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  • waaac77
    Senior Member
    • Jul 2015
    • 629

    #1

    Double Heats

    I’m all for more racing but then why not have triple heats? You basically have to be a mathematician to know what’s going on. Just a bunch of cars out there driving around in circles and you have no clue who’s in or out. Am I to stop drinking at races and start bringing calculators and pen and paper?
  • Pennsboro32
    Senior Member
    • Jan 2020
    • 3440

    #2
    It’s literally the average between the 2 heats. A 5th grader could figure it out.

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    • Josh Bayko
      Senior Member
      • May 2007
      • 8734

      #3
      I don’t care for double hears either. Just make the heats 15-20 laps to give dudes a chance to work to the front.
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      • zyoung25
        Senior Member
        • Sep 2007
        • 8942

        #4
        For the first time last night, they were telling you who was where after their heats, it wasn't that hard to follow.

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        • Barbecueboy
          Senior Member
          • Mar 2013
          • 18116

          #5
          Somebody better tell the announcers…..they made multiple references to the complexities of it and would just wait until” the pencil and paper mathematicians “ I believe is the term they used to get them the info.

          I don’t care for them either, I like the above idea of longer heat races
          Where is the move over flag when you need it?????

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          • kazual
            Senior Member
            • Jul 2014
            • 1168

            #6
            Double heats prioritize consistency and passing seems to me. And minimizes the effect of track conditions at any one time. And if you can’t figure out the subsequent points, well I’ll withhold my comments.
            I hate time trials.

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            • over4T
              Senior Member
              • Feb 2015
              • 1083

              #7
              Double heats...Boo. Qualifying...Boo. Draw for heats and suck it up when you get a bad pull, as we often do. Then run your azz off for a good main starting position...unless they use some screwed up invert system. Might feel different if we did this for a living but it's just an expensive hobby for us as it is for most guys.

              We come to race, not to game some genius's system.

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              • fryefan
                Senior Member
                • May 2007
                • 3547

                #8
                kazual

                Double heats prioritize consistency and passing seems to me. And minimizes the effect of track conditions at any one time. And if you can’t figure out the subsequent points, well I’ll withhold my comments.



                ME:

                AMEN!! This format is much better than the boring time trials and subsequent freight-train heats. In their (Lucas Oil) usual format, you can decipher the finish of the race before it even starts.

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                • Barbecueboy
                  Senior Member
                  • Mar 2013
                  • 18116

                  #9
                  Again, somebody better tell Essex…..
                  Where is the move over flag when you need it?????

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                  • WisWildManFan
                    Senior Member
                    • Mar 2013
                    • 3216

                    #10
                    Yea I thought it was average of the 2 finishes?
                    Always carrying my 2 Crown Jewels

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                    • ride height
                      Senior Member
                      • Sep 2012
                      • 612

                      #11
                      I’ll take double heats over time trails. Unless they have too many classes, why wouldn’t you want double heats? More races to watch, more passing etc.

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                      • JimBo
                        Senior Member
                        • May 2007
                        • 809

                        #12
                        I enjoy double heats instead of qualifying as well. Triple heats would be 1/3 better.

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                        • MasterSbilt_Racer
                          Senior Member
                          • May 2007
                          • 14303

                          #13
                          It keeps the track in better condition and is much more interesting.
                          Modern Day Spec Wedge Racing

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                          • TBSprintFan
                            Senior Member
                            • Jan 2016
                            • 614

                            #14
                            I also enjoy the double heats over qualifying. Way more racing instead of qualifying, in which qualifying is really like another set of hot laps.

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                            • WisWildManFan
                              Senior Member
                              • Mar 2013
                              • 3216

                              #15
                              At least whoever wins tonight had to at least pass a single car this weekend… I’m guessing lol
                              Always carrying my 2 Crown Jewels

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