Some circle tracks have classes with a breakout, ie., if you run more than 'x' amount faster than your qualifying lap times, you're out. This does not mean that such a rule needs to be adopted in the NASCAR truck series "to make things more fair". Different classes have different rules. Bracket racing is bracket racing, class racing is class racing. Class racing utilizes many bracket racing rules, but also contains a multitude of rules not found in bracket racing, both in terms of how vehicles may be prepared, and the format under which those cars compete.
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and then gets outrun by 3 or 4 tenths just before the money rd by a 150000 drag pak car says oh that's drag racing?
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This is a reason to factor such cars appropriately, but it is not a reason to eliminate from class racing that which makes it class racing. Does class racing have issues? Certainly. Gutting its identity is not the solution.
It's unfortunate that Slate's World Championship bid came down to one heads-up run, however he had options: 1) run a different class, 2) play the ladder differently, 3) outrun his opponent. I'm sure he's won heads-up races, too. As a former World Champion, he knew the rules of the game before the season ever started. And that's why HE isn't on here complaining about it. He *is* a champion.
Signed,
A Bracket Racer who happens to be a Class Racer