Vicky did make three laps, but her best was her intial 5.790 that left her one spot behind her husband when qualifying ended. Dupuy stood in for now former Lampus crew chief Mike McLaughlin at Brainerd and was recruited again following the Maple Grove race where McLaughlin quit following Friday night qualifying. Currently the team's arrangement with GM has Toliver using a Pontiac shell and Epler a Camaro, so the trade was a natural. Del Worsham is still running the black first generation 2000 Pontiac body that the CSK team purchased from Toliver at Indy, although a new phase two shell painted in the team's usual red and white scheme was on hand here. The new body was still being assembled at the track and the decision was made to stick with the tried and true body for eliminations in deference to the modified aerodynamic characteristics of the new unit.
Corporate policy makes for some interesting press material at times.
Dodge has recently discontinued the Avenger line, renaming their mid size coupes Stratus in line with their sedan counterparts. When the new Neon Pro Stocks debut, the cars may once again have a model name, but the floppers appear to be in limbo for some time, with no new body on the immediate horizon. Of late, Tim Wilkerson's Pontiac has been sporting major signage from Levi, Ray and Shoup, formerly an associate backer, while Sioux City Kenworth has taken a minor role on the rear spill plates. Here, Helen Hoffman's Pontiac sported large Sioux City Kenworth decals on its flanks in addition to the usual Red Line Oil and Pontiac signage. Although the general intent of a two car team is to provide two sets of tuning data from each qualifying session, the cars currently fielded by Don Schumacher do not use entirely the same components.