Just got back from the Runoffs...
In a lot of classes (thank goodness not FC) there were a lot of cars getting lapped easily in many of the races. You would think this is the national championship and the field should be competitive, and that tight races for the lead shouldn't have to fight through backmarkers. Or is fighting through backmarkers part of the racecraft being tested?
We are just brainstorming now... but what if...
You divide the average of the best qualifying times of the top two qualifiers by 20 (for number of laps). Add that result to that average of the best two qualifying times, and anybody slower than that total doesn't come to grid for the race.
Obviously, in a lot of classes, if that rule was posted, entries to the runoffs would fall off a bunch. Is that bad or good?
Or, do we want guys that found (or fell) into a non-competitive class in their Division, to run four races during the year and get paid travel money to go to the Runoffs and ugly it up. This year I saw cars running in the races that did not even represent good regional cars.
I believe in a few of the cases some of the entries spent less than their travel money to run the event... 30 year old cars that haven't been painted in 29 years, used tires, etc., etc...
For example, you could buy a clapped out S2 or CSR, barely finish 4 races in the SouthEast (run over half the laps in each race)... and lo and behold you could go to the Runoffs and be on the track with Fergus or Beasley. And probably get paid travel money. So is that fair?
Or, is that OK?
I remember when only the top 3 in each division got invites. [img]smile.gif[/img]
OBTW, I haven't decided how I feel about this. Since I stood on the fence at the Runoffs in 1970 I have always dreamed of racing in one. So maybe I'll start shopping for an old S2, or whatever....
Any thoughts? Opinions?