Class Nationals event planning

[ss wannabee]

Mike, I haven't been to the races in awhile. Can you explain the Class Elims a bit?

Starting with Q2, are you pairing same class cars to run each other...OR is it a ALL
run qualifier...thinning out each class based on lowest et(s) recorded in each
respective class for that session?

Continue with class run-offs after that...(same class cars paired) until class winner is
determined?

Tough getting old..(and rusty)...out here in the sticks!!!!!

[Mike Carr]

Class Eliminations are a race within a race, where all cars in the same class (all A/SA against each other, all B/SA, etc) race against each other to determine the Class Champion. Heads-up, .500 full tree, no breakouts. Some Classes get very good car counts. The last two years at Indy has seen 17 or more B/SA cars, making it five rounds to take home the B/SA trophy (as well as the SS/AH Hemi Challenge). Some classes may only have 2-6 cars. Some, like when I raced, only have one because no one will show up and race against them (too scared). It's one of the main atractions of Class Racing--who is the baddest of the bad, performance-wise? And, for those who are not, you still have the 'main event' to win.

[ss wannabee]

Thanks Mike...So Q1 will be random cars just pulled out of the lanes for time trials...

Q2...will be paired classes....or FIRST round of Class Eliminations...

[Mike Carr]

Yes, generally Q-2 (Qualifying-2) is also C-1 (Class-1). In qualifying, your A/SA can run any car on a qual run. NHRA does this at their races, first round of Class also counts for qualifying for the main event. Like Indy next week. Stock will get Q-1 and Q-2 Wednesday, get Q-3 Thursday morning, then go into Class shortly after. C-1 will also be Q-4, the last shot to make a run good enough to qualify for the 128 car show that starts Saturday there. Only the 4 Q runs count. So if you win class, and run quick enough in C-2 and C-3 to make the show, it won't count, since it wasn't a run that counts towards qualifying (in the interest of fairness. Otherwise, a racer in a class with 1-2 cars would only get four chance to qualify; the B/SA final would have eight, with four more rounds of Class to run).

[Michael Beard]

Correct.

Friday - May 2, 2014
2 Qualifying runs. The first qualifying run, we may split the field up by colored run sticker (distributed when you pass tech) to keep people from having to sit in the staging lanes all day. No sense in calling 200 Stockers to the lanes all at the same time! We want to get you to the lanes and down the track as quickly and efficiently as possible.

The second round of Qualifying is first round of Lucas Oil Class Eliminations (same-classed cars paired, run heads-up) Only 1st round of Class will count toward qualifying for the Quick 32's and the Sunday $5K Main Events. Cars will be called to the lanes by Class. We'll work with Redman and Nitro Joe to determine which and how many classes are called at a time. We will run Class Eliminations to completion, then jump into the Quick 32 CIC races and ET Enterprises Junior Stock Shootout presented by the Buckeye S/SS Series.

Friday is laid out so that you can put it on kill and leave it there all day. Saturday has two more qualifying runs, so you can put it in bracket mode and leave it there the rest of the weekend (barring a heads-up run, of course). We determined that it would be a lot easier on people than having to swap back and forth between 'go fast' and bracket modes throughout the weekend.

We'll get into the micro-details when we get closer to the event. For the most up to date information, see www.looserocker.com/ncn

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[Bill Koski]

All singles thrown in together or single car runs for Class Winner?

[Michael Beard]

Originally Posted by Bill Koski

All singles thrown in together or single car runs for Class Winner?

As stated on the flyer (available at www.looserocker.com/ncn), "No AHFS! No BS! No Class Combos!"

And no, you don't have to run -.50 under, or any of the other stuff sanctioning bodies have come up with throughout the years. If you are the lone car in a Class, take the single to win Class, period.