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Furniture Row Racing president Joe Garone reacted Monday to NASCAR’s findings that Martin Truex Jr.’s No. 78 Toyota failed laser inspection after his victory on Sunday.

鈥淭he right rear of our car was well within the tolerance margin, which showed that we were trying to be conservative,” Garone said in a statement. “However, the left rear wheel alignment was off by approximately ten-thousandths of an inch, which in high probability was due to damage in that area as a result of being hit by the No. 4 car. We believe the laser inspection numbers were correct and accept NASCAR鈥檚 decision that was made following Sunday鈥檚 Sprint Cup Series race at Chicagoland Speedway.鈥�

Truex is expected to receive a point penalty later this week.

Truex leads the NASCAR Chase for the Sprint Cup championship for the first time in his career after winning the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 400 at Chicagoland Speedway. After the race, he said a hit from Kevin Harvick’s No. 4 car caused the alignment to shift.

“He just hit me in the left rear when we were going straight for no reason. So the reason I thought it was intentional was because we were on the straightaway it’s typically really easy not to run into someone’s left rear on a straightaway,” . “As far as I can tell he did it on purpose and all I can do is assume that until he tells me otherwise.”