11.   Schroeder was referring to a quirky SCCA rule that inverts the top five qualifiers.

12.   The top two qualifiers were Elena Vitrichenko and Ekaterina Serebryanskaya of Ukraine.

13.   The top eight qualifiers on Friday each have raced at least a season in Indy Lights.

14.   Top qualifier from Concacaf region, which includes the United States.

15.   Top qualifier Greg Voigt went underneath Davidson and Brian Barron landed on top of Voigt, bringing out a red flag.

16.   Woods was the top qualifier for the U.S. team which will play a team of Europeans at Valderrama Golf Club in Sotogrande, Spain.

17.   Other top qualifiers included Nick Heidfeld, seventh in a Sauber Petronas, and Jarno Trulli, eighth in a Renault.

18.   A cloud looming over all three top qualifiers was the forecast for showers on Sunday.

19.   A week after dropping out of the U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials, top qualifier Olga Appell may come back to try for a spot in the Atlanta Games.

20.   Bryan Herta, fourth in a Reynard Mercedes-Benz, was the top qualifier using Goodyear tires, which dominated on the wet surface in Detroit.