NASCAR should do this..

[bubba]

Regarding the Texas twin races:

The Firestone Twin 275s will replace the single 550-kilometer (342 mile) event in Texas. Each race will pay half the points and half the bonus prizes. There will be an hour between races, when drivers will have a blind draw to determine their starting spot for the second race.

I would rather watch two smaller races each with a winner than one long one where the middle means nothing and everybody just rides.

[Boneman]

What kind of cars are running this format? I agree with you, it sounds like a much more interesting day at the track.

[bubba]

IndyCar/IRL/whatever they are called these days.

[Bigbuck]

i agree

Regarding the Texas twin races:

The Firestone Twin 275s will replace the single 550-kilometer (342 mile) event in Texas. Each race will pay half the points and half the bonus prizes. There will be an hour between races, when drivers will have a blind draw to determine their starting spot for the second race.

I would rather watch two smaller races each with a winner than one long one where the middle means nothing and everybody just rides.

except the middle is where I get my nap!!!! LOL

[egspeedway]

I like it now I can take two naps when they run the newer 1 1/2 mile cookie cutter tracks. All single file with lapping beginning before lap 20 .Yahoo lets get some quality sleep.

[Boneman]

egspeedway, ya got it wrong bud. The Indy cars have put on tremendous races with incredible finishes at Texas. There is never a guarantee, every track can put on a loser of a race, but I bet if you watched it, you would like it.

[Bigbuck]

IndyCar/IRL/whatever they are called these days.

Thought you said NASCAR. I think Indy, IRL is the most sleep inducing racing I've ever seen. JMO

[bubba]

I did...I would like to see NASCAR try this. Indycars ARE doing it at Texas. Which apart from indy is one of the more exciting races they put on. I would take them at Texas over NASCAR at most places.

[egspeedway]

egspeedway, ya got it wrong bud. The Indy cars have put on tremendous races with incredible finishes at Texas. There is never a guarantee, every track can put on a loser of a race, but I bet if you watched it, you would like it.

Boneman I totaly agree regarding the Indy cars and I don't consider Texas a cookie cutter track I was thinking more like Chcago etc. as it pertains to nascar.

[Boneman]

egspeedway, I agree. So many of those NASCAR tracks are horrid and boring.

Closer to home, I always liked the "double feature" nights for local classes. Usually this was the result of a rain out the week before, so one or two classes ended up running twice in one night. I wish someone would try something different and schedule a night like this for a few classes.

All things being equal, I'd rather see twin 25's than one 50.

[ancrdave]

I remember reading about the "Monza" races held at Raceway Park in Chicago back in the '60s... Three 100 lap races on a quarter mile track on the same night... The winner of each race got a trophy and points but the payout was based on the combination of finishes from all three races... Wonder how many of those Bud Koehler won over the years?