Pit Stall Selection Question

Just wondering how this works; givin pit stalls are so important today.

Kyle qualifies 3rd, so he gets third pick of stalls.  There are 6 great pit stalls available for picking with a natural opening either behind your stall or in front of it.  Hamlin picks the obvious Stall #1 and then Johnson also picks a stall with a natural opening in front of him- leaving four more stalls next to natural openings assuring an easy-in or an easy-out.

Kyle picks next and he picks Stall #16 not having any idea who will end up just in front and just behind him risking getting pinned in all day long.

Why would he (crew chief) do that?  What am I missing????

Hmm.  That's interesting and weird.
I have no idea.

Maybe they just f'd up.
Maybe they are playing with the pit road speed timing zones perhaps?

Yeah, I'm stretching.  That does seem kinda dumb to pick that particular one though.
I see no advantage to that other than the #95 will likely park quickly freeing up the spot ahead of him.

Ooh, that gave me a conspiracy idea.   

Maybe Gibbs PAYS a start and parker to choose the spot ahead of them.
That opens up ANY pit road spot so that wherever they choose, they are guaranteed a clean exit.
Oooh.  Wonder if Mikey even thought of that one?

Good point.  They would have had no idea who would have picked that spot.

My only other thought to try and make sense of it would be that maybe the historical choice for spot #15 has always ended up being used by a back marker.  (Didn't research the validity of that though)
Maybe based on that, they could choose that spot and feel reasonably secure knowing it will be open later on.