1.   Allen said the team got behind when he was not able to complete his first qualifying run Friday.

2.   And after the qualifying run, Hardaway was second.

3.   Bill Elliott, Tony Stewart, Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Rusty Wallace saw good qualifying runs wiped out by mistakes on pit stops.

4.   Added weight fell from the car during his qualifying run.

5.   Brack had his tires in the grass on two turns of his qualifying run.

6.   Drivers are working harder and taking more chances in qualifying runs to try to earn the pole and get a chance at the money.

7.   Elliott said a good qualifying run is nice, but what he really wants is a win.

8.   Fifty-four drivers made qualifying runs Friday -- a qualifying battle unprecedented in Nascar history.

9.   Gordon dedicated the qualifying run to Evernham, who had spent the previous week publicly atoning for his sin.

10.   Garlits skipped his final qualifying run once his crew realized he was safely in the field.