Ryan Newman had a great run in Talladega as he finished fifth-place finish in the Contender Round elimination.

But his win was daunted by a bad news from Dega that Newman's No. 31 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet has failed post-race inspection after being found to be too low on both sides according to NASCAR.

The sanction body has taken the car back to its Research and Development Center in North Carolina, along with those of race winner Brad Keselowski, runner-up Matt Kenseth, and Kasey Kahne. But it wasn't all that bad at all as NASCAR decided Tuesday not to penalize Ryan Newman.To this Newman said "I was happy with the fact NASCAR took the time to take the car back to the tech center and analyze everything. 'In the end, they saw that the damage from being hit from behind was enough to knock the back of the car enough down to take it out of its (clearance) window."

According to Newman, his car was damaged on the final restart of the race when he was hit by Matt Kenseth as the drivers furiously charged for position.If NASCAR has pursued to penalize Newman, a 15 points deduction in the standing would be given to him. Newman had already moved on to the third round of the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship and had a 27-point lead over the first driver eliminated at Talladega.He said "'I didn't know if there was going to be a penalty, I didn't know what that penalty was going to be. I was confident it wasn't going to be more than 27 points because that would be the biggest penalty for that type of thing, ever, that I could imagine. In the end, you never know, and I was happy they did their due diligence."

Newman joins Joey Logano, Brad Keselowski, Jeff Gordon, Carl Edwards, Kevin Harvick, Denny Hamlin
and Kenseth in this three-race segment of the Chase. The top four drivers after the Nov. 9 race at Phoenix will be advancing to the season finale at Homestead, where the champion will be the highest finishing driver.