It is time to change the Point System

[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...