The only night of the four so far that had such a thing as a "bad draw" was the second night at Lawrenceburg.

Night one, Levi Jones set fast time early, but Chris Windom came out at the end and went tenth-quick.

At Gas City, Scotty Weir set fast time at the end of the line, but Kenny Biro came out fifth and was fifth-quick.

At Kokomo, Brad Sweet came out late to set fast time, but Jerry Coons, Jr. came out third and ended up fifth-quick.

In that qualifying session at Lawrenceburg on Thursday, Dave Darland's quick-time came late in qualifying when the track had worked in a little. An early number was not good, and it seemed to hurt Chad Boespflug, Jesse Hockett, Tracy Hines, and even Jon Stanbrough, among others. But before all those guys came out, Jeff Bland, Jr. qualified himself solidly in the heats. And right after those "good guys" went out, Bret Mellenberndt qualified 14th.

The thing is, no matter when you go out to qualify, you have to hit a good lap. I can't even count how many guys go out and don't even hit the right line. There's a reason, other than really good luck, that some guys seem to always stay out of the non-qualifier's race...