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Originally Posted by psullivan
I think I saw this race for the first time in 1983 and my recollection is that is how they did it then
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That's more than a little disingenuous.
In 1983 it wouldn't have been possible to let 11 cars run one night for the 4 guaranteed spots, considering there were 73 total entries.
The field was divided in half by a drawing which took place at the Republic County courthouse and the top 4 from each night were locked in, but in 1983 that would have meant a top 4 finish from roughly a 35 car field, a far cry from last night's situation.