my opinion

[442OLDS]

Originally Posted by Jeff Lee

In fact, NHRA allows "professional" racers (think Pro-Stock multi-time national champion Jeg Caughlin and others) to compete against "Sportsman" racers. Does that practice seem equitable to you? [/U]

I think you mean Jeg Coughlin.

Secondly,if John Force (Full -time Professional Funny Car racer) were to drive a new Mustang in AA/SA,I would have no problem racing him,as long as its not Heads-Up!
LOL!
I think I could give him a good race.

[RULER]

Lets see if i get this right!!! I'm going to play a sport,(any sport) but i'm not good at it so lets change the rules so I can Qualify first, I get all the singles, I get all the red lights, My win light always turns on in my lane, I can just sign up when ever I what too, I should be the WORLD CHAMP IF I WIN THAT RACE!!! Well that was easy now what do i do?

[Michael Beard]

It's difficult to read emotion in typed words... take this post as inquisitive, not accusatory.

Originally Posted by Jeff Lee

Good question. Don't know.

Tough when you have to make a decision that will make everybody happy, isn't it?

However, myself and others I know, if we did well in our division, we would travel to any location in the USA for a chance at a national championship. That's one big trip and a lot of little trips that can lead to a championship as opposed to a LOT of BIG trips criss-crossing the country.

This is basically what IHRA has now with its Tournament of Champions. There are people who love the new system who hated the old system, and people who loved the old system and hate the new system. There's certainly been plenty of discussion about it.

How different is this from the Jeg's Allstars series?

Are you ready to declare the Allstars winner the National Champion? If you did so, would more or less people chase points, and would it get the people that do chase to attend more events? Really, that format isn't so different from the Bracket Finals, where you have to qualify at your home track, and then a single event determines the champions.

Just my opinion, but I don't think that it's *supposed* to be easy to win the World Championship. Is it really unreasonable to expect your Champ to attend 14 races? The shorter the season, the more luck involved. Would you rather not have any dropped events? While many will choose to max out their claims, they don't *have* to. As soon as you start eliminating dropped races, racers start losing their options, and if you "fix" that by reducing the number of races a racer can claim, then you probably hurt attendance at events. Catch 22. I think everyone would agree that National events put more of a time & travel strain on people -- would it be beneficial to reduce National claims to 3/5 instead of 3/6? ...and would it really make a difference?

I do agree that they should give the extra "little points" for In-Division claims, and not for Outs.

Short version: "What Toby said."

[Ed Fernandez]

Not on that one. But I have heard this from more than one source so maybe it has some merit. Nothing pisses off a racer more than to not get into a race in your own backyard because your shy one point. And when 40 out of 60 in attendance get in from other states....oooh, they git a little miffed.

There you go again with the "communist manifesto".Where has it ever been stated that
home town racers should be allowed entry to any race?
You and Don are just disgrunted racers looking for handouts to make you more competitive.Brutal but factual.
Based on the frequent posts you make about our type of racing why do you continue to
pour massive doses of cash,as you sometimes remind us about,into this type of racing.
Maybe the show car circuit would suit you better.I've heard there's some real fierce infighting among that fraternity also.

[Jeff Lee]

Originally Posted by Ed Fernandez

Not on that one. But I have heard this from more than one source so maybe it has some merit. Nothing pisses off a racer more than to not get into a race in your own backyard because your shy one point. And when 40 out of 60 in attendance get in from other states....oooh, they git a little miffed.

There you go again with the "communist manifesto".Where has it ever been stated that
home town racers should be allowed entry to any race?
You and Don are just disgrunted racers looking for handouts to make you more competitive.Brutal but factual.
Based on the frequent posts you make about our type of racing why do you continue to
pour massive doses of cash,as you sometimes remind us about,into this type of racing.
Maybe the show car circuit would suit you better.I've heard there's some real fierce infighting among that fraternity also.

The bold print would be a lie. The rest of your story is slanted to your view on Don and I. I can tell you that you are wrong. But go with it if it makes you happy.

[Ed Fernandez]

Originally Posted by Jeff Lee

The bold print would be a lie. The rest of your story is slanted to your view on Don and I. I can tell you that you are wrong. But go with it if it makes you happy.

Your words,not mine are the basis for my opinion of you and Don.

Can't offer any more and obviously a few here disagree with what I'm trying to point out and some don't even seem to understand what I'm saying.
A few??????????????? That's a real Clintonesque observation.