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In the gas buggy nats, they also race for like an hour, which is why they only run one. Keep in mind at the electric cars only ran for 6 mins at a time, not an hour long endurance race like with nitro (ele. is sprint racing like sprint cars, supercross (motocross would be an endurance race), Corr (or what ever it is called now), etc., and then nitro is endurance racing like F1, nascar, etc.).

For tripple A-mains, you race in 3 races, and one of the races is a drop unless there is a tie breaker (like in 2wd mod buggy). So if you win 2 of the 3 rounds, then you are the winner, then if say there is a tie in points like with the mod buggy race, RC and JT had a 1st and 2nd so that put them in a tie, but because RC also had another 2nd, and RT had a 5th then the over all win goes to RC. If you know anything about motocross then you can think of the scoring as the same, but because in RC racing they run a 3rd round that covers the tie, and gives the guy who was truly better that day the win. Then if the 3rd round doesn't break the tie, then it comes down to the fastest time.

But yes if you break out of the race in one of the 3 A-mains, you still have 2 more runs for a chance at the over all win although if you do break then it makes it harder to get the win, and if comes down to a tie then you will finnish in the lower spot between the person you are tied with.

I am sure part of it is due to the run time, but the other part is it makes it harder to get the over all win, as 1 mistake can cost you a race, or maybe the leader pulls away from the pack in one run, but in the others he can't get away, etc. Also they only run the tripple A if there is 2 full heats in the class.