, Elliott's car chief Matt Barndt, Buescher's car chief Josh Sisco, and Hill's car chief Dylan Roberts have all been ejected. All three have also lost their pit stall selection, and will get whatever stalls are leftover after the rest of the 37-car field selects their own stalls post-qualifying. 

All cars passed on their third attempt, so they will be allowed to qualify and will not face any further penalties.

Inspection failures like this are somewhat common as teams work to find the absolute limit , with four at Las Vegas one week ago (Byron, Cindric, Allmendinger, TDillon), and two at Atlanta a couple of weeks prior (ADillon, McLeod).

Photos from Darlington - Saturday

Joey Logano, Team Penske

Darlington - Saturday, in photos
AJ Allmendinger, Kaulig Racing

Darlington - Saturday, in photos
Ty Dillon, Kaulig Racing

Darlington - Saturday, in photos
William Byron, Hendrick Motorsports

Darlington - Saturday, in photos
Alex Bowman, Hendrick Motorsports, Riley Herbst, 23XI Racing

Darlington - Saturday, in photos
Bubba Wallace, 23XI Racing

Darlington - Saturday, in photos
Connor Zilisch, Trackhouse Racing

Darlington - Saturday, in photos
Austin Cindric, Team Penske

Darlington - Saturday, in photos
Austin Dillon, Richard Childress Racing, Bubba Wallace, 23XI Racing

Darlington - Saturday, in photos
Brad Keselowski, RFK Racing

Darlington - Saturday, in photos
Brad Keselowski, RFK Racing

Darlington - Saturday, in photos
Chase Elliott, Hendrick Motorsports

Darlington - Saturday, in photos
Chase Briscoe, Joe Gibbs Racing

Darlington - Saturday, in photos
Chris Buescher, RFK Racing

Darlington - Saturday, in photos
Chase Elliott, Hendrick Motorsports

Darlington - Saturday, in photos
Chase Elliott, Hendrick Motorsports

Darlington - Saturday, in photos
Christopher Bell, Joe Gibbs Racing

Darlington - Saturday, in photos
Chase Elliott, Hendrick Motorsports, Bubba Wallace, 23XI Racing

Darlington - Saturday, in photos
Cody Ware, Rick Ware Racing

Darlington - Saturday, in photos
Christopher Bell, Joe Gibbs Racing

Darlington - Saturday, in photos
Connor Zilisch, Trackhouse Racing

Darlington - Saturday, in photos
Crew chief Cliff Daniels, Hendrick Motorsports

Darlington - Saturday, in photos
Timmy Hill, Garage 66

Darlington - Saturday, in photos
Connor Zilisch, Trackhouse Racing

Darlington - Saturday, in photos
John Hunter Nemechek, Legacy Motor Club

Darlington - Saturday, in photos
Daniel Suárez, Spire Motorsports

Darlington - Saturday, in photos
Erik Jones, Legacy Motor Club

Darlington - Saturday, in photos
Kyle Busch, Richard Childress Racing

Darlington - Saturday, in photos
Josh Berry, Wood Brothers Racing

Darlington - Saturday, in photos
Ryan Blaney, Team Penske

Darlington - Saturday, in photos
Ricky Stenhouse Jr., HYAK Motorsports

Darlington - Saturday, in photos
Shane van Gisbergen, Trackhouse Racing

Darlington - Saturday, in photos
Kyle Larson, Hendrick Motorsports

Darlington - Saturday, in photos
Kyle Larson, Hendrick Motorsports

Darlington - Saturday, in photos
Ryan Blaney, Team Penske

Darlington - Saturday, in photos
Noah Gragson, Front Row Motorsports

Darlington - Saturday, in photos
Michael McDowell, Spire Motorsports

Darlington - Saturday, in photos
William Byron, Hendrick Motorsports

Darlington - Saturday, in photos
William Byron, Hendrick Motorsports

Darlington - Saturday, in photos
Todd Gilliland, Front Row Motorsports

Darlington - Saturday, in photos
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