What about this change...

[Huge]

If they did that it would save the teams a ton of money because then you can get rid of qualifying.

I wouldn't fly 1500 to 3000 miles just to watch 1 day of entertainment.

 

[my friends call me Zappy]

I would like to see an "ALL RUN" policy. That gets your slower cars a chance at a first round upset. Gives the fans a bigger show. Helps teams get sponsorship.
I think it's a terrible waste to have cars & teams on the property, ready to run, and not let them. Who says we can only have 16 cars in a pro class?

 

[Porkchop]

What if NHRA changed the way they ran first round for all classes. Instead of #1 qualifier running #16, (and giving them a great chance to advance to round 2) #1 would run #8 - #2 would run #9 etc. I'm sure the old school racers/fans may not like it, and I would certainly understand, but it seems that now with the financial gap growing ever larger between teams in all classes, that it may possibly help with a lower funded team going a round or two, and get some valuable TV sponsor time. And it might just help put a underdog team on the winners podium.. and who doesn't like to see a underdog win once in a while. Even the big teams have nice things to say when a little team wins.
Maybe to compensate for a more difficult first round match up, #1- #2..on down.. qualifier could get more of the "little" points.

That is how it used to be..........Leave it!

 

[Gordon]

What's been alluded too here with nobody actually saying it is that EVERYBODY is motivated to move up the ladder with the current alignment. Any move up automatically pairs you with a slower car than you were previously scheduled to race. For example, if I'm in the #12 spot and I move up to #10 (still bottom half) I'm racing the #7 qualified car rather than the #5 qualified car. Conversely, the same applies if you're in the top half of the field. If I'm #3 and I move up to #2 I go from racing the #14 car to racing the #15 car.

 

[T.Smith]

What's been alluded too here with nobody actually saying it is that EVERYBODY is motivated to move up the ladder with the current alignment. Any move up automatically pairs you with a slower car than you were previously scheduled to race. For example, if I'm in the #12 spot and I move up to #10 (still bottom half) I'm racing the #7 qualified car rather than the #5 qualified car. Conversely, the same applies if you're in the top half of the field. If I'm #3 and I move up to #2 I go from racing the #14 car to racing the #15 car.

I did say it..."we don't go to a race trying be #16 qualifier."