2 regulars sitting Cup race out

Because of this week's Cup race being a road-course event, many specialists are coming out to show off their skills and run well. Two teams have elected to put specialists in their cars instead of the regular drivers.

The zero-one car is the first, with Ron Fellows coming in for Regan Smith. While Fellows has never won, he did get a top five finish at Watkins Glen last season. DEI put Fellows in the car for a couple of reasons. The first is that Smith, being a rookie, doesn't have a lot of experience on road-courses. They have high hopes for him being rookie of the year, and wanted a specialist to handle the load for this week. The second is that the zero-one car is thirtieth in points, not too far ahead of the thirty-fifth spot break off. Fellows coming in could boost the points for the team.

The second example of this is Scott Pruett coming in for Reed Sorenson in the forty-one car. Again, this is just a case of the Target-sponsored vehicle not being in a comfortable position in the standings at thirty-two, just twenty-nine points ahead of thirty-fifth place. Sorenson has been a huge disappointment fifteen races in, and the team doesn't want him to sit out any races besides this one.

So, do you agree with these two team's choices to replace their drivers for this race? I would have to say I do considering the circumstances for both teams.