[Lynn A McCarty]

Mike is probably right, we did feel "bumped" a couple of years ago when a single car running not even 5 under got to run in the show, and we had to go home. I think we qualified in the 90's or low 100's, and ended up like 8th alternate. (Stacy was so depressed he went home and fell asleep, then they called him and Phil was burning up the phone trying to get him to the track. You see they had never used 8th alternate before that anyone knew.) He had spun trying to beat Wilkes(who was about 2 tenths faster) for class first round of class (usually the fastest run of Indy), and the field went around him as everyone picked up and he didnt.

I also feel for the class car that is a 100% legit combo with no after market parts, high horsepower ratings. This is exacerbated by trying to qualify against cars that have all replacement castings, bogus combo, inappropriate HP ratings, and bogus intake runner cc's. Did you know there are engines below and just over 300 cubic inches that are so bogus their published intake runners are bigger than most Pontiac, Olds, and Buick 455's?

There really are in my opinion nearly equal substantive and legitimate issues on both sides.