Its pretty much the same procedure as the old Gatorade Twin 125's, but with a slight procedural change. You might need paper and a pencil to diagram, but here goes: :)
First, they will all go out and qualify (one car at a time, 2 laps each). Then, the two top cars on speed are considered to be "locked in" to the top 2 spots for the Daytona 500. After that, it gets a little more complicated. There will be two 125 mile qualifying races, and the lineup for those races are determined by the final owner points from last year. The odd finishers from last year, ie, Kurt Busch, Jeff Gordon, Dale Earnhardt, Jr, etc, will be in one race, and the evens, ie, Jimmie Johnson, Mark Martin, Tony Stewart, will run in the other. Where they line up on the field is determined by their qualifying speed. The lone exception is that the inside and outside qualifying pole winners will be on the pole of their qualifying race. Then, they race each race. But keep in mind, they are racing for the even or odd numbered starting positions for the 500. So, the guy that finishes say 2nd, in the even qualifying race, will be starting in the 4th spot. (Pos. #2 is already locked in). It gets a whole lot more complicated when you get into the provisionals and stuff, but this is the basic jist of it. I can explain more if you want, but looking back at that explanation, you'd probably wanna look elsewhere :) Ray At 05:16 PM 1/22/2005, you wrote: >OK I was just reading over the new qualifiying rules for daytona (29 >days away!!!) and I am now lost. I mean it wouldn;t be NASCAR without >misunderstood qierd rules but anyone care to explain them a slight bit >better than the Hick on NASCAR.com. > >Adam H > > >On Fri, 21 Jan 2005 13:50:46 -0600, G <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Heh, if my TV is on, i'm either watching a cartoon (the simpsons) or > sports. > > I don't watch any regular prime time television series. > > > > Oh, and sports are the only true "reality television". > > > > And you weren't secretly cheering for someone to die, you were secretly > > cheering for what everyone else was: a huge, fantastic crash with an > > enormous fireball....that everyone walks away from injury free > > > > > > >G wrote: > > >> You must never watch the news then.....cuz that's all it is......bad > > >> things > > >> happening to people, for our entertainment. > > > > > > Nope. I read the WSJ and have started to add IBD (Investors Business > > > Daily). On TV I either watch sports or cartoons. My view of the world > > > is distorted and I know that. But F1/Nascar accidents have a more > > > profound effect on me. One, you kind of get to know the drivers. Two, > > > deep inside I wonder if I was secretly cheering for someone to die. > > > > > > > > > -- > > > 2004 - The year $184M couldn't buy a pennant. > > > > > > Ron Artest: Extremely flawed, very accidental, semi-martyr > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Protect Your PC from viruses, hackers, spam and more. Buy PC-cillin with Easy Installation & Support http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=61 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:143917 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
