It is time to change the Point System

[Billy Nees]

Originally Posted by Floyd Staggs

Yes you do. McClanahan last year.

The exception, not the rule. Let's just leave this that each Division has its advantages and disadvantages so if someone is serious about winning a National title choose your home Division wisely!

[Another Friendly Racer]

People are going out west to win a championship b/c the last few races of the year are out west. If you are hinting that its easier to win on the west coast, you are badly mistaken and obviously have not raced much out west. In fact, it can be argued that you see more champions coming from the east coast because the quality of competition from top to bottom does not stack up with the west.

[Billy Nees]

[QUOTE=Another Friendly Racer;303543]People are going out west to win a championship b/c the last few races of the year are out west.[QUOTE]

If that's the case then why don't more racers come east to run earlier races if they are going to chase a championship?

[QUOTE] If you are hinting that its easier to win on the west coast, you are badly mistaken and obviously have not raced much out west.[QUOTE]

I didn't hint at or say anything like that. I did say that there are more 7 round races and a lot of "killers" (hitters, whatever).

In fact, it can be argued that you see more champions coming from the east coast because the quality of competition from top to bottom does not stack up with the west.

I don't see any logic in that statement but if there are more competitors in the east then it would stand to reason that there would be more quality competitors.

[Toby Lang]

Why don't we just make it your first national and your first two divisionals count for the national championship. That way everybody has a chance. Even division 5 & 6.

Originally Posted by Billy Nees

I don't see any logic in that statement but if there are more competitors in the east then it would stand to reason that there would be more quality competitors.

Yes, there would be. It would also stand to reason that, um, how do I say this ... there would be more "non quality" competitors also. I think your chances of running a hitter are greater in a 32 car field than in a 132 car field, wouldn't you agree?

Heck, I claimed division 1 in 2000 and only went to three division 1 races that year and I finished second in the division.


-Toby

[Billy Nees]

Originally Posted by Toby Lang

Why don't we just make it your first national and your first two divisionals count for the national championship. That way everybody has a chance. Even division 5 & 6.

Why don't we just have a bunch of "Practice Tree" races on Class Racer!



Yes, there would be. It would also stand to reason that, um, how do I say this ... there are more "non quality" competitors also. I think your chances of running a hitter are greater in a 32 car field than in a 132 car field, wouldn't you agree?

I guess it would all depend on how the ladder falls and how well the "hitters" play the ladder.

Heck, I claimed division 1 in 2000 and only went to three division 1 races that year and I finished second in the division.-Toby

And if you don't mind me asking, how did you do at those 3 races vs. the other races you claimed?

[art leong]

They could make it like the W.R. Grace Cup. There were 10 or 12 National Events then.
You could drop 2 but you had to drop them before the race was over.
The year we won, we couldn't get to Pomona, so that was one (dropped). We went to Denver and lost in the 3rd round. We dropped that race, meaning all the rest we had to take. We figured the rest of the races were at tracks we were comfortable at, E'town, Sanair, Indy, Seattle, and Ontario. You had to dial in at 8 am for the whole day.
Well we blew it when my partner ran a car that couln't run the index in the first round. We got there second and still broke out. We had to take the race. Our hopes of a Grace Cup win were pretty much over. We then were just trying to finish somewhere in the money.
It's funny how things don't always work as planned.

[Toby Lang]

Originally Posted by Billy Nees

And if you don't mind me asking, how did you do at those 3 races vs. the other races you claimed?

I went out in the second round of two of them. And since you have to claim at least three in division races I had to count two 40 pointers towards my total. I couldn't replace them. In my other division 1 race I was runner-up to none other than mild-mannered Class Racer reporter Jack Matyas. I also beat Tex Miller heads-up at that race.

My other two counters were at the division 3 track in Joliet where I went out 5th round and the division 2 track in Bristol where I won.


-Toby