It looked to me like he was running right at the wall and burned out his tires and started to get loose. I noticed he bobbled really close to the wall a couple of times.
He probably backed off to avoid a wreck.
Not absolving Kahne at all. He's partially at fault as well. Let's see if this Crew Chief and the fact that this year is likely his last chance if he doesn't get his sh!t together will motivate him.
The inability to field more than four cars per team ain't the problem. Lack of sponsors because of lack of value for the $ those sponsors have to pay is the problem. Costs have to come down, including driver salaries.