has only one chassis and a couple of engines, now they've got three attempts on that chassis per day, even if they take the checkered flag, (then) get bumped out later, they can come back and try again. We think it's going to
give the fans what they want, and that's some bumping on each of the four days of qualifying, returns us to our traditional four days of qualifying that we've had. In many ways it keeps the traditions alive but also it
changes and adds some new twists and new challenges to the guys that sitting up here with me."
Question:After a qualifying run, I assume the cars will go through a post-qualifying inspection. How does that change? As you approach 6 p.m., in order for someone to have a chance if they've qualified second and want to go back out. Do they have to go through inspection or can they stay out and go back through the qualifying line?
"It brings up a detailed thought process by the (Indy Racing) League. In order for the drama and the strategies to play out that we have anticipated with this format, it's important for the League to make equipment available to these guys as quickly as possible, especially in the last hour or so of qualifying.
So what we're going to do is a very traditional and normal post-qualifying technical inspection process for cars that qualify between noon and 4:45 p.m. Those cars will come down, if they've taken the checkered flag and they're in the fastest 11 at that time, they will pull into the photo area as they've traditionally done, then they'll go to the garage area and do a traditional post-qualifying inspection. We will notify the teams in the qualification meeting tomorrow that if they qualify between noon and 4:45 p.m. and go through this process, they will need to anticipate it will be between 55 and 70 minutes before the car is made available again. So a car that qualifies at 3 p.m., that owner needs to know he will not get his car back until 4:10 p.m.
