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Old 03-20-2007
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Re: To Sportsman or Not To Sportsman

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Originally Posted by Kasey
... Here is an idea:
  • Build a full field of cars for the Champ race based on qualifying times. Goal for every driver each weekend would be to make the Champ race. No more declaring Champ v Sportsman at the beginning of the year.
  • Be sure that last place in the Champ race earns more points than first place in the 1st Sportsman race.
  • Scale the rest of the drivers on qualifying times as well and build the other races in the same fashion. Winner of the 2nd Sportsman race should not earn as many points as last place in the 1st Sportsman race.
Just my two cents.

If you don't want real competition, you can save alot of money and just run lapping days. Kasey
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Originally Posted by dalyduo
...Wow, some interesting and radical ideas there Kasey....
Excellent idea Kasey, but not new. Sounds just like the qualifiy/heat race/consi/main-event system that takes place at hundreds of short track ovals around the country every Saturday night. Seems to have worked well for the oval track crowd.

I like your proposal, it would make qualifying a more exciting prospect. You would need some device or scheme to minimize the prospect of someone intentionally sandbagging to stay down in class. Of course in the oval track world that mechanism is money, the feature race pays more than the heats or consi, so there is an incentive. We live in the upside-down road course world where we PAY to race.
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Last edited by Rosso; 03-20-2007 at 03:45 PM.
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