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Last time I saw, there weren't 40 SM cars in the field anymore. More like 25 on a good weekend, well, ok, more like 15 of them and 6 of those were SRX7 cars. SM has left the building it seems.
Rob, Michael and I went up to the stands to "spectate" at the last NASA TX event, the SM group spread out pretty quickly after the first spin, err, I mean first turn. :lol:
Speak for yourself bubba... well at least to the '06 ruleset :)Quote:
Originally Posted by AI#97
I'm all about letting the 3000+ lb cars blow their tires and brakes so I can work my mojo in a braking zone at the end of the race. I could make 8 spots on David Capps at the end of a straight. Our race was like a big accordion.
I have one of the heaviest cars on the track and am probably in the worst shape of any of you.
I'd like to see ALL races be 40 minute races.
But, I think it would only be fair to the WHOLE group to at least decide in advance (pre-season) which races are gonna be 40s and how they would count towards the points.
A lot of participation strategies are developed very early on to help with a racer's balance of budget and home life.
How about 2 30's on saturday and a 40 on Sunday? Just a thought.Quote:
Originally Posted by mitchntx
By the way Marshall, there is going to be some serious surgery on AI 97 once I find out my fate in a couple weeks....think about selling me some ballast if all goes well!! :wink:
as for points- what do you guys think about giving double points for a 40 and counting it as two races? or we could score it as two races. that way way the number of drops will not change like they did this season. if we deside on this, we will not have to worry about last minute changes to the format.
thoughts??
There is no way I'll ever be able to afford to go to nationas so I would forgo the 40 min races... if we have 4/year that would be 8 drops... I think 5 drops should be the standard because it equals 1 full event plus 1 race and they shouldn't change due to number of races to avoid confusionQuote:
Originally Posted by GlennCMC70
drops are always 20% of the total number of races. if the total number of races changes, then so will the # of drops. if you count a 40 as a single race, there will be fewer total drops. if you count a 40 as 2 races, the number of drops remains the same as if we ran all races as 20's. w/ 24 planned races we have 4.8 drops. that will get rounded to 5.
the 20% rule is in place because there is no quarantee that we will get 4 races per weekend. realize that most regions only get 12 races out of a 6 weekend season. if 5 of those were drops, that would be almost half. thus the reason for the %.
I sort of like the idea of rewarding those who podium in a 40 minute race with double points. Seems reasonable to me but I'll let the smarter folks here figure that part out.
My main point of asking here about 40 minute races is to get some sort of plan together BEFORE the January meeting so we could let NASA TX know what AI/CMC wants in time for them to incorporate it into the schedule.
As for the merit of 40 minute races, seems that the NATIONAL folks feel it is a worthy test so I'd think we should plan on the same. I'm really hoping to make it up to Mid-Ohio in 2007 so I'd like to be prepared as much as possible. :)
Now, I may change my mind after a 40 minute race in 100 degree heat at TWS in August lol. :shock:
i think giving NASA TXthe same notice we want them to give us is only fair. also remember what happened @ the Feb MSR-H event of '06. due to daylight savings time we ran the dark race. we almost lost a race for the weekend due to daylight issues. we may want to consider doing it for that event.
as points awards, i think we should score it the same, and put that score down in two colums. 1st thru last gets their score written down 2 times.
I don't particularly agree with double points. rewarding or penalizing x2 for a bad or great race seems unfair.
A racer should get points for the races they compete in, not a phantom race.