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Originally Posted by Jeff Higgins
Yes, absolutely. Every team runs every race, no one gets sent home like they did in the old days when there were more cars than grid spots. Maybe "qualifying" should be renamed, since all it really does is set the starting order. It not longer determines whether the car will race on Sunday or not.
That said, I believe there is a rule stating that to make the field, every car must post a time within a certain percentage of the pole time. If they fail to do that, they do not race. I would guess that last year's cars would have a difficult time meeting this standard, so they may be effectively precluded from competing on that alone.
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So this year's car is expected to be 107% or more slower than next? Did I say that right? Or what are you saying the parameters should be to remove a car from the grid due to lack of speed?
You know at the Indy 500 they haven't had a great surplus of cars to insure that the field will be 33 capable cars. 33rd has been pretty far off pace for the last several years. I'm sure making the field is somewhat worth the time and money. Kinda like 'start and park' years ago in NASCAR. A guy could make a living doing that with minimum crew. But I digress.