my opinion

[Jeff Lee]

Originally Posted by Toby Lang

Jeff, I didn't see you respond to Mark's reply. If you did I must have missed it.


-Toby

I didn't feel like typing so much but here goes...

My point is if the racer claimed the points at the race, that's what he is stuck with. So if you claimed 6 national events and coincidently all were third round losses, then that's what you get, even if you went to 6 more races following and made it to the final on those 6 races.
The way it is now, you can hit all 24 races and then claim your best 6. There is an advantage in being a "professional" at this game, this being one of the big ones. Maybe it's the same as playing poker with x-ray vision of the deck?
I'm at a loss to think of any other sport that allows full-time professionals to compete with the amateurs. Like I said previously, if a racer wants to go to all 24 races, I see nothing wrong with it. I do have a problem with being able to pick and choose after the fact. Not allowing this would make it more equitable for the true Sportsman. Correct me if I'm wrong but there were a lot more world champions , call it a more diverse mix, before they points system changed to it's current system. I believe the evidence points to an advantage by a professional racer towards the championship.
Make any sense Toby?
Jeff