Used to be a long time ago in a drag racing world only remembered by a few old timers----NHRA would only accept double the entries for a class plus the last years winner of the event---keep in mind that they ran 32 car fields then so that equaled 65 entries

The fields are so small now that they should just forget about qualifying and run everybody, probably based on pea pick or points standing for the ladder---or maybe the 4 wide like the recent race andthen use the double elimination process where when you lose the second time your out