He claimed second-day qualifiers are at a disadvantage because the track conditions can change so drastically. If you don't make it the first day, if you're not locked in, they should requalify the balance of the field. I keep getting caught up in the system, and I'm saying the system isn't fair. It wouldn't be that difficult for them to sit down and study it out and give somebody something for their efforts. We've made three of five races this season.
Sponsorship is pro-rated on making the event.
You lose a lot when you don't qualify. Carroll says his track will be constructed so that it can immediately be expanded to 180,000 seats and 120 luxury suites if it gets a Winston Cup race at some point in the future. Dale Earnhardt and Jeff Gordon are again on Forbes magazine's ranking of the highest earning athletes in America, and both also made the magazine's new list that ranks the nation's top 100 celebrities. Earnhardt is 38th and Gordon 58th on the celebrity top 100, which figures salaries and endorsements along with prominence on the Internet, on magazine covers and in radio, television and newspaper coverage. Wire services and other sources contributed to this report.