It is time to change the Point System

[MikeMoller]

Originally Posted by THE LEGEND

I got a great Idea. Bring the top 3 in each division plus all national event winners to a track at the end of the year and let them race for the world championship.
Chip

I beleive that's the way it was in the late 60's, early 70's. World finals winners in Pomona at year end were the champions.

[Ed Wright]

Originally Posted by MikeMoller

I beleive that's the way it was in the late 60's, early 70's. World finals winners in Pomona at year end were the champions.

Yep, except it was top 5. Nobody else could run.

[Tony Janes]

Originally Posted by MikeMoller

I beleive that's the way it was in the late 60's, early 70's. World finals winners in Pomona at year end were the champions.

The first World Finals at Pomona was 1984. That eliminates Pomona from the early 60's and 70's.

[Don Kennedy]

Originally Posted by Ed Fernandez

Don,there's nothing wrong with the system.The problem is that you want to dumb it down to the lowest common denominator.
The chase for the World was never meant for the weak and poor.Besides,the 3/5 system
which anyone seriously chasing points is fairly easy to attain.The extra 3/3 seperates the men from the boys.
Plan your racing season in Feb.,stay as close to home for the 3/5 and if you have the points then go for the 3/3.Simple Don,it's not Little League where now if one team scores more than 10 runs the game is stopped and everybody goes to the mall fast food center and feels all warm and bubbly.

This idea is not about me ,I am smarter than that to spend all that money for virtually no return in chasing the points . this is my point there should be a fresher points chase system in todays economic environment that would be more fair to all including the touring pros

[Stang_Bang]

Originally Posted by Don Kennedy

This idea is not about me ,I am smarter than that to spend all that money for virtually no return in chasing the points . this is my point there should be a fresher points chase system in todays economic environment that would be more fair to all including the touring pros

01 Jackie Alley 651 5/7
02 Peter Biondo 634 10/8
03 David Rampy 625 14/8

If the whole going to every race theory was true then what happened in SS? World Championships are not meant to be an easy task to accomplish. I think our system is perfect now because even if you go to every single race you can only claim 3 nationals and 5 divisionals. In my opinion points is not the problem it's the payout's. Pay 5k to the winner at a national event and tell me if the racing economy doesnt start to get better in NHRA.

[Don Kennedy]

Originally Posted by Stang_Bang

01 Jackie Alley 651 5/7
02 Peter Biondo 634 10/8
03 David Rampy 625 14/8

If the whole going to every race theory was true then what happened in SS? World Championships are not meant to be an easy task to accomplish. I think our system is perfect now because even if you go to every single race you can only claim 3 nationals and 5 divisionals. In my opinion points is not the problem it's the payout's. Pay 5k to the winner at a national event and tell me if the racing economy doesnt start to get better in NHRA.

Good Point about the payout but no one ever complains about the purse except to other racers

[Alan Roehrich]

If we're going to change the points system for Stock Eliminator and Super Stock, the changes should be to reflect the performance based nature of the classes.

We should be paying points for qualifying 1 thru 10, for class eliminations, for class wins, and for national records, we should also be paying bonus points for heads up wins in final eliminations.

[Jeff Lee]

Originally Posted by Alan Roehrich

If we're going to change the points system for Stock Eliminator and Super Stock, the changes should be to reflect the performance based nature of the classes.

We should be paying points for qualifying 1 thru 10, for class eliminations, for class wins, and for national records, we should also be paying bonus points for heads up wins in final eliminations.

Yep, add that to the list also.

[Charley Downing]

Whatever you say Ralph/Leroy. I know more than you think.

[Jeff Lee]

Originally Posted by Stang_Bang

01 Jackie Alley 651 5/7
02 Peter Biondo 634 10/8
03 David Rampy 625 14/8

If the whole going to every race theory was true then what happened in SS? World Championships are not meant to be an easy task to accomplish. I think our system is perfect now because even if you go to every single race you can only claim 3 nationals and 5 divisionals. In my opinion points is not the problem it's the payout's. Pay 5k to the winner at a national event and tell me if the racing economy doesnt start to get better in NHRA.

Yes, but YOU get to pick the best of those 3 nationals and 5 divisional races.
Now if it was "claim the race before you tech", then it would be perfectly acceptable. Yep, you have a bad day and go out 1st round then that's not a big payday on points. But with the current system, if I travel the continent, I can have many bad days and still come out ahead because I pick the gory days and throw out the bad days. If your a great racer, a truly great racer, you should have no problem in claiming a race before, not after.
Kinda like speed dating instead of a single blind date...