You spend all of that time and do everything you do for one lap. For that reason, Waltrip says he would have only one round of qualifying. The fastest 43 cars make the race. Pressed on the issue, Waltrip said he might take the fastest 42 and allow one provisional in case a top-name driver had a problem. With qualifying done on Fridays, Saturdays could be reserved for those cars already in the race to practice on their race set-ups.
Tires are one-lap tires.
We've put ourselves in a box in so many ways. That's the way these things are, you can't race. Look at the trucks at Daytona. That was a heck of a race. It looked like a race, a guy would get back and get a run and blow to the front.