"Knockout Qualifying at St. Pete; ALMS Warmed Up--Just Like the Weather"
Our colleague Jeff Wolf reported in yesterday's Las Vegas Review Journal the presumptive move of NASCAR's season ending Sprint Cup Awards banquet/ceremony to Glitter Gulch, a/k/a Las Vegas...leaving the Waldorf-Astoria and confiscatory New York taxes behind. A good move--besides, America's Happiest Mayor, Oscar Goodman, actually enjoys the visits--unlike the sourpuss Michael Bloomberg. Bloomberg has a more important task--actually trying to attract and keep taxpayers in New York City.
Here at St. Pete, the first pole position of 2009 is up for grabs in the Indy Car Series. The "knockout" format works like this--drivers are split into two random groups. The top 6 from each group go to Round 2. The twelve are reduced to the 6 fastest. Those six shoot it out in a ten minute no-holds barred qualifying session. BTW last year's winner Graham Rahal, and last year's series champion, Scott Dixon are in...along with returnee Dario Franchitti.
We'll blog you a pole winning snapshot later on.
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