Harvick's qualifying disallowed again and Berrier ejected from 'Dega

Kevin Harvick posted the second fastest qualifying lap on Friday, but will start 42nd on Sunday.  NASCAR found three violations in the rear of the car during post-qualifying inspection.

• the trunk area of the car was not properly sealed
• it wasn't properly vented to the outside, per the rule book
• the shock doors inside the truck were open, instead of closed, per the rule book

Penalties were expected early next week on the violations.

What did Harvick have to say about it?  He was clearly agitated and said - "Ask NASCAR, They don't know what they're doing from day to day."

As if that wasn't bad enough to dampen the moods of Harvick and the team, NASCAR ejected Berrier from the speedway for the weekend.  Berrier is still on probation from an earlier violation earlier in the year.  Richard Childress plans to work with the team atop the pit box on Sunday and they are hoping to get Gil Martin (Busch Series crew chief for RCR) to act as interim crew chief on Sunday.

I guess the confusing part of it for me is that he passed pre-qualifying inspection.  They get in line and from what I've seen, they don't usually touch the cars other than tire pressure and such while in line, run qualifying and then go through post-qualifying inspection.  Wouldn't they see them opening the trunk of the car?  I would think they would, since inspectors are usually all over the line, but that's just me.

It'll be interesting to see what penalties arise from this.