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Thursday, February 15, 2007

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DAYTONA BRIEFS: Jeff Gordon's car fails post-race inspection
By AL PEARCE | 02/15/07, 9:12 pm et
Jeff Gordon's car, which won the second 150-mile qualifying race on Thursday, was too low in post-race tech inspection at Daytona International Speedway. The victory will stand -- mainly because NASCAR simply doesn't take victories from anyone -- but the four-time series champion will start 42nd instead of fourth in Sunday afternoon's Daytona 500.

NASCAR vice-president of competition Robin Pemberton said he felt "100 percent sure" the infraction was inadvertent and unintentional. "The bolt on the shock fastener and the shock bracket itself were misaligned," he said several hours after the race. "It was unintentional because it would have been unsafe to intentionally build it like that. Give or take, it was about an inch too low. My experience through the years tells me this was...

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