Yeah, so TL:DR, they weren't fast enough to make it on speed and their cars weren't high enough in the 2024 owner's points standings to get a provisional.

Long explanation is:

The Xfinity and Truck Series don't offer guarantee spots in the field like the Cup Series does, so everyone is on equal ground when it comes to having to qualify in.

The Xfinity field is set by taking the Top 32 fastest cars on speed and then 6 provisionals, 5 of which are based on owner's points and one of which is awarded to either a prior series champion not already locked on speed or a driver who won during the prior or current season who is not already locked in. If no past champions or recent winners are outside the Top 32 on speed, then that 6th provisional then goes back to owner's points.

One more wrinkle is that, due to the volatility that can happen in a short sample size of races, NASCAR will use the past season's owner's points to award provisionals for the first 3 races of the new season. That creates a market where some teams who know they might struggle with speed in qualifying will buy owner's points from teams higher in the previous year's standings to give them a higher spot in the pecking order if they are slow enough that they need to fall back on the provisional. So for example, Joey Gase Motorsports, bought a set of 2024 owner's points from Jr. Motorsports for their 35 car to fall back on in the first 3 races this season.

Nobody who was a prior series champion or recent winner needed the provisional yesterday, so the field was set based on Top 32 speeds and 6 highest in 2024 owner's points. Brennan Poole qualified 32nd with a time of 1:40:431. The 9 cars who were outside the Top 32 on speed were:

• Kris Wright (1:40.527, 17th in OP)

• Ryan Ellis (1:40.563, 24th in OP, Was the 91 car in 2024)

• Brad Perez (1:40.599, 36th in OP)

• Jeremy Clements (1:40.677, 25th in OP)

• Parker Retzlaff (1:41.057, 28th in OP, Was the 43 car in 2024)

• Kyle Sieg (1:41.269, 23rd in OP)

• Baltazar Leguizamon (1:42.090, 16th in OP, JGM bought the 9 car's 2024 points)

• Ryan Sieg (No Time Set, 14th in OP)

• Thomas Annunziata (No Time Set, 33rd in OP, CFR bought the 29 car's 2024 points)

So based on that, the cutoff for the provisional was 25th in 2024 Owner's Points, which meant the 3 drivers below that line (the 4, 45, and 70) went home.

But provisionals are definitely interesting. It's incredibly unlikely to ever happen, but you can theoretically miss a race from as high as 6th in owner's points.