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Originally Posted by Michael Beard
Which reminds me of another suggestion I've made before: Each class should have a minimum AND maximum weight. If you're running heavy enough to run the next class, then you should be required to run that class. This is actually born out by the rulebook labeling classes as 10.00 - 10.49, 10.50 - 10.99, etc... NOT 10.00 and up, 10.50 and up, etc.
Consider:
- Min & Max weights
- combined classes (1.0 weight breaks, sticks & autos, or both)
Results in:
- cars no longer running 200lbs heavy
- more heads-up runs
- cars will quickly factor themselves to realistic numbers
- guys can still get started in Stock relatively easily with the "soft" indexes, but are incentivized to make their cars faster.
In all fairness, again, I'm not campaigning for these things... just academic discussion. Doesn't bother me either way if they adopt these things or not. It *would* bother me if they dropped all the indexes .50, as it effectively legislates cars out that are not hurting anything (In fact, quite the opposite... easy pickin's, right?)  |
I actually like this idea.
But there it does pose a problem for a small portion of combinations. Some big cars that are on the heavier side of a 1 pound weight break might not be able to make the minimum weight break in their class. I'm guessing it would be a small minority. But how do you deal with that. In example if you have a B car that is 8.90, there is a good chance you have a hard time making minimum weight. The only options I can see are giving them a way to lighten their car more, which is a whole different can of worms, or you can let cars that within .25 of the top of their class move up. Does that make sense? It's not perfect. But forcing some cars to become completely obsolete, simply because they can't come within 100 pounds of minimum, does not seem to be perfect either.
And in case you are wondering, this is hypothetical. This would not be a problem for me personally, I would meet the minimum just fine.