8 Lap Heats.....

[Tireguy17]

Thanks for everyone having a good convo on the subject. We all have our opinions but I noticed most of us feel heat races are pointless and predictable, which I think the number of laps along with straight up starts from TT does not help. I know the drivers do not want an (wait for it)…..invert. But I sure wish WoO and Lucas would do a small one, like invert 3 for example. Just something to spice the heats up.

I still remember going to the early years of the Knoxville LM nationals when it was a full field invert (10+ car heats). Man those were some fun heats to watch.

[dirtcrazy4u]

Watch the northeast big block mods ! Come feature time the best guys they have to offer can sometimes come from deep in the starting fields and them boys race there way to the front.

[84wedge]

They can't even be bothered getting them to start the heats on the line. Babb jumped a start and Pierce didn't hit the gas at all, Babb was penalized. O'Neil jumps a start and McCreadie tries to catch up, nothing. Longer heat races would get them into traffic and make a better chance of some slowing down and passing.

[zyoung25]

Longer heat races would get them into traffic and make a better chance of some slowing down and passing.

Then everybody would have a less reason to bitch about the heats being single file. That makes too much sense.

[Buford.Justice]

12 laps or at least 10. Eight is too short. Your not giving half the field a chance with just 8 laps.

I don't want racing to become a thin box of cereal..

[allbrandauto]

short track super series has it right pill draw 20 lap heat races

[Buford.Justice]

Since the heats were only 8 laps, all tried to win it on the first lap.

[Fast Wheels]

All of these time trial heads-up tours should just skip the heat races. Most of these heat races have a small number of cars on the track with no passing or even side by side racing. I always thought southern no heat racing format was stupid, but if they are going to be heat races like these national tours put on, let’s just skip them. I would rather see a longer feature (75-100 laps) with all the cars on the tractor these pointless heat races.

[84wedge]

Making the known fastest cars qualify last would make a bit of a difference. Points leader qualifies last etc.

[LM1M]

15-20 lap heats used to be the norm for crown jewels when they just ran heats on Friday. Times have changed, most multi-day shows have some type of qualifying feature each day. The cars get so much more traction nowadays that what used to be like 1 lap on the motor is 2 or 3. I am fine with 8 lap heats given how the cars race and how much is costs to race these cars.