NASCAR is considering reorganizing some Nextel Cup weekends for 2005, including cutting out Happy Hour.
Many teams have complained there is too much idle time on the weekends and that the schedule should be more efficient. Under the usual schedule, teams show up, get inspected, practice and qualify on Friday, then have Happy Hour practice on Saturday afternoon.
Dale Jarrett suggests teams could arrive and go through inspections on Friday but have practice and qualifying on Saturday.
"We could definitely cut at least one day out of this," Jarrett says.
Nextel Cup director John Darby says cutting a day would be difficult. But eliminating Happy Hour, which would save money and time, is a possibility. Because teams have Happy Hour to find the right race setups, they use qualifying practice to work on qualifying setups.
Without Happy Hour, many teams wouldn't bother with the expense of qualifying setups. They'd practice and qualify in race setups. Eliminating Happy Hour also would give teams more down time on Saturday.
Many teams have complained there is too much idle time on the weekends and that the schedule should be more efficient. Under the usual schedule, teams show up, get inspected, practice and qualify on Friday, then have Happy Hour practice on Saturday afternoon.
Dale Jarrett suggests teams could arrive and go through inspections on Friday but have practice and qualifying on Saturday.
"We could definitely cut at least one day out of this," Jarrett says.
Nextel Cup director John Darby says cutting a day would be difficult. But eliminating Happy Hour, which would save money and time, is a possibility. Because teams have Happy Hour to find the right race setups, they use qualifying practice to work on qualifying setups.
Without Happy Hour, many teams wouldn't bother with the expense of qualifying setups. They'd practice and qualify in race setups. Eliminating Happy Hour also would give teams more down time on Saturday.
