I"m planning on hitting Terra Haute both nights then going with MSCS three nights, Bloomington, Putnamville, Haubstadt. Kind of a practice for Midget and Sprint week. PJ and MR Funk I hope you both have successfull surgery and quick recovery
Originally Posted by Rapid Rick:
Which day is the better of the two for qualifications? Are the Saturday positions from 10-33 up for grabs Sunday or just fast 9 and bumps?
Both days are great, but a little different.
Saturday will see everyone qualify once, then many will attempt to requalify to either (a) make it into the Fast 9 and have a shot at pole on Sunday, or (b) make it out of the bottom 5 spots and avoid the Last Row Shootout on Sunday. Unlimited attempts. Positions 10-30 will be locked at the end of the day.
Sunday will see the Last Row Shootout (5 drivers going for the last 3 spots), then the Fast 9 shootout for the pole position. Those two will be packaged together neatly for television. Then the track will open for practice to end the day for a couple hours.
Personally, I like Saturday the best as they are qualifying all day and it kinda has the feel of Qualification Days gone by. But you don't get the finality of who won pole or who is left out. Sunday will give you that, but it's a relatively short day of action; albeit there's practice afterwards, but it's a bit anticlimatic.
Originally Posted by chrismattlin:
Both days are great, but a little different.
Saturday will see everyone qualify once, then many will attempt to requalify to either (a) make it into the Fast 9 and have a shot at pole on Sunday, or (b) make it out of the bottom 5 spots and avoid the Last Row Shootout on Sunday. Unlimited attempts. Positions 10-30 will be locked at the end of the day.
Sunday will see the Last Row Shootout (5 drivers going for the last 3 spots), then the Fast 9 shootout for the pole position. Those two will be packaged together neatly for television. Then the track will open for practice to end the day for a couple hours.
Personally, I like Saturday the best as they are qualifying all day and it kinda has the feel of Qualification Days gone by. But you don't get the finality of who won pole or who is left out. Sunday will give you that, but it's a relatively short day of action; albeit there's practice afterwards, but it's a bit anticlimatic.
You did an excellent job of explaining it. I do the Saturday event because I guess I am a traditionalist who always went to the first day (pole day) back when they had two weekends or four days to qualify and the fastest car/driver combination on the first day got the pole, no matter what happened later.
Originally Posted by chrismattlin:
Both days are great, but a little different.
Saturday will see everyone qualify once, then many will attempt to requalify to either (a) make it into the Fast 9 and have a shot at pole on Sunday, or (b) make it out of the bottom 5 spots and avoid the Last Row Shootout on Sunday. Unlimited attempts. Positions 10-30 will be locked at the end of the day.
Sunday will see the Last Row Shootout (5 drivers going for the last 3 spots), then the Fast 9 shootout for the pole position. Those two will be packaged together neatly for television. Then the track will open for practice to end the day for a couple hours.
Personally, I like Saturday the best as they are qualifying all day and it kinda has the feel of Qualification Days gone by. But you don't get the finality of who won pole or who is left out. Sunday will give you that, but it's a relatively short day of action; albeit there's practice afterwards, but it's a bit anticlimatic.
Thanks Chris, having a hard time deciding so I guess the safe thing to do is go both days.
Originally Posted by BrentTFunk:
i am having another surgery on Friday the 21st. Will be a bummer missing out on one of my favorite weeks of the year. Anybody want a carb day infield parking pass, let me know.
Hope it goes well, Brent. I'll be pulling for you.
Chiming in live from the West Coast of Michigan.... Mike
PJ and MR Funk I hope you both have successfull surgery and quick recovery