I agree Mike.

Kokomo Speedway has this figured out.

Promoters are fair to the racers by allowing them the chance to qualify. What the racers do with that chance is on them.

Fans get to see better racing because racers must race for starting feature positions during the heat race.


Drawbacks to the draw only.

At every show a fan attends... You always have the big name drivers who are usually perceived as being the "fast guys". The pill draw separates these guys in many different heat race starting positions. Some guys start last row while others end up front row. This is entirely based on the "luck" of the draw.

If a driver gets a good pill draw, they have the advantage over other drivers with bad pill draws before a single engine fires.

This usually creates a feature lineup with fast guys spread out all over the field.

I want to see those "fast guys" lineup side by side for the feature so I can watch them battle for 20, 25, or 30 laps. Kokomo's system accomplishes this more than the silly luck of the draw format.


Drawback to Qualifying

Adding single car qualifying tends to burn up the racing surface.

Kokomo Speedway does their qualifying during hot laps so they don't add more laps to the racing surface and that does NOT burn up the track.

The only real drawback to Kokomo style qualifying format is the promoters cost of transponders & timing equipment.

Well, I just wasted a few minutes of my life. Lol