If USAC thinks about "tinkering" with a format why not use the a format from the past. The Hulman Hundred was a decent format.

You qualified, split the field into 2 groups (odds evens) based on times, run 2 20 lap last chances/ quailfiers or whatevere you call them, take the top 12 from those, run a 60 lap A main.

Also put this "twist" in to format, 1) the tire you time trial on is what you run in the A. 2) The tope 6 or 8 in each of the 20 lappers are inverted.

Advantages are 1) the "traditionalists" still see 100 laps of racing (green flag if USAC hasn't changed the rule/ procedure that states races under 60 laps cautions DON'T COUNT). 2) Tire managenment still becomes a factor. 3) Even the slowest quaifier still has a chance to make the A. 4) Some reduction in "on board" fuel. 5) This "format" should elimanate/ drasticly reduce "open red" situations.

Yes, the bladder problem needs to be addresed FIRST with the age and how the fuel compromise the intergrety of the bladders. THAT IS A MUST.

And yes, PROMOTE, PROMOTE, PROMOTE the devil out of the series. Let the "Gold Crown" series be its own enity.

Just a thought, trying to keep a little tradition, but modernize it as easily a possible.