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Denny Hamlin's biggest failure at Martinsville? Caught twice in inspection process

Denny Hamlin received the only significant warning among Chase drivers, NASCAR disclosed Wednesday in his report from Martinsville.

After all this time, why haven't teams mastered the pre-qualifying template inspection? After all, Texas is the 30th race of a 32-race season.

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And yet, there's Hamlin and his No. 11 car on report for twice failing to get cleared to qualify because of an irregularity with his car.

Turns out, the problem was neither a problem in the race nor after it.