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Originally Posted by Mark Yacavone
Like I said , I don't care one way or the other. What amazes me is every time this deal comes up , some have to resort to personal attacks and name calling, rather than presenting a cogent argument for their "against " position.
That tells me some DO have a personal agenda involved, and that is why we can never get anything done for the good of the sport.
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Great post.
But...
A. This point assumes there is a cogent argument for keeping things the way it is. There isn't much of one, so most just resort to. 'Quit trying to change the rules for your own personal gain.'
B. I think your giving these folks too much credit for assuming most of them are capable of creating a valid and reasonable argument.
I'm sure someone will tell me that the 'clean tree' is an advantage. But personally I think that's BS, I've raced cars as much as TEN SECONDS slower than me, without any problem. My personal advice if you have trouble with waiting on the tree is to work on relaxing and improving your mental focus. Being able to see your opponent in front of you is a much much greater advantage.
And let's be realistic, 90% of racers are capable of consistently having decent a decent R.T. It's a lot more rare to find a racer capable of consistently and driving the finish line competently. 10 second cars also seem to be a lot more consistent on average than most 12 or 13 second cars, thus having further advantage.
Now someone is going to bash me for having an axe to grind.... but I don't really care either way. I'm just presenting the actual logical debate instead of whining and bitching like most of the people on this thread.
The other funny thing is a lot the people here bitching about not changing this rule are always involved in the discussions of other rules changes. Chad Rhodes, you have consistently asked for rules changes on this site.... two I can think of right now off the top of my head are aftermarket seats in stock and moving the new factory paper cars to their own class. But since you don't agree with this rule, and it does not personally benefit you, you insult instead of discuss.