Dale Jarrett has never used a provisional starting spot to make a Winston Cup race since his current #88 team was formed at Robert Yates Racing at the beginning of the 1996 season. That streak would have ended Saturday had any of the nine drivers making second-round qualifying attempts for Sunday’s Checker 500 gone faster than Jarrett’s lap of 131.325 mph from Friday’s first round(That’s Racin’) and of note: #24-Jeff Gordon has NEVER used a provisional in his Winston Cup career, see my Provisional status page for rules and past provisional info(11-5-2000)
