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Originally Posted by thomas sheehan
Art.... I agree with you on most points (ex....like more rds in combo gets less points).
HOWEVER... If you read the rules again, you will notice that 17 cars gets you 90 points in the combo. I read this after I entered Maple Grove in GT/IA (2 cars in class got me 85 points). If I would have entered in GT/JA (class I was in for 2 races prior to that event), It would have made it an 18 car combo field (me and other GT/IA racer would have added 2 more to combo class) thus awarding the winner 90 points instead of usual combo 80 points (for less than 17 car field). I could have wrapped up the SS automatic points chase if I would have won that 5 rd race. No one at Vegas could have got 90 points because all the class fields in SS are under 17 cars.
I wish I would have known that prior to the race.
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I don't have the data in front of me for car counts at each event that ran class but I believe it to be true that all season there were no events that had enough cars in a combo to get this 90 point win. So again as we look at the flawed system - there is more emphasis ($$) for the points win at the end of the season than any individual event win (which you would expect) yet its out of your individual control how many other people show up in your class yet your are penalized for it by having to run in the combo against others who may not be as evenly factored as you and by running for a reduced amount of points for the win. I know my situation of running a class with only currently 2 cars in the country a single is most likely. So since I can not move to another class I can only hope there are 17 singles or its mathematically impossible for me to have a shot at the season points before I ever unload the car. Fine my fault for not building a Mustang/Camaro like most everyone else. But wait - in the combo at Indy I had to run a SS/CA Cobra Jet Mustang in the combo. So even a historically popular class with one of the most competitive combinations available currently can still be a single at a major event so its not a matter of running an obscure combo or not. The only way to control it is to go the Bob Dennis route and bring your own 2 cars in the same class, doesn't gaurantee a win as others could also run that class but does gaurantee your not in the combo running for reduced points.
I don't think there should be an advantage/disadvantage given for the # of cars in a class - class win should be XX points whether its one pair of cars or 18 cars in the combo. Yes you have to work harder for it in the combo and that doesn't fix that the national record holder in one class with a stiff factor can get smoked by an average or below average performer in a lesser factored class when running off the indexes. At least if the points were level you wouldn't have the situation where you are eliminated from the points championship before you ever stage the car.