I think its more the fact that they don’t like drifting when it counts for something, they only like it when it is subjectively judged.
Actually stages are being run all day on friday. It’s just the fact that people have jobs. Only part about going on saturday is that 1/3 of the field will have wrecked out on the day 1 stages.
The stages on friday are located closer to Monticello where as the ones saturday are around Walton, NY.
Just to be clear this is an all tarmac rally, in september (I think) they are running an all gravel rally.