Changes coming to Almirola team?

Joe Gibbs Racing will "re-evaluate" its part-time Nextel Cup program for Tampa native Aric Almirola before allowing the 23-year-old to attempt to qualify for a second race, JGR vice president and development head Steve De Souza said.

Almirola's No. 80 Chevrolet was removed on Monday from the entry list for Sunday's Coca-Cola 600, De Souza said, because the team was not able to adequately prepare a replacement for the car he wrecked attempting to qualify for the Nextel Open at Lowe's Motor Speedway last weekend.

"We're not sure what happened, " De Souza said. "He's had a loose car all day and they thought they'd made some adjustments, but it didn't fix it. You could see from what happened it was nothing that would be a driver's fault.

We felt like we're not able to produce the effort we needed which would give him the opportunity to do the best he can, " De Souza said. "We want to do it properly. We'll look at everything involved, who's in charge, everything."