2012 Race Format

[Danielsen Motorsports]

The 2012 Race Format will be the following.

 

Each event the driver will draw a pill which determines his/her starting position for their heat race.

 

Based on an Ave. car count of 30 cars we will have 5 heat races. We will have a 6th heat race at events we have over 35 cars. Heat races will be 10 laps on the smaller tracks and 8 laps on the bigger tracks.

 

The top 3 heat race finishers, in the 5 heat races, will advance to A Main. (15 drivers)

The top 2 heat race finishers, in the 6 heat races, will advance to A Main. (12 drivers)

 

All heat race winners will return to the infield during entermission for a (2) lap hot lap for each driver that will be timed. The best timed hot lap from each heat winner will determine how the winners line up in the A Main event. Example: If we have 5 heat races then the 5 winners will do time trials for starting positions 1 thru 5. The fastest driver will win pole position for the event and be rewarded with those prizes.

 

Any driver that does not qualify thru the heat race must race his way through a B Main. Most likely all events will consist of (2) B Mains with equal amount of cars in each. B Main lineups will be based on heat race results. B Mains will be 12 laps on the smaller tracks and 10 laps of the bigger tracks.

 

All A Main's will be a min. of 25 laps!

 

As you will have noticed. We are returning heat race action instead of time trials. However time trials will now determine the pole sitter and starting positions for the heat winners only.

 

More info to come...

[Danielsen Motorsports]

2012 Shootout Points System

 

Heat Race Points

1. 15pts.

2. 13

3. 11

4. 10

5. 9

6. 8

7. 7

8. 6

9th on 5 pts.

 

Feature Points

1. 100 pts.

2. 95

3. 91

4. 87

5. 84

6. 81

7. 78

8. 76

9. 74

10. 72

11, 70

12. 68

13. 66

14. 64

15. 62

16. 61

17. 60

18. 59

19. 58

20. 57

21. 56

22. 55

23. 54

24. 53

 

Bonus Points

Pole sitter - 5 pts.

Hard Charger - 5 pts.

in event of tie then all tied cars will receive 5 pts.

 

All Cars that run B Feature but do not qualify will be awarded 40 points.

[sprintsrule]

I saw something similiar to this. Rather than time trial though they brought the heat winners out for a King of the Hill. Two laps for each race. Two cars at a time and the car that lost the first race went to the pits and started sixth in the feature. The winner went to the infield to wait for his next opponent. The car that lost the second race started fifth. They continued until one winner left and he got to start on the pole. The crowd really got into this because each race was meaningful. Much better than watching one car at a time run time trials.

[BobbyJack]

SOUNDS GOOD