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Pat,
Now I understand. Thanks.
Wish I could make it there again but $4 diesel makes it tough to justify a 2500 mile trip.
Pass my congrats to Kevin.

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Buckner's index was 11.74 from round 2 on I think. Or maybe that was round 2 of beer. Somebody help me here.

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Pat,

I hope this gets picked up at other special events-I'd love to see one of these at the Dutch Classic.

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Pat,

Did you have a ladder for 1st round or as it random?

I participated in the NSCA race at Cecil County in 2006. We ran off our index with a CIC. Only 6 cars though. I had a lot of fun and said if there were about 16 or more cars that alot of CIC would be going on. It appeared this was the casse in Belle Rose. It just goes to show the fastest car doesn't always win. Nice job Slate.

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DRC has his Index as 12.00 for all six rounds. Should have been 11.74 from round 2 on?

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yes sir I got hit .26 in the first round partly because i was still a little "foggy" from the long night of crawfish and beer the night before, but mostly because the fellow I ran was really really fast. I figured i was toast, but got a few lucky breaks. Then had to run austin ford for the bye to the final. Got'em on the tree then he couldn't catch me, so like a good friend he dumped me at about 1200' or so. They should try this at all sports nationals, where they have the time to run all of these FREE FUN races.... Thanks again Pat and can't forget Mr.Teuton for hosting the Top Stock race, just couldn't quite get my car down to the 2500lb minimum!!

David Buckner
E/SA 4772

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Byron,

We used the "cards" system to random draw from two lanes. We put stock in lanes 1 & 2, super stock in 3 & 4. We ran stock against stock and ss against ss until we had a total of 8 or fewer cars remaining. We used reaction times to qualify the remaining drivers, and the 3 stockers and 3 super stockers were paired on a ladder, with the higher qualfied driver getting lane choice.

Our card system has four 1's and four 2's in the deck. I shuffle the cards and pull from the top, with the 1st car going to the left, the next car going to the right lane. That way, you don't know if you will run the guy in front of you, beside you, or two cars back on the side of you. It all worked out pretty good, and I didn't have any complaints from any of the drivers.

The qualifying had number one qualifier, Austin Ford running David Buckner with the winner getting a bye into the finals. It worked out that 2 stockers rand each other, two ss'ers ran each other, and a stocker rand a super stocker per the ladder in the quarters. About as even as one can get...

Pat