Originally Posted by Racerrob:
robert gatten
So you want to penalize someone that "because you happened to hit the right qualifing setup or went out at the right time" by starting them in the back of a heat race and then penalize them again if they don't pass enough cars in the heat? Why go for fast time then if it seriously comprimises your chances for making the feature? Why not lay down an average lap qualify, mid pack, start in a transfer position and know that a good portion of the faster qualifers will not make the A and thus improve your starting position?
I know one of the posters on here quotes Rich Vogler in saying that every time he was on the track it was a race. Even Hot Laps are a race and I come to win everything.
I don't want to see qualifications become a test to see who can hit a certain time. That is for straight line bracket racing. Sorry about the demo derby comment, but I know there are quite a few drivers racing USAC right now that could (and would under the right circumstances) take a guy out if the heat race finishing positions became any more important.
Rob Hoffman
This is just a place to air your thoughts, and i like your ideas posted earlier. However the fastest qualifiers start in the back and i have no problem with that. My problems comes from a guy making it out of the non qualifier,starting in the back of the heat (thats ok too ) but then passing good USAC cars to run up to 5th only to be put to the tail of the B again too start all over. The USAC cars that run 8th in the heats get to go right up front in the B even though they were out raced in the heat. Just kind of sticks in my crawl a little. Maybe its too much trouble for USAC to figure out all those heat races and line up a B main based on racing .