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Old 2008-02-20, 12:49 PM   #20
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Originally Posted by AtomicLabMonkey View Post
Or, they could just have everyone who shows up to the track run a lap or two, time those laps, and...

...wait for it...

...not yet...

...determine the starting grid by sorting all the cars from fastest to slowest! And anyone who falls outside of the predetermined starting grid size goes home! OMG! What a fucking concept!

I am goddamned brilliant. I should get paid to think of these things.
Remember, NASCAR is a business first and a sport second. You can't have just a bunch of random people showing up with their Daytona specials knocking out all the known teams and drivers. If they did what you're suggesting, Daytona would turn into what the Indy 500 race used to be: a yearly run-what-you-brung race to see who's the fastest on that particular day.

Actually, that sounds cool.
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