It cheapens the records of those who earned their way into main events. To me, it used to be a huge achievement to race yourself into all the Sprintweek races. Nowdays, all you need to do is make half on your own and take provisionals in the rest.

It cheapens the points race. As Tim C pointed out, you can have a situation where a guy who uses no provisionals can finish 2nd in the points behind a guy who uses all his provisionals to earn enough points to finish ahead of 2nd place. You are telling me that's a *win*?

I can understand that the Krogers of the world wouldn't be happy to not see their car on the racetrack. So to appease the sponsors, I say let em use provisionals but receive no main event points. If by chance you happen to come from the back of the pack and win the race, it doesn't count as an official win because you weren't supposed to be there in the first place. Yes, your win will probably go down as one of the epic comebacks of all time but it won't count in the record books or points.