[Tim Kish]

I've paid as much to any given contingency posting manufacturer for parts on my car in an unpopular class as those in the larger classes - in some cases more since small block Chevy parts are most often far cheaper than the unique stuff. To say I'm not entitled to contingency money because there aren't multiple cars in my class is ridiculous. And since there has never been a focus on the factoring system to balance classes against each other how can you now lump them together as a run-off.

Also I can gaurantee that having 3-4 cars in a class (or even 10) versus a single does clearly demonstrate there is no marketing benefit to that type of car which had a single at a given event. Let take the Fox-body Mustangs as an example. How many of them are there in the world and how many have performance modifications? Its a huge market, has its own section in the Jegs catalog. So why is there only a handful that run in Stock or Superstock? Under the competition structure in most cases there are "better" combinations, but there are diehards that still compete with them due to brand loyalty. Are you saying they don't deserve to be fairly rewarded by the manufacturer for representing their products, that is the intent of the contingency program. If you lump everyone together for one payout you have the eliminator. Or just say you are paying qualifying money, and just skip class eliminations altogether.