Gators S/SS Entries

[Mike Pearson]

The gators is a popular race with lots of history. Its also the first race of the year on the east coast so lots of the div 1 and 3 racers that have cabin fever head south to run some races down here. You pretty much have to have a minimum of 5 grade points to get in that race with the short quota that we have to deal with these days. It went from 30 to full in a little over 36 hours. the points race the weekend before does make it more interesting to people that travel a long way.

[Casey Miles]

I wrote an email to NHRA that the racers in the division should get preference over racers from other division's when the national event is in that racers division.
It's too easy to get points in D1 when you have national opens as well as points races.
I personally have to travel 200 Miles to my closest points race and it goes up in 100 mile increments to make each other race. Also, no national opens to get points at either.
I think that the entry should work with that division grade points 7 to 1 then welcome other division grade points 7 to 1. If you raced a points race in the division of the national event and it's not your home division, you get to enter as if you belong to the national event division.

Casey Miles
248H Stock

[Larry Hill]

S/S Closed @ 65, Stock Closed @ 70, and we have a bump spot in Factory
Showdown. I think we will have close to 30 in the Showdown Class.

Casey how is that going to work when I live in D 3, and race in D 2 for points?

[voltdr]

Originally Posted by richie 2

can somebody explain this grade point deal please...

Are you asking HOW it works or WHY is there a grade point system?
Dan

[Lenny5160]

Originally Posted by Casey Miles

I wrote an email to NHRA that the racers in the division should get preference over racers from other division's when the national event is in that racers division.
It's too easy to get points in D1 when you have national opens as well as points races.
I personally have to travel 200 Miles to my closest points race and it goes up in 100 mile increments to make each other race. Also, no national opens to get points at either.
I think that the entry should work with that division grade points 7 to 1 then welcome other division grade points 7 to 1. If you raced a points race in the division of the national event and it's not your home division, you get to enter as if you belong to the national event division.

Casey Miles
248H Stock

What you are saying is that they should shut out the racers who attend races, accumulate grade points, and are willing to travel to an event in favor of racers who only stick close to home and happen to live near the event?

[Don Kennedy]

[QUOTE=Mike Pearson;554510]The gators is a popular race with lots of history. Its also the first race of the year on the east coast so lots of the div 1 and 3 racers that have cabin fever head south to run some races down here. You pretty much have to have a minimum of 5 grade points to get in that race with the short quota that we have to deal with these days. It went from 30 to full in a little over 36 hours. the points race the weekend before does make it more interesting to people that travel a long way.[/QU

So I moved from out west to TN to go to some close national events but now I will be locked out of most all of the national events cause three years ago i broke and did not get enough grade points then so now My Grade points is a 4 most likley will not getting into a National event ,wow now I have credit for a National event i could not go to and I heard the credit is only good for a year >?? interesting I am locked out big time I think especially for the lower quotas here in the East with twice as many racers than in the west I am toast .lol

[Casey Miles]

Originally Posted by Larry Hill

S/S Closed @ 65, Stock Closed @ 70, and we have a bump spot in Factory
Showdown. I think we will have close to 30 in the Showdown Class.

Casey how is that going to work when I live in D 3, and race in D 2 for points?

Larry, if you're a D3 racer and have raced a D2 points race, you enter as if you're a D2.

[Casey Miles]

Originally Posted by Lenny5160

What you are saying is that they should shut out the racers who attend races, accumulate grade points, and are willing to travel to an event in favor of racers who only stick close to home and happen to live near the event?

No, that's not what I'm saying, the local division racers should get first preference, then out of division racers get to enter. All on grade points system of your division.

Why should a racer who never entered an out of division race get preference over an in division racer?

Casey Miles

[Larry Hill]

Don,
You used to be able to average the last three years points. Would that work better?

Patsy

[Don Kennedy]

Originally Posted by Larry Hill

Don,
You used to be able to average the last three years points. Would that work better?

Patsy

no it would work better the last two years, my average would be 5 out west there are not a lot of options to race for a grade point especially if you have a issue with a race car and not able to go to many points races