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Originally Posted by Evan Smith
With 300-500 cars why would think they couldn't find cars within a few tenths or hundredths?
Evan
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If you have 16 cars, separated by
a couple of tenths, there is going to be one or two that are faster than the rest. They claim they look for those that run consistently all out. So, they've picked a field, and it includes 1 or more cars that are consistently faster than the rest. They know who should win before their "final eliminations" even start. If they pick a field from 11.00 to 11.30, the guys running 11.10 to 11.30 aren't getting anywhere. Maybe a guy running 11.10 can catch the guy running 11.00 taking a nap at the "arm drop". If he doesn't, the 11.30 guys sure won't.
The point being, if you pick 16 cars, "running all out consistently", separated by 3 tenths from fastest to slowest, and you don't know who is most likely to win, you're an idiot. And if you pick a guy 3 tenths faster than most of the rest of the 16, or even half or more of the rest of the 16, you've picked a winner, all he has to do is not screw up real bad, and not break. I don't see how it could be more obvious.
And everyone else has wasted a day beating on their car for nothing, they never had a chance at anything other than a few passes, because they were never really being considered for a shot at the prize.
And hey, if that is your thing, and you enjoy it, there's nothing wrong with it. No one is forced to participate. Go for it. I'm truly happy for people that like it, at least they're having fun, with cars.
The thing is, Kevin and I could take "big orange" to one, and likely make the "highlight" segment by doing good burnouts and loosening the shocks to do 300' wheel stands. But we ain't gonna get picked to run for the money when they're looking for 11 second cars. So we'd beat on a $50K car all day after spending $300-$400 to get there, to get a quick 10 second TV appearance.