Nextel Cup Champions Provisionals may be changed
Quote selected text Published December 1st, 2006 in NASCAR News
Watch for NASCAR to limit the number of past-champion’s provisionals any driver can take to make Nextel Cup races next season to six, series director John Darby said.
Such exemptions - providing the 43rd starting spot to the most recent past champion not to qualify on speed or by car owners’ points - were first introduced toward the end of Richard Petty’s career. The new rule is most likely to affect 1999 champ Dale Jarrett, who will start the season with Michael Waltrip’s new team, and 1988 title-holder Bill Elliott, who can be expected to race part time.
- NASCAR needs to pit archaic qualifying rules – let top 43 drive
- Past Champions Limited To 6 Provisional Berths
- Changes to the Top-35 qualifying rule analyzed
- Past Champion Provisionals will remain the same for 2007
- NASCAR May Alter Past Champion Provisionals
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