I have a few questions. When the current system was devised, inverting the heats based on your qualifying time with the fastest qualifiers at the rear. I assume it was done so with the intention of trying to make better racing in the heats instead of having the fastest qualifiers starting up front and running away from the rest of the field making for a boring race.

The goal is to make the A-main lineup or you cannot take home the trophy or the big bucks. With this system, would it not be beneficial for a driver to NOT set a fast time in order to get a better starting position in the heats so as to have a better shot at a transfer position? As someone said earlier, lay down an average lap time for a better heat starting position, then hammer down in the heat to get into the A-main. I suppose the "getting your time back" rule is suppose to prevent that. I doubt if that is the case for many racers whose initial goal is to make that A-main.

The real pressure is on the guy who did set a fast time making it back up though the heat to a transfer position. The reward for racing through the field to a transfer position is to start up front in the A-main when he gets his time back. If he doesn't make it to a transfer position in his heat, IS THAT WHY they are giving him his time back in the B-main, so as to not penalize his starting position a second time and therefore almost assuring the fast qualifier will make the A-Main by starting up front in the B? For which he will again get his time back and be assured of starting up front in the A.

I guess the one thing I am really confused about is, if they are so concerned about inverting the heats to insure good racing, why are all of the fast qualifiers put at the front of the B-main and A-main by getting their times back? Does that not do what they are trying to avoid in the heats?

Once a driver with a fast time gets into a transfer position in the heat, they have no real reason to race with the drivers ahead of them, except for pride, because they will get their time back and start up front in the A-main. All of these variables seem to open the door for opportunities for strategy instead of racing.

When I buy a ticket to a race, I expect to see every driver race their a$$ off from the time the green flag drops until the checkers fall. Every position in every race should mean something. Every car you pass should mean a better starting position in your next event or more money in your payout. That keeps every driver racing for every position from green to checker. Isn't that what most race fans expect from racers?