Bristol Q&A

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Juneau4

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  • Yes, there will be a pair of 50-minute practice sessions for each series on Friday, March 26. First practice for the Truck Series will occur at 3:05 p.m. ET, with final practice at 5:35 p.m. ET. First practice for the Cup Series will be at 4:05 p.m. ET, with final practice at 6:35 p.m. ET. All practice sessions will air on FS1.
What are the qualifying heat procedures?

  • Each series will have four 15-lap qualifying races to determine the starting lineup for the main events. The starting lineups for the heats in both series will be determined by random draw, conducted in order of current team owner points standings. Camping World Truck Series qualifying races will be held on Saturday, March 27 from 4:30 p.m. ET to 5:30 p.m. ET on FS1. Cup Series qualifying heats will be held from 6 p.m. ET to 7 p.m. ET on FS1.
How will each qualifying heat work?

  • Field size for each heat will depend upon the size of the overall entry list. So, if there are 44 cars, there will be 11 cars in each heat race. Only green-flag laps will count. No overtime rule will be in effect, but free-pass and wave-around procedures will remain.
How will the starting lineup for each main event be determined?

  • The starting lineup will be determined by a formula that weighs finishing position plus positions gained during each heat. Drivers finishing first in their heats earn 10 points, second place earns nine, third place earns eight and so forth. Additionally, drivers earn one passing point for each position gained in their heat; there are no points deductions or “negative points” for drivers who lose positions in their heats. Also, these points are merely used to calculate the starting lineup and do not count toward the championship standings. Ties in these combined points totals will be broken by current team owner points.
Will there be live, competitive pit stops for each race?

  • Due to safety reasons, there will not be live pit stops under green- or yellow-flag conditions for both series. Teams will not be permitted to change tires, add fuel or work on their vehicles except during the breaks between stages. Exceptions will be made for vehicles involved in incidents. Additionally, teams are not required to pit during stage breaks. Those that elect to stay on the track during stage intermissions will line up ahead of the cars/trucks that pit on the ensuing restart. There will be no race onto or off pit road, using a controlled pit-stop procedure similar to the previous format in Eldora events.
Will there be stages for each race?

  • Yes. Stages for Sunday‘s Cup Series main event will end at Lap 75, Lap 150, with 250 laps the scheduled full distance. Stage endings for Saturday‘s Truck Series main event are set for Lap 40, Lap 90 and Lap 150. None of the stage lengths are scheduled longer than a full fuel run for either series.
Will there be a Choose Rule for these events?

  • The choose rule procedure of allowing teams/drivers to pick either the inside or outside line for restarts will not be in effect. The race leader — or “control car” in scoring tower parlance — will still select the inside or outside lane on the front row for restarts, as is the case for all NASCAR national-series events. The difficultly of maintaining an orange “V” on the dirt-racing surface was a key determining factor of this decision.
Maybe this will help to understand what's happening.
 
NASCARita

NASCARita

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Yeah .... Bristol thread finally posted . I can post this vid now on how Larson handled the dirt versus Kyle B ..... my money is on Larson .... Kyle B 🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️ Seriously, what was he doing finishing 5th ?

 
beervo2

beervo2

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DownFarce said:
Could someone help me with changing the Bristol Dirt Race from picking 8 drivers to 4? 🤔
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Hey DF, if your changing it because you think all 8 drivers will be scored for the race and charged with a start, it's not setup that way... All 8 will get Q points but only the 4 starters will be charged with a start..... I just looked at it, here's how it's setup right now....

All drivers earn qualifying points. Only Starters earn race points and are charged with a start.
 
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Swervin Ervin

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An example of how pick 3 was.( this is to help remind pritsi on how she did this)

# 5 Larson looks to be the favorite this week on the dirt.

# 23, 000 yards of dirt was used to fill in the bristol track.

# 34 Mcdowell is more of a road course guy; lets see what he can do on the dirt!

Pritzi did this alot better with her knowledge and info on what three numbers she came up with to use. For example on my info; everyone would guess who would finish at them positions. ( 5, 23, and 34 the positions).

If someone got the exact position right then they got 10 points or something and if no one got lets say the position 5 spot, then points would be gave to the closest at spot 5.( belive this was 5 points) All three spots were done like this. The most someone could get a week was 30 points. We usually did that for each segment. There would be segment winners and overall winner at end of year.

If I am wrong on any of my info, please correct me. Like I said; I was just trying to remind pritsi on how she did it.

If I missed anything, or if anyone would like to add to the info; be my guest
 
Bones1738

Bones1738

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Swervin Ervin said:
An example of how pick 3 was.( this is to help remind pritsi on how she did this)

# 5 Larson looks to be the favorite this week on the dirt.

# 23, 000 yards of dirt was used to fill in the bristol track.

# 34 Mcdowell is more of a road course guy; lets see what he can do on the dirt!

Pritzi did this alot better with her knowledge and info on what three numbers she came up with to use. For example on my info; everyone would guess who would finish at them positions. ( 5, 23, and 34 the positions).

If someone got the exact position right then they got 10 points or something and if no one got lets say the position 5 spot, then points would be gave to the closest at spot 5.( belive this was 5 points) All three spots were done like this. The most someone could get a week was 30 points. We usually did that for each segment. There would be segment winners and overall winner at end of year.

If I am wrong on any of my info, please correct me. Like I said; I was just trying to remind pritsi on how she did it.

If I missed anything, or if anyone would like to add to the info; be my guest
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Then she would say if you post 5 videos that was an extra 5 points 😁
 
ControlCar

ControlCar

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Hey Everyone!!!!!!

sorry
Between Covid/short staff/TX freeze claims I just didn’t have time to check if site up again (I did check many times b4 Crashtona)

got my act together and re-joined

pretty much concentrating on DK/slingshot bc of craziness at work
Dead last in SL....ugh......weeks behind the
Competition

REALLY looking forward to this race
AND
There is no data!!!!!!!
like Dandr always says
Use Your Gut!!!!

gonna be fun
Missed everyone
 
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