Talk:The Daytona 500/@comment-27095714-20160219084816/@comment-26715739-20160219100421

Your question is not being ignored and has been answered in many other comments.

Currently we do not know. We do not know if it will actually even be possible to win all 4 cars. We expect so, but we do not yet know for sure.

If stages do open automatically we do not know how long they will give us (so we do not know the maximum time you'll be allowed).

Similarly we do not know the minimum possible time, because we do not know what is left to do - so we do not know which stages are going to need a serviced car and which you can do without; we don't know what upgrades are required/recommended, so we don't know what lead time might be required for upgrades.

The safest path is simply to start as early as you can.