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Blaneys Ford too low post race in Texas UPDATE 2:

Following Friday nights race in Texas, NASCAR officials confirmed on the official Truck Series Twitter feed that the #29 Brad Keselowski owned Ford driven by Ryan Blaney failed post race inspection for being too low, ‘with more details early next week.” Blaney finished eighth on Friday, and currently sits fifth in the driver point standings.(6-8-2013) UPDATE: Penalties have been issued to the #29 team in the Camping World Truck Series as a result of violations following the June 7 event at Texas Motor Speedway. The #29 truck was found to have violated Sections 12-1 (actions detrimental to stock car racing); 12-4J (any determination by NASCAR officials that the race equipment used in the event does not conform to NASCAR rules detailed in Section 20-B of the rule book) and 20B-12.8.1A (The roof failed to meet the minimum height requirement during post-race inspection) of the 2013 rule book. As a result of this violation, crew chief Doug Randolph has been fined $5,000. The team has also been docked six championship driver (Ryan Blaney) and six championship truck owner (Brad Keselowski) points.(NASCAR PR)(6-12-2013) UPDATE 2: Brad Keselowski Racing issued a statement on the teams Twitter regarding the penalties issued following Texas, stating, “ BKR respects the NASCAR inspection process. We will not appeal the #29 team Texas post-race penalties issued today.”(6-12-2013) News from June 11, 2013