somebody needs there arse kicked real bad!!!

 

Logano wins Atlanta pole as big names unable to even get on track

Daytona 500 champion Joey Logano wins Atlanta Motor Speedway pole | FOX Sports

NASCAR's technical inspection drew the ire of many drivers and crew chiefs Friday night at
Atlanta Motor Speedway, when 13 of the 47 cars entered in the Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500 failed to make it out of inspection in time to post a qualifying lap.
Jeff Gordon, Tony Stewart, Matt Kenseth and Jimmie Johnson -- four drivers who have combined to win 14 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series championships -- were among those failed to get out of tech.
At least Joey Logano was happy. Last week's Daytona 500 winner claimed the pole in Atlanta, followed by Kevin Harvick, Jamie McMurray, Denny Hamlin and Carl Edwards.
With time running out before the 5:45 p.m. ET scheduled start of the first round of qualifying and most of the cars still waiting on tech, NASCAR delayed the start of the session by 15 minutes, but it wasn't enough for the entire field to make it through.
"There is something wrong with this system, or there is something wrong with the time on the clock to get through," said four-time champion Jeff Gordon. "There's no way this many good cars, talented people, that they can't figure out how to get these cars through inspection. These guys are too smart. Yeah, we're pushing limits, but there's something wrong here.
"I'm embarrassed," said Gordon. "I'm embarrassed for this series right now that this just happened. ... This is just absolutely ridiculous."
For many, the details from NASCAR were few and far between, most simply saying they had issues in tech and were forced to go through the line again.
"When I walked up 10 minutes before qualifying was scheduled to start there were only 14 cars on pit road, so I have a hard time believe it was the teams," said Kenseth. "They should really figure out how to get everyone through tech before qualifying starts, first of all. But if they can't do that they probably should have postponed qualifying until they could get everyone through tech."
Kenseth pointed out with so many cars failing NASCAR's technical inspection, it is hard to believe the teams were at fault.
Johnson blamed the allotted time NASCAR gives teams to get the cars through the inspection line after practice.
"I would say one of the largest factors is we have an hour less time this year to get the cars through tech, and an hour would have gotten everybody through," Johnson told FOXSports.com. "The other piece of it is, only 15 of the 49 cars made it through (tech) on the first trip. We all shared the same issue."
The issue the teams faced was getting through the laser level that measures the cars. While NASCAR has reduced the number of officials on site each weekend, Johnson does not believe that contributed to the issue.
"The machine takes 80 to 90 seconds for each car to go through that machine," he said. "When you have 49 cars, it's just a time factor."
Team owner and driver Tony Stewart spent nearly 20 minutes in the NASCAR inspection area talking with officials. After the session, Stewart took to Twitter to express his frustration with the situation.

Tony Stewart ✔ @TonyStewartFollow
@TonyStewart start 39 now because of this crap. Now I'm pissed off

Jimmie Johnson ✔ @JimmieJohnsonFollow
There's a first time for everything I guess...
7:06 PM - 27 Feb 2015

 

Maybe jeff should be mad at his team for not knowing the rules instead of Nascar. 34 cars got through with no issues.

 

only 14 cars got thru the first time

 

I didn't see qualifying but it sounds like NASCAR is somewhat at fault for the process being too slow but it's also his teams fault for not being able to get through inspection the first time.

 

Sounds like something was wrong. Too many teams had issues so I bet something NASCAR said was not clear. Also inspections shouldnt be that close to quals.

 

What a waste of a day. Spend all that time working on a qualifying setup and not even get a chance to put a lap down. Seems like NASCAR is getting dumber by the week.

 

This just doesn't seem right at all....A lot of big names starting at the rear should make for an interesting race.

 

Somebody needs to get a handle on this. Doesn't matter to me if it's small teams/big teams, that many cars should not have missed Qualifying.

 

Interesting......If only 14 cars passed the first inspection, then there must have been some confusion somewhere.

 

I am glad the drivers are speaking out against NASCAR. They need to! Maybe someone over there will pull their head out of their arse and get their act together. This is an embarassment 2 weeks in a row with qualifying.