How important is qualifying???????????????

JP1738 · 02-03-2025, 09:31 AM

From someone relatively new to Stock Eliminator, almost always in the bottom 5 of qualifying, and in a relatively non-competitive class (N/SA has some super fast guys, but there are only like 2 others on the east coast) qualifying means almost nothing to me. It would be nice to move on the ladder from time to time, but it does not effect me in almost any way. As long as I'm under my index, I do not care where I land on the ladder.

VE6DRW · 02-03-2025, 10:41 AM

Take a guess as to how many winners were in the top 10??

Joe Sorensen comes to mind

World champions and perennial late-round racers win because they have their complete racing act together. Being able to win a heads-up race against a same-class car is a small by-product of their efforts.

For the rest of us, we're bracket racers with nice cars who just enjoy the sport.

Nick_Siebert · 02-03-2025, 10:49 AM

If you have a fast car AND you know how to read a Q sheet and how it will correlate with the eventual latter (ie. where byes are and where advantageous draws are) then it absolutely is an advantage.

If you have a fast car and just air it out it every pass and let the cards fall where they may...then it is just dumb luck.

GUMP · 02-03-2025, 10:52 AM

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Originally Posted by VE6DRW

For the rest of us, we're bracket racers with nice cars who just enjoy the sport.

Are you really? Would you then say that you don't study how the rest of our community is performing? Do you not dream up ways to find another tenth? Is the drama that surrounds class eliminations just boring to you? Is your qualifying ritual to just run whoever you get, even if it's a heads-up loss? Do you tell all your friends that you are a bracket racer or a class racer?

(Not really aimed at you, but my questions to all that just try to shrug off what we do as "just another bracket race"....)

j gardiner · 02-03-2025, 11:14 AM

I had 3 heads up runs 1st round this past year, so yes I would say it is somewhat important.

1320racer · 02-03-2025, 11:24 AM

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Originally Posted by VE6DRW

we're bracket racers with nice cars who just enjoy the sport.

TRUTH and FACTS!

MR DERBY CITY · 02-03-2025, 12:12 PM

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Originally Posted by 1320racer

TRUTH and FACTS!

Since you know everything and you are the SELF appointed expert on CR , when Mr Sorensen raced Mr Langdon out west….were they Bracket Racing ???

GUMP · 02-03-2025, 12:33 PM

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Originally Posted by 1320racer

TRUTH and FACTS!

On this particular subject you are WAY out of your league. You are an outsider looking in. Until you have tried to run a Stocker or Super Stocker at a serious level, you words hold no credibility on this matter.

I would love to see what your team can do in this arena....

1320racer · 02-03-2025, 01:19 PM

1. I’m not out of my league, I’m quoting those who race stock eliminator and

2. We’d kill it!

02-03-2025, 09:31 AM	#1
JP1738 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2024 Location: Charlotte, NC Posts: 578 Likes: 1,648 Liked 1,225 Times in 343 Posts	Re: How important is qualifying??????????????? From someone relatively new to Stock Eliminator, almost always in the bottom 5 of qualifying, and in a relatively non-competitive class (N/SA has some super fast guys, but there are only like 2 others on the east coast) qualifying means almost nothing to me. It would be nice to move on the ladder from time to time, but it does not effect me in almost any way. As long as I'm under my index, I do not care where I land on the ladder. __________________ Dawson Pauley #2827 N/SA 1980 Malibu SW 2S 305/180 #2827 S/ST 1978 Mazda RX7 w/ 383 sbc/glide Last edited by JP1738; 02-03-2025 at 12:33 PM. Reason: east coast, not west coast

02-03-2025, 10:41 AM	#2
VE6DRW Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2016 Posts: 29 Likes: 10 Liked 43 Times in 14 Posts	Re: How important is qualifying??????????????? Take a guess as to how many winners were in the top 10?? Joe Sorensen comes to mind World champions and perennial late-round racers win because they have their complete racing act together. Being able to win a heads-up race against a same-class car is a small by-product of their efforts. For the rest of us, we're bracket racers with nice cars who just enjoy the sport. __________________ Dave White NHRA Stock/SS 606

02-03-2025, 10:49 AM	#3
Nick_Siebert Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Wamego, KS Posts: 39 Likes: 55 Liked 66 Times in 12 Posts	Re: How important is qualifying??????????????? If you have a fast car AND you know how to read a Q sheet and how it will correlate with the eventual latter (ie. where byes are and where advantageous draws are) then it absolutely is an advantage. If you have a fast car and just air it out it every pass and let the cards fall where they may...then it is just dumb luck.

02-03-2025, 11:14 AM	#5
j gardiner Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: waldorf Posts: 221 Likes: 14 Liked 55 Times in 29 Posts	Re: How important is qualifying??????????????? I had 3 heads up runs 1st round this past year, so yes I would say it is somewhat important.

02-03-2025, 01:19 PM	#9
1320racer VIP Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: New Jersey Posts: 2,628 Likes: 160 Liked 759 Times in 379 Posts	Re: How important is qualifying??????????????? 1. I’m not out of my league, I’m quoting those who race stock eliminator and 2. We’d kill it!