As a Crew member, I'm opposed to this format. It DOUBLES tire costs with NO BENEFIT to the teams.
If they really want to add excitement to the evening, make Kenny Schrader start dead last in the Mod race. With his experience & the quality of his equipment, it would be more exciting to see him work his way through the field than to see him just drive away from it. He was lapping about a second faster than the second place car.
Shane ran a Hoosier F95 for the last 49 laps. I checked it in Victory Lane. Don't know what he ran for the first 51.