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spankytoo (Offline)
#9 4/21/25 12:09 PM

Originally Posted by badcoupe:
I’ve always felt if you have to run the B you should start tail of the feature, promotes better heat races. This would especially true in wing world where heat races are nose to tail practice sessions. Earn your starting spot in the feature.

The rules are not designed to promote good racing. They're designed to protect the 10-12 drivers that follow the series.

Get in a wreck in your heat race? Well if you qualify near the front, you're guaranteed a front row starting position in the b-main, even though the rest of the b-main is set up by finishing order of the heat race. This protects their drivers.

Then you transfer to the A main event, and you're given the qualifying position back, but I believe you can't start in the first 5 rows. Meaning the best you can start is 11th.

If you look in your mirror and see a line of cars behind you, be kind and pull over.

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