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Originally Posted by The Lucas
I count 347 if everyone qualified from MN registers
323 (now) + 18 (MI) + 3 (NS) + 3 (10K) = 347 teams
If we have 347, then 3 divisions would have to have 87 teams and 102 matches. If both MN teams added 6 teams then we would have had 353 teams, one division would have to have 89 teams and 104 matches.
If we have the pit space (no car show) then we might as well have 360 teams, every division have 90 teams and 105 matches. Then there would be no surrogate matches. If we have the space and teams on the wait list, then why do we let in an odd number and play surrogate (wasted) matches. On the other hand, the last thing we need is another reasons to fall behind schedule, be cutoff by NASA TV and miss half the wrap party again.
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Originally Posted by Stu Bloom
Am I making any sense??
Anyone have any other thoughts ??
Does anyone really CARE ??  |
I care Stu ... I care. 
I think they went with the closest even (divisible by 4) to the number of qualifiers they had. I think they will run 7 matches like usual and just deal with the surrogates. Anything makes more sense than last year where they had 340 teams (should be 85 teams/division). They put
84 teams in Curie and
86 teams in Galileo 
(like Galileo needed another team
it was already stacked). I know they saved 1 overall match (no surrogates in Curie) but matches run in parallel, and if you are going to do that why not with the other 2 divisions as well?