Won't make any difference though, will it. if Adams DOES retire, it still won't change this year's qualifying positions. Anyhow, Scotty has to achieve 9th first!
I believe I'm correct in saying that Scott has now been quoted several times over the past couple of seasons as claiming that his reason for not doing the qualifiers is that if he doesn't qualify in the top 8, then he doesn't deserve to be in the series at all. Now fair enough, last year he missed some rounds due to inury, and that was taken into consideration when he was handed the freebie. This year that doesn't apply, and so surely he will be man enough to stand by his own words and spend a year concentrating on upping his form sufficiently to get back in on a nomination the year after, whilst also doing the qualifiers to earn back his spot. Or will he?