Several of NASCAR’s top drivers and teams had a bad time in getting their cars through tech inspection on Friday.
In pre-qualifying inspection for the Go Bowling 400 at Kansas Speedway, less than half of the 40 cars entered in the race had cleared inspection by the time qualifying began at 5:45 p.m. CT.
In fact, in the first 20-minute round of qualifying, no driver made a qualifying attempt until the session was near the halfway point. Ultimately, 11 cars never got to make a qualifying attempt at all.
Among the drivers who were unable to make qualifying attempts were Dale Earnhardt Jr.