11.   The tiny Louisiana rider, who just happens to be the defending series champion, easily raced her way to the title.

12.   With two-time defending series champion Mike Stefanik now racing as a rookie on the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, a new champion will be crowned.

13.   Brack has the only realistic chance of catching the defending series champion.

14.   But it then got very busy as Al Unser Jr., the defending series champion and a former Toronto winner, tried to pass Rahal on the inside.

15.   Defending series champion Bobby Labonte will start from the pole on Sunday, with defending race winner Jeremy Mayfield third.

16.   Defending series champion Jeff Green finished fourth in a Ford, extending his winless streak at Daytona to eight races.

17.   Defending series champion Zanardi was considerably less pleased.

18.   Geoff Boss, who briefly held second place, wound up a career-best third, followed by defending series champion David Empringham of Canada.

19.   Gil de Ferran, the defending series champion, had particular praise for the work the Laguna Seca staff did on the runoff areas where those two crashed occurred.

20.   Green, the defending series champion, was fifth, followed by Kenny Wallace, David Green, Elton Sawyer, Randy LaJoie and Scott Wimmer.