But guys like Mark Martin, Rusty Wallace and these guys are not wanting that to happen. All drivers are in identically prepared IROC cars. Moore, the 1995 Indy Lights champion and fifth in the CART series last season, hit the second-turn wall early in Wednesday's IROC practice. He was not hurt. Gordon, who turned 28 on Wednesday, became the first two-time Brickyard winner last year and is just ahead of Earnhardt in sixth place in the Winston Cup standings.
Strategy plays out at the end.
Earnhardt showed up at the Speedway with a clean-shaven upper lip for the first time in 17 years. The bushy lip, it turned out, prevented a tight seal between his mask and his face. The situation was unacceptable. The last time Earnhardt shaved his mustache was 1982. But he's not taking any chances.