Originally posted by NVisible
agreed!
I think were you fail to notice is that there is more than just TC at most tracks.
Lets look at SoCal on a regular club race night...Saturdays if you didn't know
1-2 heats of Novice stock
1-4 heats for intermediate stock
1-3 heats of Sportsman stock
1-2 heats of Pro stock
1-2 19T
1-2 12th pan
1-2 10th pan
1-2 Expert Mod.
Minimum of 9 different class concisting of 12-18 people per class adding up number of heats for each class.
SO my math with just the minimum
is Novic 5,5,5 15minutes
Intermediate 15minutes
sportsman 15minutes
expert 15minute
12th pan 15 minutes
10th pan 15 minutes
19T 15 minutes
Mod 15 minutes
thats 2 hours minimum but it is more like 4 hours and with all the breaks in between that brings up the total of 5 hours and that is at a break neck speed, just ask anyone who races @ SoCal...man you better hit the grib when its time....They run a real quick format there and we are still pushing 5 hours easy but some times 6 hours. so to add even another hour to that would be nearly impossible for some tracks.
That is why I suggested what I did. Let the guys who are faster and who need more time to recover from a little mistake have a minute or two longer but leave the guys alone who barely know how to control their car when it is coming at them....LOL
That one took me a few attempts myself.
Hope this sheads a little light on it.
-Stephen <><