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Originally Posted by chadd8up
anyone understand the lineup order on the features? it just did not make much since to me. friday ballou finishes 2nd in his heat and then starts on the pole for the feature. but then he wins his heat last nite at kokomo and they start him 21st in the feature. i mean that just seems like a big difference from one nite to the other over finishing one position different in his heat.over one position the lineup is 20 spots different? if someone knows how they are doing the lineup plz. share this with me because i raced sprintcars in the 80's and i just don't remember it being like that.
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It all has to do with qualifying times. The top 6 highest qualifiers that transfer through their heat race line up in the top 6 spots of the feature, inverted.
For example, last night at Kokomo:
QUALIFICATIONS:
1. Hunter Schuerenberg, 35, Byram-12.675 - (Did not transfer)
2. Justin Grant, 40, Grant-12.788 - (Transferred)
3. Jerry Coons Jr., 71p, Phillips-12.792 - (Did not transfer)
4. Dave Darland, 21x, Roberts/Tate-12.838 - (Did not transfer)
5. Daron Clayton, 69, Dynamics-12.841 - (Did not transfer)
6. Shane Cottle, 11, Walker-12.889 - (Did not transfer)
7. Mike Spencer, 50, Chaffin-12.953 - (Transferred)
8. Chris Windom, 5x, Baldwin-13.001 - (Transferred)
9. Jon Stanbrough, 53, Fox-13.016 - (Transferred)
10. Casey Riggs, 37, Indiana Underground-13.041 - (Transferred)
11. Andrew Elson, 27a, Elson-13.045 - (Did not transfer)
12. Chad Boespflug, 98x, Gatt-13.063 - (Transferred)
The cars in bold transferred to the A-Main and lined up inverted in the top 6 positions like this:
Row 1: 98x Boespflug - 37 Riggs
Row 2: 53 Stanbrough - 5x Windom
Row 3: 50 Spencer - 40 Grant
From there, the rest who transferred through the heats and B-Main line up straight-up behind the first three rows according to qualifying times like this:
Row 4: 35 Scheurenberg - 71p Coons
Row 5: 21x Darland - 11 Cottle
etc., etc...
Out of the top 12 qualifiers listed above, Clayton and Elson did not make the feature so were not included.
Hopefully this cleared it up a little bit.
