Originally Posted by racefan20:
that is the most brilliant thing you have ever written Chuck. A lot of folks on here seem to be hung up on car counts. Car counts dont mean anything unless they are so low that there isnt a full field. Its how many of those cars have the potential to win that is the important thing. take the weekly show at Kokomo as an example. they may only get 20-25 cars but around 12-14 of them are good enough cars/drivers to win the race. I'd much rather see that than 40 cars but only 5-6 good enough to win.
John, Perfect is four heats of ten. one or two consis and a feature. There is the sence that your not getting as much for your money with two or three heats and a feature. Id love to see some of the 15-24 car nights go to a two heat reverse from first finish points system. for starts. Make em 4 12 car 12 lap heats. Sometimes it seems unfair for the fast guy to get the pole and transfer straight to a front row spot for the feature based on draw alone. No they did nothing wrong, They did everything perfect. Where the action is the next race they start at the tail and really wow the crowd.. (I remember the days of the fast qualifiers starting on the tail and disqualifications for beating your qualifying time by over a second)
Chuck, who kinda misses the victory laps and fast car dashes ect but don't think the racings any worse. In fact most nights there are ten guys legitamate potential winners. Back in the 70s there were Gaines and Wilkerson, Bob Kinser and Gilstrap. It was rare they ever got beat when two or more of them came and most of the time they started on or near the tail. Thats what made legendary names and great racing then even though there is probably more serious contenders today.