so far in 2008, there have been seven qualifying sessions rained out with the seven being this weekend at New Hampshire [the 2nd in a row after last week in Richmond]. In the seven races run, all seven winners have come from the top 10: California, February, winner #99-Edwards started 9th, #48-Johnson started 1st finished 2nd Bristol, March, #31-Burton 8th, #48-Johnson 18th Michigan, June, #88-Earnhardt Jr. 3rd; #18-Busch 13th Chicago, July, #18-Busch 1st Watkins Glen, August, #18-Busch 1st Richmond, September, #48-Johnson 3rd; #18-Busch 15th New Hampshire, Spetember. winner #16-Biffle 9th, #18-Busch 34th The qualifying sessions cancelled may be a record, from 1980 thru present, the next worse year for qualifying cancelations was in 2002 when five were cancelled. Back a few years ago, if it rained on Friday, qualifying was many times moved to Saturday morning, that doesn’t happen any longer.(9-14-2008)
