have one lap to set a time. During the first round, the top 20 drivers in the round would be guaranteed a starting spot in the race. If a driver was not able to guarantee a spot in the first round, they had the option to scrub their time from the first round and try and run a faster lap time in a second round qualifying run, held on Saturday, August 10, at 11:00 AM EST. As with the first round, each driver would have one lap to set a time. For this specific race, positions 21-40 would be decided on time, and depending on who needed it, a select amount of positions were given to cars who had not otherwise qualified on time but were high enough in owner's points; up to two provisionals were given. If needed, a past champion who did not qualify on either time or provisionals could use a champion's provisional, adding one more spot to the field. Terry Labonte, driving for Hagan Racing, would win the pole, setting a time of 1:11.851 and an average speed of in the first round. No drivers would fail to qualify. Full qualifying results Lap 5 crash As the field entered the Loop on lap 5, the left front wheel spindle broke on J.D. McDuffie's #70 L.C. Whitford Pontiac and caused both a lost wheel and brake failure. He made contact with Jimmy Means, like McDuffie an owner-driver, and both the #70 and Means' #52 Alka-Seltzer Pontiac left the racing surface and ran into the grassy runoff area near the exit of the Loop. Traveling at over 160 MPH, McDuffie could not slow his car or stop it and he hit a tire barrier near the Armco barrier separating the track from the surrounding area. The force of the impact caused the #70 to lift off the ground, flip over while in the air, and land upside down in the grass. McDuffie suffered a basilar skull fracture in the accident and died instantly. Means, meanwhile, was able to slow his car down before he hit the tire barrier; the #52 actually went underneath the #70 while it was in the air. Getting out of his own wrecked car, Means went over to McDuffie to check on his fellow driver. A few seconds later, having seen McDuffie's condition, Means began frantically waving for track safety officials to come to