Q: http://www.nascar.com/2008/news/headlines/cup/08/29/driver.reaction.shootout.mwaltrip.jnemechek/index.html
A: I'm not a fan of the new format. I know it's very unlikely but what if somehow Chevy or Ford or one of the other two manufacturors go on a tear and have 7 cars finish in the top 10? You're going to have a top 10 driver that, there's a good chance, won a race not make that "all-star" race, but then you have a driver that finishes 35th in owners points make it. It's not a very good system. Ryan Newman and Tony Sterwart will not be in the race next year, but Michael Waltrip and Ruittaman could both be in it. That doesn't make sense to me. I think they just were in a hurry to change the format and they didn't think it through.