Tony Stewart and Jeff Gordon celebrated in victory lane as winners of the Gatorade Duels Thursday. Meanwhile 18 other drivers and their teams headed had their dreams of racing in the 49th Annual Daytona 500 shattered when they failed to finish high enough in the qualifying races or have a high enough qualifying time to fall back on. Brian Vickers, A.J. Allmendinger, Ward Burton, Jeremy Mayfield and Paul Menard were among the drivers sent packing following the races.
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Post-race inspections revealed that Jeff Gordon's No. 24 Dupont Chevrolet was an inch too low, according to NASCAR officials. For that reason, Gordon will start 42nd in Sunday's Daytona 500. NASCAR officials concluded the bolts used to install the rear shocks on Gordon's car had been misaligned. During the course of the race, the load on those misaligned bolts caused the car's quarterpanels to drop below the minimum height. The roof, however, did not drop below the minimum height. NASCAR officials said that no further penalties would be forthcoming because they felt certain that the infraction was not in any way intentional.
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