AJ is in third place in the points standings, only 61 points out. In addition, his engine customer is in 5th place. Calling that underachievement is ignorant. How about WJ or Larry Morgan, neither is in the top 10 nor can they barely qualify, and they can both build first-class engines.

This could be an interesting race with Connelly running a 2nd Cagnazzi car. That will be 7 contenders with Mike Edwards that may start beating up on each other.