New Rules For NASCAR 2013

From the Las Vegas Sun:
NASCAR met briefly with drivers Saturday morning at Talladega Superspeedway to discuss new rules and procedures that will be implemented next season.
Among the changes is the return of a random draw to set the qualifying order, and the elimination of the top-35 qualifying rule. NASCAR instead plans to revert to the old system of setting the top 36 spots in the field on speed, then filling the remaining spots with six provisionals based on points and a provisional for a past champion.
There will be no limit as to how many times a driver can use a qualifying provisional.
Ryan Newman believes the introduction of the new 2013 car will prevent an ongoing threat of top teams failing to qualify for a race.
"I don't think that it's going to be a big issue at all to start the season because with the new cars, I don't see us having an extra surplus of cars," he said. "I don't see 48 or 50 cars each and every week. I see 43, maybe 44, so I don't think it's going to be a deal-breaker at all."
But Martin Truex Jr. doesn't support the random draw, and prefers the current format of setting qualifying order based on practice speeds.
"I'm not a fan of it because I like being able to _ if you have a fast car determine when you're going to go out if you can," Truex said.  http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2012/oct/06/car-nascar-talladega-notebook/
I like the rule change where it eliminates the automatic qualifying rule where the top 35 in points automatically in the race.  So, now, the teams need to take qualifying seriously and make interesting.  But I am sure the first time that Dale Earnahrdt Jr., Danica Patrick Jeff Gordon or Tony Stewart don't make a race because of poor qualifying, will they go back to old way or will these popular drivers be forced to buy their way into a race?
As far as the a random draw to see the order of qualifying, I don't like that change.  Things are good enough as it is and it takes practice sessions out of play and makes them meaningless.