September 16, 2005 LOUDON, N.H. (AP) -- The No. 25 Chevrolet Hendrick Motorsports brought to New Hampshire International Speedway as the primary Nextel Cup car for Brian Vickers was in NASCAR's possession Friday after it failed inspection five times. ``This was a brand new body that had never been raced,'' said Doug Duchardt, vice president of development for the Hendrick team. ``We learned of a measurement issue during the inspection process and made attempts to correct it. But, after several tries, we decided to forfeit the car (to NASCAR) and go with our backup.'' The frustrated Vickers missed the first practice and got in just five laps in the second session for Sunday's Sylvania 300. ``We made the decision to forfeit the car because we didn't feel it could be repaired in a reasonable amount of time,'' Duchardt said. ``It was important to get out on the race track in the backup and prepare for Sunday. ``We have a very thorough system that should prevent these things, but something obviously fell through the cracks.''
