Interesting side discussion in the booth. The guys that have to time in are in qualifying mode and will be impounded that way. The top 35 are not of course. So, those other teams will be praying for an early caution that isn't their own.
Seems to me this impound garbage really hurts the smaller teams. Soon Nascar will be made up of only large teams, everyone consolidated. Sort of like all the large department stores being owned by Macy's.
They've finally turned on the radio part of TrackPass just as Bobby Hamilton Sr turns a 179.795 (8th of 11, 2nd of 5 field-fillers).
They skipped Biffle and the other Kyle to give us Hamilton Sr's lap, but Petty makes it out there to do a 180.478 (7th of 12).