Toyota team disqualified

Brian Vickers' No. 83 Team Red Bull Toyota failed post-qualifying inspection Friday afternoon at New Hampshire International Speedway, knocking the team out of the Lenox Industrial Tools 300 field and giving the spot to BAM Racing's Chad Chaffin.

The car for Vickers was ruled to be an eighth of an inch too low on its left front, and Vickers' qualifying time was disallowed.

The team was looking at shocks and springs to see why the car was too low.

"We go through inspection [before qualifying], the car is presented and it is correct," said an exasperated Doug Richert, crew chief for Vickers. "We never raise the hood. We didn't turn the screws. But now we go back through, we get thrown out and have to send our team home.

"I really don't have a good answer why. … Did something go wrong? Did the spring go out? We don't see anything."