Besides Ballou being in the wrong this race there was another thing that was bothering.

After the drivers meeting Mo Will came on the intercom and said if you are not staged in the 10 min window you will be penalized something like 1 row for every minute you are late. Well the ten minute window came to a close and everyone was staged except DC. Everyone was then pushed off on the track and lined up doing the 4 wide salute when Clayton finally rolled out. After coming out he has to go to work area for a missing spark plug, now after all this he pulls onto the track and the officials award him his front row position. I think if they are going to make a big deal about being staged on time the rules should be enforced equally.