Originally Posted by yeleyfan76:
Asking for a friend. Do the National series’ that we are talking about run a nauseating amount of laps to determine the winner??
No, because I love racing. A sport of meritocracy and earning glory. Laps are (almost) never nauseating to me. I watch every day, every minute of Indy 500 practice, for instance. (Yeah, I'm a nerd.
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No offense (because most local shows are this way), but if you have to start the fast guys on the tail, then your field of competitors is either weak, or at the least, the variation between the "haves" and "have-nots" is a wide chasm. And that is fine and dandy if you're not a national touring series; if you are, then the competition should be somewhat close throughout the field. Then everyone involved asks the question, "What's a fair way to line everyone up for these races?". Qualifying.
Originally Posted by yeleyfan76:
If you run 500 miles/ laps why in the world would you need any thing else to set the field using your theory.
How fair would it be to see Dalton Kellett and Jay Howard lead the field in to turn 1 at the Indianapolis 500, only to see them wipe out *actual* contenders for the win. Or how about Daytona? Don't you think most every team wants to
qualify up front in order to avoid "the big one"?
Big time racing and qualifying go hand in hand; handicapping (or any random system) is covering up some type of shortcoming.