It is time to change the Point System

[Don Kennedy]

if it were me I would have a points system for the national championship This way.

A racer can get points at your home division only ,your best 5 divisional races count as points out of 7 races . If you set a national record , you get points , if You qualifiy number one you get points . The the top two or three of each division show up for The National championship ,either at a race specially for them , or have a round robin type format or the normal format for eliminations . .

The reason in This economic enviroinment is very obvious Money and time is not there for over 90% of the racers to chase the points .

Right now the present system is set up for the 10% to 15 % of the racers who either have a lot of money to race or have a lot of time to race . Just look at who at the winners the last ten years , heck i bet even they would like this system especially now .

[Michael Beard]

Originally Posted by Billy

And some ugly old 301 Grand Prixs too

My apologies for neglecting the obvious sales spike that would occur for Grand Prix.

Originally Posted by Don Kennedy

A racer can get points at your home division only

I've long considered the "accident of proximity" a poor yardstick for geographic divisions. Just because someone lives in Div. 2 doesn't mean that they're close to more than one LODRS located in that Division, and then you're also locking people into a fairly strict schedule. If you want to get into it, really the idea of geographic regions is somewhat antiquated. The primary reason for having Divisions is just for folks that don't want to travel as much, but if you're going to "fix" a points system to make travel less of a burden, then can the idea of "Divisions" entirely, add the awards and funds to the national chase, and make all LODRS wildcards. Go to the (however many) races that are close for YOU, and/or fit YOUR schedule.

No, I'm not advocating the sweeping change. Just enjoying the mental gymnastics.

[The Hawk]

Originally Posted by Don Kennedy

if it were me I would have a points system for the national championship This way.

A racer can get points at your home division only ,your best 5 divisional races count as points out of 7 races . If you set a national record , you get points , if You qualifiy number one you get points . The the top two or three of each division show up for The National championship ,either at a race specially for them , or have a round robin type format or the normal format for eliminations . .

The reason in This economic enviroinment is very obvious Money and time is not there for over 90% of the racers to chase the points .

Right now the present system is set up for the 10% to 15 % of the racers who either have a lot of money to race or have a lot of time to race . Just look at who at the winners the last ten years , heck i bet even they would like this system especially now .

That idea to me isn`t worth a dime Don. Division 5 takes that one in the shorts.

[Don Kennedy]

Originally Posted by The Hawk

That idea to me isn`t worth a dime Don. Division 5 takes that one in the shorts.

Your right not sure what to do unless you have three points meet at denver and then three in Minn . or just move here to Az