| Qualifying Procedures |
A. Sessions:
Competitor should make at least one session. Competitor must make 1 pass to receive
attempt points.
B. Staging:
Must fully stage to be a qualifying pass. A car having a problem prior to staging will be
allowed to make another attempt during that round of qualifying if the track allows. The car
would be placed last in the run order for that session.
C. Pairing:
Teams must alternate lanes during qualifying.
Low ET winner from previous round has choice of lane and run position.
D. Run Positions:
Low qualifier has choice of run position (i.e. 1st pairing out, etc..).
Low ET winner from previous round has choice of lane & run position
E. Cap:
A proportional cap of 7.80 will be in effect during qualifying at all open shows (1/8 mile =
4.90).
Basically, this is a .3 seconds penalty (.2 seconds 1/8mile).
Cars breaking out will have the amount of breakout added to 7.80.
(Ex. 7.40 pass = 7.90 qualifying ET)
Ladder will be set as follows:
a. 7.50 - 7.80 elapsed times
b. Breakouts and slower than 7.80
c. Those that did not make a pass
Identical ET’s will be determined by MPH.
Those that did not make a pass will draw numbers for position.
No qualifying points to those that make the show without making a pass.
Cap also applies to lane choice Quick loser does not have lane choice
Competitor should make at least one session. Competitor must make 1 pass to receive
attempt points.
B. Staging:
Must fully stage to be a qualifying pass. A car having a problem prior to staging will be
allowed to make another attempt during that round of qualifying if the track allows. The car
would be placed last in the run order for that session.
C. Pairing:
Teams must alternate lanes during qualifying.
Low ET winner from previous round has choice of lane and run position.
D. Run Positions:
Low qualifier has choice of run position (i.e. 1st pairing out, etc..).
Low ET winner from previous round has choice of lane & run position
E. Cap:
A proportional cap of 7.80 will be in effect during qualifying at all open shows (1/8 mile =
4.90).
Basically, this is a .3 seconds penalty (.2 seconds 1/8mile).
Cars breaking out will have the amount of breakout added to 7.80.
(Ex. 7.40 pass = 7.90 qualifying ET)
Ladder will be set as follows:
a. 7.50 - 7.80 elapsed times
b. Breakouts and slower than 7.80
c. Those that did not make a pass
Identical ET’s will be determined by MPH.
Those that did not make a pass will draw numbers for position.
No qualifying points to those that make the show without making a pass.
Cap also applies to lane choice Quick loser does not have lane choice
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