What would you like to see changed this year

[Mike Schwartz]

Originally Posted by art leong

I'd like to see qualifying done off the indexes instead of heads up. It would give the spectators something to watch. As they could root for the faster or slower car.
It would not take anymore time, because if I run a SS/AM car they still have to wait for me to get off the track before they can run the next pair.

As long as fouls don't count in qualifying, the driver of the faster car can just leave any time he wants after the other green. For example, if I were trying to qualify the hypothetical SS/AM car, I wouldn't want to be sitting on the line for an extra five seconds for a meaningless 'race' with your SS/GS car, getting hotter and killing my ET.

To make qualifying more interesting, pair the cars closely by index, in reverse order, slowest to fastest. The spectators will know that the cars will keep getting faster as the session progresses and they will want to stay in their seats to the end so they don't miss the most exciting cars. Also, post a bounty for low ET of each session and track the best time on the scoreboard.