Re: Surefire way to make AHFS work
I like the idea of rewarding fast cars. Why not points for number one qualifier, national records, and class wins? If this is a class that should reward going the extra mile for heads-up racing then let's put the money where the mouth is.
How about a complete revision where every single run made by a combo is calculated for it's true horsepower and the average of the top-10 runs is the rated horsepower.
For combos with less than 10 runs all of the first 10 runs count.
Any runs calculated hp that isn't within 10% of the highest hp run are tossed from the official calculation. Thus if someone bombs it they can't play possum and bring it down but a hard workign person who is close can adjust it slightly for the masses.
This can be done with an Excel spreadsheet and ends all bogus HP cars old and new.
Then cut classes so there are more heads-up run and bring in sponsors to put money into class run-offs. Right now why would any sponsor pay for "Class" when there are so many classes with so few cars in each?
There have been ~170 participants year to date in Super Stock, but there are what 98 classes!? The odds of a heads-up run in the eliminator is nearly zero, it becomes a bracket race.
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