if things stay the same, these eight drivers would make the race:
#13-Max Papis, 3rd fastest
#21-Bill Elliott [PC2], 5th
#64-Todd Bodine, 7th
#26-David Stremme, 14th
#36-Casey Mears, 21st
#87-Joe Nemechek, 22nd
#66-Dave Blaney, 30th
#09-Bobby Labonte [PC1], 44th
these drivers would miss the race if the order stayed the same:
#38-David Gilliland, 34th
#55-Michael McDowell, 43rd
#32-Jacques Villeneuve, 46th
#46-J.J. Yeley, no speed
[PC] = [past champion and order, 1 is more recent champ]
