Not sure why USAC did tandem qualifying at Salt City with only 19 cars but they better not even think about messing with Springfield or Du Quoin. You can only watch one car at a time so it screws the fans out of half of qualifying which is a third of the program at a silver crown race. These races harken back to the days of the championship/Indy circuit and they did not qualify two at a time. It cheapens the product. Group qualifying seemed to start with winged racing. Their time trials are so boring, half the fans are still at their RV’s drinking. USAC fans like time trials and seeing each car one at a time like was done at sprint week (minus Terre Haute which should have been). USAC has enough people still pissed about the cheating at Macon, they can’t afford to piss off any more of their strongest and most long time supporters.