07-23-2014, 04:15 AM
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Re: Where you qualify is very important
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Originally Posted by Mike Schwartz
There were 20 qualifiers in SS at Denver. The ladder NHRA uses in this situation is here: http://nhraracer.com/ladders/Ladders...Submit1=Submit.
We see that:
Qualifiers 1,6,11,16 have the following sequence to win the eliminator: Qualifiers 2,4,7,9,12,14,17,19 have the following sequence to win the eliminator: Qualifiers 3,5,8,10,13,15,18,20 have the following sequence to win the eliminator: Do you recognize which are the "qualifying positions of death"? Which qualifying group would you want to be in to have the best chance of winning the eliminator? Is it fair that under this system just as many bottom half qualifiers have a chance at a bye as top half qualifiers?
In a 20 car field, 12 drivers can take the eliminator with four wins, and eight would need five. There is a way to modify the current ladder that would ensure that the eight bottom qualifiers are the ones that need to win five times. |
What is that way? How can you do that? Please be specific. I know of no way to do that without seeding drivers instead of relying on actual qualifying numbers. And if seeding drivers is a solution to what some perceive as a problem, why run qualifying at all?
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