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Race Format
2006
Races
will be lap races instead of timed heats. The format will be
championship format, just like at the Fray. On a 4 lane track,
the winner of the heat would get 4 points…2nd
place 3 points, etc. On a 6 lane track it would start with the
winner receiving 6 points and counting down from there.
There
will be qualifying. Each driver will qualify 0-3 cars. One car
in each class is the maximum.
Qualifying time will also be the determining factor for
any ‘tie’ scores, at the end of the race. So, good
qualifying is important. Each driver will have 5 qualifying
laps with each class car they're entering. You can qualify
your cars in any class order that you choose. You crash; you
burn! The field order will be set by the qualifying results.
The top 5-7 qualifying cars in each class will be used for the
day's racing. The order of race class will be determined at
each race by pulling numbers/names out of a hat.
Races
will generally be 60 laps. This represents (4) 15 lap heats on
a 4-lane track or (6) 10 lap heats on a 6-laner.
Scoring
will be different too, this year, in an attempt to keep racers
in the hunt, even if they miss a couple races.
Top
qualifier in each class gets one
point, and automatically wins any ties he‘s involved
in, in that class.
The
highest point total of the day, in any one class, gets 1 extra
point. (If more than one driver shares the most race points,
they both get a bonus point in the standings). The scoring
will be collective. Your score from all 3 classes will be
added together for your final race score. The final scoring
for the standings will be as follows:
1st
Place : 3 points
(Top
5) 2nd
thru 5th : 2 points
(Top
10) 6th thru
10th : 1 point
DNF
(if you quit in the middle of a race) minus 1 point.
A
perfect day would be 13 points.
3
points for
qualifying highest in all 3 classes
3
points for
winning all 3 class races
1
point for highest race total in any one class
3
points for having one of your cars used in each TRI-ROC class
race
3
points for highest cumulitave total (this means you won!)
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13
points total…..perfect day!
After
qualifying, the top 4 or 6 cars will be lined up and the race
starts. Nobody will get any practice laps...you'll just have
to be quick to figure out each car on each lane.
We will begin the race with those who did not qualify.
It will be a 4-6 man consi, with the top half of the field,
moving up to the next consi. So, 2 or 3 guys (depending on how
many lanes) will move up in each consi, until the Main. For
the Main...each driver will get 5 practice laps before the
race.
The
new format will, no doubt, have some bugs to be worked out.
I've tried to think of everything but, I'm sure I overlooked
some things. So, please be patient on raceday. I think it
should all work out.
If there are 20 racers, that would be 9 consis, including the
Main. Each heat of 15 laps should take approximately 2-3
minutes. Let's call it 5 minutes, including time between
heats. That adds up to only 45 minutes per race.
So, let's call that an hour per class. With qualifying,
that's only about a 3 1/2 hour raceday.....If everything goes
as planned. If we find that the race day is over too quickly,
we can increase the number of laps in each race. If it's over
really fast, we can go through twice or, what would be most
helpful, is if we used this time to test and tune
together.
Okay..that's
it for now. I'm sure that there will be some
revisions/additions.
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