Originally Posted by midmad68:
random draw for heat races with passing points. the top 40 in passing points go to the qualifying races with top 24 inverted. this means that the first 6 starters in each qualifier are inverted based on heat race points. it seems that they are running the C mains before the qualifiers. these are the guys with the least amount of points. the top 4 in each tag the back of the B's. after the qualifying races, the top 16 in points (combined heat race and qualifier) are locked into the A and the rest start straight up in the B's. Top 4 from the B's go to the A. The A is also started straight up...no inversion.
This seems to be the most logical explanation but there's never any passing points order posted and the questions about how certain race lineups are come to are ignored.
So there's no way of knowing if it's done this way.
Unless of course, you're Emmett Hahn or Tommy Estes.