Hey guys,
This poll is for changing the race for week 8 at USA Speedway to a heat racing format. The proposed heat racing format would be:
3 hour practice as normal,
4 lap solo qualifying,
3 x 10-15 lap heat races seeded by qualifying times, top four drivers in each heat advance to the final race,
1 x 15-20 lap consolidation race, top four drivers advance to the finals,
30-40 lap final race.
All standard rules apply but no yellow flags for any of the races.
Number of laps will be determined based on time allowed and actual lap time.
Championship points will be awarded as follows:
1st-16th place will be the race results for the final race.
17th-last will be the race results for the consolidation race, minus the four drivers who qualified for the final, so 5th in the consolidation race would be P17, 6th in the consolidation race would be P18...
Why are we proposing this? We are trying to see if this will work before closing the door on oval races all together. We never tried this before so we haven't worked out all the kinks yet. It may work, or it may flop, but it probably can't be any worse than driving behind a pace car for a bunch of laps which unfortunately has happened quite a lot. We also need to make sure the broadcast can handle and prepare for the new format so we need to do this poll by Friday.
If you guys any questions please let us know.
If you want to read more about how heat racing works here is the iracing link:
https://ir-core-sites.iracing.com/members/pdfs/2017-iracing-heat-racing-doc.pdf
This poll is for changing the race for week 8 at USA Speedway to a heat racing format. The proposed heat racing format would be:
3 hour practice as normal,
4 lap solo qualifying,
3 x 10-15 lap heat races seeded by qualifying times, top four drivers in each heat advance to the final race,
1 x 15-20 lap consolidation race, top four drivers advance to the finals,
30-40 lap final race.
All standard rules apply but no yellow flags for any of the races.
Number of laps will be determined based on time allowed and actual lap time.
Championship points will be awarded as follows:
1st-16th place will be the race results for the final race.
17th-last will be the race results for the consolidation race, minus the four drivers who qualified for the final, so 5th in the consolidation race would be P17, 6th in the consolidation race would be P18...
Why are we proposing this? We are trying to see if this will work before closing the door on oval races all together. We never tried this before so we haven't worked out all the kinks yet. It may work, or it may flop, but it probably can't be any worse than driving behind a pace car for a bunch of laps which unfortunately has happened quite a lot. We also need to make sure the broadcast can handle and prepare for the new format so we need to do this poll by Friday.
If you guys any questions please let us know.
If you want to read more about how heat racing works here is the iracing link:
https://ir-core-sites.iracing.com/members/pdfs/2017-iracing-heat-racing-doc.pdf
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