I like it.

if the owner/promoter of the Chili Bowl wants to do it, knowing that it will likely attract a wider range of cars and drivers for this set of races, precisely by tying it to the Chili Bowl (though not the Saturday A-main), i'm all for it.

i'm sure they realize that the winners of these races are likely to come from a group of guys that are also likely to qualify for the A-main or the B-main on their prelim nights. though nothing is guaranteed, of course.

more midget racing, and more attention to midget racing, and more races for Bryan Clauson to put on his schedule this year is good by me!

but, with what is surely a small group of people in an uproar (and therefore being louder than everyone else about it), perhaps the better course of action is to take the 4 races (it ended up being 4, right?) and either lock them in to the Tuesday night race of Champions and eligible for the revenge draw so that their starting position is random (which then gives them a shot at earning a provisional to the Saturday A-main), or lock them into the A-main of their choice on a prelim night, but tagged on to the back of the field.