No action to be taken on alleged theft

Robin Pemberton, NASCAR's vice-president of competition, said that the matter is one for the teams to deal between themselves, adding that at this stage it is unnecessary for the ruling body to get involved in what seems to be a personal issue between Roush and Toyota.

Roush first mentioned the alleged theft earlier this month at Atlanta after Toyota's Lee White suggested to USA Today that Roush Fenway had made a deliberate attempt to circumvent the rules when Carl Edwards' Las Vegas-winning car was found without the lid on its oil tank compartment.

Pemberton said the issue was only brought up a few weeks ago, despite Roush Fenway knowing of it since the beginning of the year.

"We're not going to do anything," Pemberton stated. "This garage area has to co-exist. If there's somebody out there that takes a part or a piece form another team, in my opinion, I wouldn't have a guy like that working for me.

"I don't know the details. Those guys have to work it out. They have to work in the garage area together. We're not going to build walls in here, we're not going to separate everything. We're going to to run this garage area just like it's been run.

"If you have issues, then you have to work it out."

Pemberton, a former Sprint Cup Series crew chief, said it is the teams who are responsible for keeping track of their part inventory and that he doesn't see the need for NASCAR to police what happens between teams in what he deems to be an open garage area.

"I've only been here for 30 years and when I was out of the garage area I liked the way that it worked," he added. "I like the way that you can lean on a fender of a guy's car from a competitor side and kind of look at what they've got.

"Granted, the sport has progressed quite a bit since then but you're still responsible for what you do with your parts and pieces at the end of the day.

"And if you misplace one, or you loose one or somebody borrows one or any of that stuff, I'm almost at a loss for words because everybody has the same opportunity to engineer and build the same parts and pieces out there."