I'm sure you've all seen the news, that NASCAR Cup qualifying at Road Courses has a new look/procedure.
Looking over the press release, what I'm seeing is that this will do a few things for the fan. It will make the qualifying sessions go a bit quicker than running one car at a time, and it just might make qualifying a wee bit more exciting.
If you think about it, though their starting spots will be determined by their lap times, they have to play it smart and not over-drive the car at all during these sessions.
Or... do they do a few smart laps, then start taking chances?
It will be pretty interesting to see. That's for sure. But one other thing is for sure. For the Cup Series Only Fans... this is not new to NASCAR. They've been qualifying like this under the Nationwide banner for a while, so NASCAR has experience at managing this new process.
The process for road course qualifying includes:
· Cars attempting to qualify will be divided into groups. The number of groups, and amount of cars in each, will depend on the number of cars that practice for the event.
· Group assignments will be based on final practice times.
· Each qualifying group will be on-track for a set period of time, determined by the Series Director.
· A car's best lap time during the group session will be the qualifying lap time of record.
· A group's time begins when the first car receives the green flag at the start/finish line.
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The new format will debut with the Toyota Save-Mart 350 at Sonoma Raceway on June 23 and will return at Watkins Glen for the Cheez-ItTM 355 at the Glen on August 11.
-Looking over the press release, what I'm seeing is that this will do a few things for the fan. It will make the qualifying sessions go a bit quicker than running one car at a time, and it just might make qualifying a wee bit more exciting.
If you think about it, though their starting spots will be determined by their lap times, they have to play it smart and not over-drive the car at all during these sessions.
Or... do they do a few smart laps, then start taking chances?
It will be pretty interesting to see. That's for sure. But one other thing is for sure. For the Cup Series Only Fans... this is not new to NASCAR. They've been qualifying like this under the Nationwide banner for a while, so NASCAR has experience at managing this new process.
The process for road course qualifying includes:
· Cars attempting to qualify will be divided into groups. The number of groups, and amount of cars in each, will depend on the number of cars that practice for the event.
· Group assignments will be based on final practice times.
· Each qualifying group will be on-track for a set period of time, determined by the Series Director.
· A car's best lap time during the group session will be the qualifying lap time of record.
· A group's time begins when the first car receives the green flag at the start/finish line.
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The new format will debut with the Toyota Save-Mart 350 at Sonoma Raceway on June 23 and will return at Watkins Glen for the Cheez-ItTM 355 at the Glen on August 11.
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