1.   Bryan Herta, who suffered a concussion in a crash last week, finally was cleared to drive by the doctors.

2.   Robbie Buhl, Jim Guthrie and Buzz Calkins may or may not be cleared to drive in Charlotte.

3.   After the crash, he was examined at a hospital and released that night but was not cleared to drive until Thursday.

4.   Boat, who suffered a concussion last weekend in a crash, has not yet been cleared to drive.

5.   He was not immediately cleared to drive and will have to be cleared by the track doctor on Sunday.

6.   Scheckter was hospitalized for two days with a bruised lung and a concussion, but he has been medically cleared to drive.

7.   Ray will be examined Saturday and, if cleared to drive by IRL medical director Henry Bock, will start from the back of the field in the race.

8.   Salazar climbed out of the car and was cleared to drive.

9.   Thankfully for Papis, he was just a bit dazed and, after about an hour of observation, was released and cleared to drive.

10.   Zanardi, suffering from an eye infection and cleared to drive only hours earlier by medical officials, had posted the fastest qualifying time Friday.