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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - Expect changes with NASCAR Sprint Cup Series qualifying this season. The new procedures are expected to be announced during the Lowe's Motor Speedway Media Tour on Jan. 21.
"We've been talking about things through the fall," said NASCAR vice president of competition Robin Pemberton. "Small tweaks to make the playing field as fair as possible, but still maintain competitiveness. But we haven't sat down since the new year started to discuss our plans further." Pemberton said NASCAR would not be dumping the top 35 owner points rule, which guarantees the top 35 cars in the owner points standing a starting position in each race. However, garage sources intimated during the first round of preseason testing this week that NASCAR would allow those cars outside of the top 35 to qualify together, before (or after) the drivers locked into the race, so the racing conditions would be relatively similar.
"We've been talking about things through the fall," said NASCAR vice president of competition Robin Pemberton. "Small tweaks to make the playing field as fair as possible, but still maintain competitiveness. But we haven't sat down since the new year started to discuss our plans further." Pemberton said NASCAR would not be dumping the top 35 owner points rule, which guarantees the top 35 cars in the owner points standing a starting position in each race. However, garage sources intimated during the first round of preseason testing this week that NASCAR would allow those cars outside of the top 35 to qualify together, before (or after) the drivers locked into the race, so the racing conditions would be relatively similar.
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