Shehata restored his reputation when winning the 2010 Nations Cup just two months later, but qualifying attempts for 2012 have further knocked his standing.
Ricky Rudd was the only one of the other 54 drivers who made two-lap qualifying attempts yesterday to come close.
I'm still chuffed to bits because it is my third pole in three qualifying attempts with Peugeot".
The top 36 spots are set by owners' points from last year, with the rest filled out by points or qualifying attempts.
Six others made qualifying attempts in the second round, but only Kenny Wallace and Rich Bickle were able to join Pardus in the 43-car lineup.
That would include Helio Castroneves, who drives for the team owned by the racing mogul Roger Penske, and the Target Chip Ganassi Racing teammates Dario Franchitti and Scott Dixon, who found speed in practice Friday after lackluster qualifying attempts.
At the 2011 world track and field championships in Daegu, South Korea, however, Hooker could not bring himself to jump on three qualifying attempts, simply running under the bar into the landing pit.
The only four-time Indy winners, A. J. Foyt and Al Unser, both completed qualifying attempts today, with Foyt running his four fastest laps of the month for an average of 220.425, and Unser, qualifying an Alfa Romeo-powered car for the first time at Indy, turning a 212.087.
That's kind of a crazy question, and I'm sure there are people out there who are much more qualified to attempt to speculate on the subject than me, but I'll give it a shot.
One method to overcome this is to gain WHO prequalification and be eligible to sell products to international donors; a number of firms, already GMP qualified, were attempting to do this.
