Why is there a breakout on S/SS combos?

[Mike Pearson]

Originally Posted by 442OLDS

I was thinking about this and I think you want both cars to dial in at their index? Then,there is no breakout.
Whoever is the farthest under should theoretically win.
I bet the car counts would really plummet if this ever happens.

Thats how it was in the old days of Modified Eliminator. You can see that class is no longer in existence. You ran off of the class index. First to the finish line won the round. No Break out .

Comp is run off of the index and no break out. You get CIC hit if you go too far under the index. Comp is having trouble with car counts. The last D2 divisional had 2 comp cars there. So that class is dying a slow death.