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[shannon c]

how are the qualifying points determined? is it based soley on your heat finishing position?

[Shannon Amos]

Originally Posted by shannon c

how are the qualifying points determined? is it based soley on your heat finishing position?

I was wanting to announce this over the PA and let everyone know exactly how it works, but time got away from us.

going to be hard to write it down here but I will do my best:

Qual points are all about how you finish OVERALL per round in your class. Not in your heat but overall.

EX: you may win your heat, but then in the other heats 5 people beat your time, so you finished 6th overall. You would then have 6 points. The TQ of each round gets 0 points. Kinda like golf you don't want to have points.

Most places take 2 of 3 rounds and add the two together to get your final points.



The entire purpose of qual points is to make sure someone doesn't TQ with just one fast round, especially whent he track was really fast in the morning and slowed down in the afternoon or vice versa. It rewards consistency.

I hope everyone can follow this and its helps, please let me know if you have any questions.

[shannon c]

thanks . i got it.

[C2 Motorsports]

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Travis, Jammie, have you guys thought about maybe having a set number of entries (say 100) and if there are that amount of drivers or over then drop the number of qualifiers to 2 rounds instead of 3 ? The East Coast Nitro series did this to prevent very long days (like VRP). I'm not sure anyone wants to be at the track after 1am. Just asking......

[arrow22a]

I love racing but Cooper has a good point..

[VRP Hobbies]

Yea Long days are hard on everybody.
We use this format .. 50 and More drivers- Two Qualifiers
50 or less drivers- Three Qualifiers and slightly longer Mains....Keeps the Race day to about 7 to 8 hrs...

[JP]

Thanks for the input guys!....Travis and I have discussed the very thing..in fact we are meeting this week to discuss a few ideas and plans about the rest of the year. There was a few things we could have done to shorten the day at the 1st round at VRP. Lesson learned! I guess this is a good problem to have.

Thanks

JP

[Shannon Amos]

I know everyone has different opinions but mine is that I race RC and love to do it. So its fine with me to stay as long as it takes. Its like telling a baseball team that 9 innings is too long lets just play 6 innings.

This is what we do so why would we want to cut it short. I enjoy every single minute of racing and being with friends. With that being said, I do see where people are coming from having a 15 month old and a wife that wants me home. But it's 7 races a year, so that means 7 date nights to make up!!!! hehehe

[VRP Hobbies]

Originally Posted by Shannon Amos

I know everyone has different opinions but mine is that I race RC and love to do it. So its fine with me to stay as long as it takes. Its like telling a baseball team that 9 innings is too long lets just play 6 innings.

This is what we do so why would we want to cut it short. I enjoy every single minute of racing and being with friends. With that being said, I do see where people are coming from having a 15 month old and a wife that wants me home. But it's 7 races a year, so that means 7 date nights to make up!!!! hehehe

It is a Great Problem to deal with and shows how strong RC Racing in the Southeast
really Is..

Pulled this off some Baseball Site (Not Pokin at you Shannon...!)

"A: The longest game (not double header or rain delay) was 05-08-1984 Chicago vs. Milwaukee, it was 25 innings in 8 hrs 6 min!"

I wish we could keep them to 9 innings...hahah ..100 drivers takes 12-14 hrs at a good pace...

We are training a second shift Scorer now to deal with this great problem we have..
See Yall At Dalton..

[C2 Motorsports]

Originally Posted by Shannon Amos

I know everyone has different opinions but mine is that I race RC and love to do it. So its fine with me to stay as long as it takes. Its like telling a baseball team that 9 innings is too long lets just play 6 innings.

This is what we do so why would we want to cut it short. I enjoy every single minute of racing and being with friends. With that being said, I do see where people are coming from having a 15 month old and a wife that wants me home. But it's 7 races a year, so that means 7 date nights to make up!!!! hehehe

Shannon I totally agree, and I challenge anyone that says they love racing more than I do, but the last GCS race i got home after 4am. It was too long of a day, even for me!! That takes some of the fun out of it. Oh and I'll stay as long as it takes, and I run WAYYYY more than 7 races a year.