Bruce,
Without commenting on whether or not the protest being discussed was in the spirit of sportsmanship, I think there needs to be a way to file a protest, even when the schedule is shuffled. Such a situation may well be covered in the policies and procedures manual (or what ever it's called). ...or if it wasn't, I'd bet it is now.
Just going by the time stamps on the DRC results posts, it looks like there was about 8 hours between the time Stock Qualifying ended and Stock Eliminations began. Knowing there would be ample time could have been a factor in the decisions made.
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