In a USAC format, he likely would have qualified fairly well. And if he had qualified poorly, he still could have propelled through the C and/or B Main, just as he did Sunday night. A bent nerf bar in the heat race made him work this hard on Sunday night - how can that make any more sense than the USAC format?

Did I mention that Daron Clayton likely would have won without passing a car all night, nor qualifying well, had he not had engine trouble?