why 35 provisionals?

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my first post here. and thanks for the invite. you know who you are.

i hate provisionals of any kind. does anyone remember 2 day qualifying? anyway...

what reasoning did nascar use to come up with this magic number for locking in teams? that's over 80% of the field. throw in the past champions' provisional, the potential is there that the 8th fastest qualifier would have to go home.

is that racing? and i repeat: why 35?

hey nascar: that daytona 500 thing works pretty good. split the field according to qualifying times, then make them race there way in.

and if they can't make it on their own, let them buy a starting spot from someone that earned there way in.

it's all about the money, right? well then, let the independant racer cash in. either by having the chance to race. or selling an earned starting position to the highest bidder.

35 provisionals is wrong.

just my opinion
tracy williamson
delavan,wi
 
Gotta agree. I hate the 35 rue. And next year, they've even adjusted it so that those not in the top 35 will qualify first, amongst themselves. If they do have the great need to lock someone in, then I suppose I could live with locking in the top 12. But 35 is just rediculous.
 
klemmabyna said:
what reasoning did nascar use to come up with this magic number for locking in teams? that's over 80% of the field. throw in the past champions' provisional, the potential is there that the 8th fastest qualifier would have to go home. is that racing? and i repeat: why 35?tracy williamson
delavan,wi
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You'll find that you are in the majority here at R/F, but just so that you'll know, follow the money and you'll find the reason for most things that NASCAR does. The reason for the top 35 being guaranteed a spot is just that. A few years ago, two of the so-called regular drivers with top dollar sponsors, missed a race. One of them was Scott Riggs with Penzoil on his car. We're not talking about Earl's Meat Market, but Penzoil. At that time, the races would be filled with what they called field-fillers, or teams that didn't try to make each and every race and really had no chance of even coming close to winning. Also, at that time, if my memory serves me well, there weren't even 35 regular teams competing but I guess NASCAR thought this would be a good number. Now days, there are more than even 43 cars that have good sponsorship and try for each and every race. The sport is so close to being even that even those teams that aren't in the top 35 have a chance to win...not a good chance mind you, but much more of a chance than five years ago.

Also, the one day of qualifying was said to save the teams even more money, though the teams probably spent twice as much on the cars to try and get up to speed on the only day of qualifying.

I believe that the only way you will ever end this sort of thing is to franchaise the sport and make it where there are only 43 teams. This way, no one is left out on qualifying day and teams won't just fold up and close shops but will have the ability to sell to someone else.

Oh, and welcome aboard...
 
klemmabyna said:
my first post here. and thanks for the invite. you know who you are.

i hate provisionals of any kind. does anyone remember 2 day qualifying? anyway...

what reasoning did nascar use to come up with this magic number for locking in teams? that's over 80% of the field. throw in the past champions' provisional, the potential is there that the 8th fastest qualifier would have to go home.

is that racing? and i repeat: why 35?

hey nascar: that daytona 500 thing works pretty good. split the field according to qualifying times, then make them race there way in.

and if they can't make it on their own, let them buy a starting spot from someone that earned there way in.

it's all about the money, right? well then, let the independant racer cash in. either by having the chance to race. or selling an earned starting position to the highest bidder.

35 provisionals is wrong.

just my opinion
tracy williamson
delavan,wi
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Welcome Tracy :beerbang:

Who's your favorite drivers?
 
Agreed, The top 35 is not right but, at least we have a little (Very little) reprieve with the new qualifying procedure.
 
let's play IRL, and let whoever shows up, in the race. What about pit stops? All i have to say is dover and watkins glen. Qualify in the back, share a stall.
 
be9ak7ts16 said:
LMAO MH, thats cause the IRL can only boast what, 25-30 teams? I'm with the go fast or go home crowd.
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What?? Last time i watched an IRL race ther were 18 cars i believe. Franchising the sport would guarantee the same 43 cars making the field week end and week out. Personally i like the drama of a top team possibly not making a race, it adds interest to what has become a boring process at times. We can debate this issue here in the various threads that have dealt with it, but like Buck said money is the main issue with Nascar. I don't see them changing the top 35 rule
 
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