Maple Grove National Event-Super gas

[Michael Beard]

Originally Posted by sc1153

i have an idea, why dont we just get rid of super stock / stock class eliminations. It is pointless, a HUGE waste of time and half the cars are unopposed. If you have to give out a class wally to them, give it to the #1 qualifier in that class, and be done with it. Save class Eliminations for indy ONLY!

1) Stock Eliminator did not contest Class Eliminations at Reading.
2) "Half the cars" were not unopposed. There were 5 bye runs out of 40 pairs in the first round of Class, and just 1 out of 12 pairs in the 2nd round of Class. There were only 3 other pairs down the track to complete Class Eliminations. Running first round of Class takes the same amount of track time as a time trial. The balance of Class, at 65 seconds per pair equals less than 17 minutes of "additional" track time. 17 minutes does not constitute a "HUGE waste of time".

If you wish to argue that Stock and Super Stock should've only gotten 2 time trials, with the 2nd round of Qualifying being the first round of Class for Super Stock, you will get no argument from me. If you wish to express the desire to not be running first round on THURSDAY, you have my full support.