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jdfpam · 11-09-2008, 11:05 PM

Man, this is a lot to think about. I agree that somebody at IHRA is watching this. I guess whatever it takes to keep a place to race is somewhat positive. However, I am not sure that a championship should be determined at one race. That is what the shootouts are for. Maybe they could do both, that would sure keep the car counts up.
Here is my idea:

Keep the current points structure, for those who can and want to do that. Then, they could have a special shootout for any race winner, divisional and national at the last race of the year. Maybe throw in all of the divisional champions, and call it the champion shootout. Too pay for this, they could charge a fee at the beginning of the year to register for this, again for those who can and want to do this. Or, maybe get a large company, like Jegs or Summit to pay for some of it. If they can't and the racers have to pay, so be it. If it cost $100 at the beginning of the season to get in this race, you do the math the payout COULD be very large. Large enough to keep us all coming back to try to get in. After all, it is the racers choice to go racing. I believe in stock alone, you could get probably around 100 cars to do this. That would be a one race shootout for $10,000 or they could split it up some. The key is that they would have to make people pay for this before their first race, or the only people that would put up money would be those who qualified. I know that some may complain about this idea, you can't please everyone. This is just my idea on how to keep the current structure and provide a shootout that together would keep the car count high. Any comments?

Jeff Day
#3731

11-09-2008, 11:05 PM	#33
jdfpam Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Ohio Posts: 186 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Have you heard what IHRA is thinking of doing with the points? Man, this is a lot to think about. I agree that somebody at IHRA is watching this. I guess whatever it takes to keep a place to race is somewhat positive. However, I am not sure that a championship should be determined at one race. That is what the shootouts are for. Maybe they could do both, that would sure keep the car counts up. Here is my idea: Keep the current points structure, for those who can and want to do that. Then, they could have a special shootout for any race winner, divisional and national at the last race of the year. Maybe throw in all of the divisional champions, and call it the champion shootout. Too pay for this, they could charge a fee at the beginning of the year to register for this, again for those who can and want to do this. Or, maybe get a large company, like Jegs or Summit to pay for some of it. If they can't and the racers have to pay, so be it. If it cost $100 at the beginning of the season to get in this race, you do the math the payout COULD be very large. Large enough to keep us all coming back to try to get in. After all, it is the racers choice to go racing. I believe in stock alone, you could get probably around 100 cars to do this. That would be a one race shootout for $10,000 or they could split it up some. The key is that they would have to make people pay for this before their first race, or the only people that would put up money would be those who qualified. I know that some may complain about this idea, you can't please everyone. This is just my idea on how to keep the current structure and provide a shootout that together would keep the car count high. Any comments? Jeff Day #3731