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Without having the stats in front of me I may be off base here, but isn't there less than 10 teams to have made every race? That seems like a pretty fair deal to me.
I believe that the more races that are run, the less chances the "little teams" have of making the show. With the system they have now, the teams that were decent, but not great are rewarded by starting up front. They have a fighting chance of running fast enough for 8-10 laps and holding off the teams that have more speed than they do. The cream rises to the top eventually.
Nothing against Chad or anyone else, but the fact is that USAC uses qualifying to line their shows up so you had better get the job done in qualifying.
For years I've heard guys complain about qualifying and how they don't like it. They want to race but don't like being the center of attention and being on the track by themselves. To me; qualifying is like Free Throws in basketball, you can be exciting and dunk all you want, but most of the time it's the guys who quietly get it done from the charity stripe who end up being the winner.(Shaq and Wilt being the glaring exceptions to that.)
I personally like the system, but as I said before, I would like to see a little more reward for qualifying in the top 6. If the guys are sand bagging the heats, pay points for heat race finishes, but not for B-Main finishes. Or don't give them their starting spot back. Heat race transfers lined up ahead of B-Main guys.
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