This is right off the All Stars website. The only change I know they have made is they have eliminated the grudge draw and replaced it with a traditional draw. http://www.allstarsprint.com/rules/
2015 ALL STAR CIRCUIT OF CHAMPIONS - RACE FORMAT (21 OR MORE CARS)
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21- 31 CARS= 3 HEATS (TOP 6 TO A) 8 CAR DASH
? 32- 40 CARS= 4 HEATS (TOP 5 TO A) 10 CAR DASH
? 41 OR MORE CARS= 5 HEATS (TOP 4 TO A) 12 CAR DASH
HOT LAP & TIME TRIAL AS NORMAL (40 OR LESS CARS= 2 LAPS, 41 OR MORE CARS= 1 LAP) - QUALIFY ONLY AGAINST CARS THAT WILL BE IN YOUR HOT LAP GROUP AND SUBSEQUENT HEAT RACE
FOR EXAMPLE, IN A 36 CAR FIELD THERE WOULD BE 4 GROUPS OF HOT LAPS WITH 9 CARS IN EACH GROUP
IN TIME TRIALS A CAR WOULD ONLY BE ATTEMPTING TO OUT QUALIFY THE OTHER 8 CARS IN THAT GROUP FOR HEAT RACE LINE UP PURPOSES. THOSE 9 CARS WILL ALSO BE IN THE SAME HEAT RACE.
THE PENALTY FOR MISSED TIME TRIAL POSITION (2 CAR GRACE) OR A DISQUALIFIED INITIAL ATTEMPT IS BEST TIME ONE SPOT OUT OF THE HEAT RACE INVERSION.
HEAT RACES WILL INVERT 4.
THE TOP 2 FROM EACH HEAT WILL ADVANCE TO DASH AND THE TOP 2 FROM OVERALL TIME TRIALS THAT ALSO ADVANCE TO THE "A" MAIN THRU THEIR RESPECTIVE HEAT RACE WILL QUALIFY FOR THE DASH
THE DASH WILL HAVE A GRUDGE DRAW FOR STARTING POSITION WITH THE FASTEST QUALIFIER DRAWING FOR STARTING POSITION OF ANOTHER COMPETITOR IN THE DASH, THEN THAT COMPETITOR DRAWS A POSITION FOR ANOTHER COMPETITOR AND SO ON.
THE FINISH OF THE DASH WILL SET THE FIRST 8, 10 OR 12 POSITIONS OF THE "A" MAIN.
NON DASH QUALIFIERS FOR THE "A" MAIN ARE LINED UP BASED UPON HEAT RACE FINISHES – 3
RD PLACE FINISHERS, THEN 4TH PLACE, THEN 5TH PLACE AND SO ON
PRELIMINARY MAIN EVENT QUALIFIERS ("B" AND "C") ARE LINED UP BASED UPON QUALIFYING TIMES. "B" AND "C" TRANSFERS TAG THE BACK OF THE NEXT RESPECTIVE MAIN EVENT.
2015 ALL STAR CIRCUIT OF CHAMPIONS - RACE FORMAT (20 OR LESS CARS)
IN THE CASE OF A 20 CAR OR LESS FIELD - 2 SETS OF HEAT RACES WILL BE RUN BASED UPON PILL DRAW.
HOT LAP & TIME TRIAL AS NORMAL (2 LAPS) - QUALIFY ONLY AGAINST CARS THAT WILL BE IN YOUR HOT LAP GROUP AND SUBSEQUENT HEAT RACE.
THE PENALTY FOR MISSED TIME TRIAL POSITION (2 CAR GRACE) OR A DISQUALIFIED INITIAL ATTEMPT IS BEST TIME ONE SPOT OUT OF THE HEAT RACE INVERSION FOR THE FIRST OF TWO HEAT RACES.
TIME TRIALS SET THE FIRST HEAT RACES PER GROUP WITH A 4 CAR INVERT IN THE FIRST SET OF HEATS. 10 POINTS WILL BE AWARDED TO THE WINNER DECREASING BY 1 POINT PER POSITION.
THE SECOND SET OF HEATS WILL HAVE A FULL FIELD INVERSION FROM THE 1
ST SET OF HEAT RACE LINEUPS. 10 POINTS WILL BE AWARDED TO THE WINNER DECREASING BY 1 POINT PER POSITION.
AT THE END OF BOTH SETS OF HEATS THE TOP 8 IN COMBINED POINTS WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE DASH DRAW (GRUDGE DRAW FOR STARTING POSITION). TIES IN POINTS WILL BE BROKEN BY THE HIGHER QUALIFIED CAR FROM OVERALL TIME TRIALS
THE FINISH OF THE DASH WILL SET THE FIRST 8 POSITIONS OF THE "A" MAIN.
NON DASH "A" MAIN QUALIFIERS WILL LINE UP BEGINNING IN THE 9
TH POSITION IN THE "A" MAIN BASED UPON COMBINED POINTS. TIES IN POINTS WILL BE BROKEN BY THE HIGHER QUALIFIED CAR FROM OVERALL TIME TRIALS.
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