Originally Posted by darnall:
That is such a good point it should have it's own thread...or even it's own TV show...hahaha
Nothing against USAC...I am sure they have their reasons....but what exactly was wrong with the old format? fully inverted heats, top 4 transfer then take 6 outta the B...all cars in the show get their time back with a top 6 invert...the only hole in that format was that somebody could sandbag timetrials just in the hopes of winning or staying in the top 4 of a heat and making the show...but man the heat races were awesome to watch with the full invert
Actually, I like this new format. Makes drivers get up on the wheel for the heat races and mixes things up for the feature. It makes the heat races mean something. It is not really any more complicated than what you just wrote up. Explaining sprint car qualifying/inversion/lineup process to a newbie has always been a bit challenging. Now keeping up with all of the different formats across the sanctioning bodies can leave one with a headache.