Sticks & Autos Together (Class)

[Robert Simpson]

Originally Posted by Mike Carr

Heres' a question a friend and I wondered last week:

In Classes where Sticks and Auto's can both run (SS/AH, SS/Modified Classes, SSGT/Truck, and FWD classes), does transmission type dictate which "combo race" they will run? Example: Last year at Indy, the EF/S final, Ron Seibernick (automatic) vs Steve Polhill (stick). Had one of these drivers been a bye, would Ron have run the Stock/Automatic Class Combo and Steve the Stock/Stick Class Combo?

I believe they are thinking of lets say a Top, middle and junior stock per say. Top=A-E, Middle=F-K and Junior for the remainder. Somthing like that. I see it not working entirely as they think. I like the idea of heads up runs but the system them have layed out I see allot more problems than potential answers. That is my .02