The Auto Club Finals Pro Stock field is as notable for who’s missing on the 16-car grid. The Professor, Warren Johnson failed to qualify (he was 21st of 25 and struggled all weekend), as did Richie Stevens Jr, as noted above. Larry Morgan could only manage the 19th quickest speed and Max Naylor, in competition for rookie honors had the 20th best lap. Captain Chaos will miss the season finale, as Kenny Koretsky failed to get a capable speed, slotting in at 22nd.


The Auto Club Finals Pro Stock field is as notable for who’s missing on the 16-car grid. The Professor, Warren Johnson failed to qualify (he was 21st of 25 and struggled all weekend), as did Richie Stevens Jr, as noted above. Larry Morgan could only manage the 19th quickest speed and Max Naylor, in competition for rookie honors had the 20th best lap. Captain Chaos will miss the season finale, as Kenny Koretsky failed to get a capable speed, slotting in at 22nd.

Bubble time for this year’s finale was Yates’ 6.714-second run. Tony Rizzo was the slowest driver at 6.781 seconds.

Hard ending to hard season -- Richie Stevens, who won the previous race, at Las Vegas, had been bumped from the field just before he was to make his final qualifying attempt. He needed to have a 6.715-second elapsed time to get his Team Mopar Dodge Stratus back into the lineup, but he missed the cut by two-thousandths of a second with his 6.717. It was a tough ending to the year for Stevens, who weathered more changes than any other Pro Stock driver.