Indiana Open Wheel - View Single Post - usac non qualifier races

Tim (Offline)
#4 7/15/13 2:50 PM

Originally Posted by johnnythunderhead:
I had a discussion with several very knowledgeable sprint car racing fans over the weekend regarding usac having "non qualifier races" to eliminate contestants before the racing even officially begins, and it was unanimously agreed upon that: all contestants should be given a chance to run a heat race and a main; if there are 55 contestants, then there should be 5 heat races of 11 cars, with the top 3 finishers making the a-main, with the next 4 making the b-main and the rest going to the c-main/ then taking 4 from the c-main to fill out the b-main and taking 7 from the b-main, to fill out the a-main! what do you all think?

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I guess I was thinking that the non-qualifiers race was to give the racers another chance rather than "eliminate" them. In other series if you don't qualify on time you're eliminated before racing at all.

Tim Simmons

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