For what it is worth, I never got to worked up over which type of provisional crap is being used call it 38 or 35. But if a multi million dollar driver and big supporting cast can't beat a poor team, his sorry butt isn't worthy to compete. If one stand alone lap is to delicate then add a last chance race.
But you should have to race for it, you don't hand out freebies when your claiming to be all about competition.
And the big corporate lard needs to understand the beauty of racing. Racing serves the fans interest first and integrity should be paramount. Nascar has comprised that worthy responsibility and pimped it out for money, and then they fine any unsubmissive driver that questions them. But it is hard to sympathize with fans wanting a degraded product, if real life drama with real winners and losers can't be defined even profound then why not just a watch a movie.