They changed the rules in order to make sure she made it in. That's the exact way her whole career has gone. She was a made product by the media with the help of two racing series' management teams due to her sex. After all, no male driver would have been described as "Charging to the front" when all 20 cars pitted in from of him because he was out off sequence by causing a wreck on the restart at the 500. That kind of treatment brings her win into legitimate question when the other 3 cars in front of her were called into the pits on the last lap in Japan. But its NASCAR and we know how credible they are.