Hewitt Classic Qualifying/Race Format

WRP · 8/1/13, 6:00 PM

Race format for the Best Performance Motorsports Non Wing Sprint Car portion of the 5th Annual Jack Hewitt Classic at Waynesfield Raceway Park on Saturday August 3rd as follows:

Pill draw for qualifying order. Group qualifying with 4 cars in each group. first group will receive 5 laps, each group thereafter will run 4 laps. Your best lap of the session will be your official qualifying time. Driver with quick time will draw for inversion in the heat races. The possible inversions will be 4, 6, 8, or straight up.

Heat races will be 8 laps each. Number of transfer from each heat will depend on the number of entries. The top 12 qualifiers who transfer from the heat races will be placed in one of 2 dashes to determine the lineup for the A Main.

Quickest transferring qualifier will be in dash 1, 2nd quick in dash 2, 3rd quick in dash 1, 4th quick in dash 2, etc. The lineup for each dash will be determined by a fan drawing. The finish of Dash #1 will determine the inside of the first 6 rows of the A Main. Finishing order of dash #2 will determine the outside of the first 6 rows in the A Main. Any other transfers from the heat will lineup behind the dash cars based in order based upon their qualifying times.

B Main(s) will lineup straight up based upon qualifying time. Number of B Mains and number of transfers will be determined by number of entries. B Main transfers will line up behind heat transfers in order based upon their qualifying times.

20 cars will start the A Main based upon transfers listed above. A Main will be 30 laps.

jamesmotorsportz · 8/1/13, 6:32 PM

Make the A main a 50 lapper

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dstensland · 8/2/13, 2:06 AM

My only point of emphasis with this format is that the history of most dirt tracks demonstrates tracks changing significantly early in the night from greasy slick to packed tacky as group qualifying progresses. Cars in group 4 or higher can be a whole second quicker than group 1 just because the track "comes in". The way that Kokomo evens the playing field is that you race against the same cars in your qualifying group with the cars lined up based on qualifying and an invert. The cars would race their way into the dashes based on how they finish in the heats (top 2 or 3 for example) instead of basing it purely on your qualifying time which may or may not be representative of how good your car really is. I really like the innovative thinking that WRP always seems to use in setting up this race and really appreciate the tribute it pays to a very deserving "past champion".

Dave Stensland

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1koolkat · 8/2/13, 2:44 AM

Kokomo has the best format with group qualifying i believe, you are only qualifying against your group. But i don' the think format is bad, almost all formats now are settled by the pill draw. Single car qualifying is still the best route, man vs. track, one of the hardest things to do.

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WRP DK · 8/2/13, 2:44 PM

This format should be very interesting because it has a little bit of everything in it. It has an option for a big inversion on qualifying and it has an option of starting straight up too. Either way things always seem to balance out in our sport.

8/2/13, 2:06 AM	#3
dstensland Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 142	My only point of emphasis with this format is that the history of most dirt tracks demonstrates tracks changing significantly early in the night from greasy slick to packed tacky as group qualifying progresses. Cars in group 4 or higher can be a whole second quicker than group 1 just because the track "comes in". The way that Kokomo evens the playing field is that you race against the same cars in your qualifying group with the cars lined up based on qualifying and an invert. The cars would race their way into the dashes based on how they finish in the heats (top 2 or 3 for example) instead of basing it purely on your qualifying time which may or may not be representative of how good your car really is. I really like the innovative thinking that WRP always seems to use in setting up this race and really appreciate the tribute it pays to a very deserving "past champion". Dave Stensland Posted via Mobile Device Posted via Mobile Device _________________________________________________ Last edited by dstensland; 8/2/13 at 2:07 AM.

8/1/13, 6:32 PM	#2
jamesmotorsportz Member Join Date: May 2012 Posts: 164	Make the A main a 50 lapper Posted via Mobile Device

8/2/13, 2:44 AM	#4 Re: Hewitt Classic Qualifying/Race Format
1koolkat Member Join Date: Jul 2013 Posts: 11	Kokomo has the best format with group qualifying i believe, you are only qualifying against your group. But i don' the think format is bad, almost all formats now are settled by the pill draw. Single car qualifying is still the best route, man vs. track, one of the hardest things to do. Posted via Mobile Device

8/2/13, 2:44 PM	#5 Re: Hewitt Classic Qualifying/Race Format
WRP DK Senior Member Join Date: May 2012 Posts: 393	This format should be very interesting because it has a little bit of everything in it. It has an option for a big inversion on qualifying and it has an option of starting straight up too. Either way things always seem to balance out in our sport.