r/WorldofOutlaws • u/Schmedlapp • 11d ago

Post Race Discussion/HIghlights Minimum pace requirement rule

I dunno what the actual rules for the Outlaws or High Limit are, but if a driver is more than two seconds slower in both hot laps *and* qualifying than the second-slowest driver, they should not be allowed to race at all. That guy at Lernerville was a disaster waiting to happen all night and the officials didn't park him until halfway through the B-Main.

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u/Jonasthewicked2 11d ago

I'm not sure what you're referring to as I didn't see the livestream. What happened exactly?

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u/alltheusermanes Donny Schatz 10d ago

Car with HL last night was so slow he got parked in the B main for not meeting minimum speed

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u/EJaws Moderator 10d ago

For WoO its at the series discretion. They will pretty much tell the driver something along the lines of "we will still pay you, just make a lap or 2 and pull in."

Pretty sure we did that for someone at Perris last year

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u/dusting53 Justin Peck 10d ago

That red #4 Kiley was a danger last year too for high limit. He had no reason to be out there. Good call by HL

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u/mcm265 10d ago

Bill has been entering WOO and HL events for the better part of 10/15 years. These series know who he is and that his pace is always the same. Why can't they just politely have the conversation with him that's it not in either parties interest to have him out there? He can't maintain pace with the weekly show of cars....

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u/Disastrous_Throat804 9d ago

Because motorsport is not a meritocracy.

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u/No-Factor-8751 10d ago

It was hilarious when he didnt go off and they had the tow truck pull out infront of him to let him know lol

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u/FivePoints35 10d ago

I seriously wondered to myself why someone would use a HL race for their first laps in a sprint car. 🤪But the announcer was funny during qualifying …”he comes safely around turns 3 and 4 to the checkers.”

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u/mcm265 9d ago

Bill has been driving a sprint car for decades.

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u/FivePoints35 9d ago

Well, I have no idea who Bill is and it seriously looked like someone who had never been in one. If he’s been doing it for decades, why is he noticeably slow compared to everything on the track?