It's all about the timing

Nothing saps the energy out of a race program faster than 3/4 of an hour of time trials.

I'm not a hardcore "heat races are better than time trials" kind of guy. Truthfully, I see both sides of the argument pretty clearly. What I don't understand is why tracks schedule time trials smack in the middle of the show.

Heat races for the PASS North Series, followed by heat races for the Thompson International Speedway's NASCAR Whelen All-American Series divisions. The program makes the natural progression from heat racing, building that crescendo as it approaches feature time....

Then the red/black flag flies on the whole thing, because "NASCAR" is in town and they've got to time trial when they want to time trial. Fantastic.

We'll all just sit here and wait it out...

If you want to time trial, it's all well and good. But start the program with it and run the heat races afterward. That's all we're asking. Give us the choice of avoiding it.