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Old 11-18-2008, 01:29 AM   #20
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Default Re: 2009 IHRA Championship Format Announced

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Originally Posted by luckydog View Post
but in my opinion there should be a minimum required number of divisionals (like 4). I believe a champion should have to show a little support for the sanctioning body. If a racer wins a national event, by having a required number of division races, he now has to attend some divisionals. Maybe I'm just dumb but to me this could not make any more sense.
Damien, I'm not trying to pick a fight, but that doesn't sound like the 100% support for the new system that IHRA quoted you as saying. Honestly, I'm with you on this one, as I think the WORLD CHAMPION should need to do more than win one national event and the Rockingham shootout. Just like I don't believe the drivers that finish 2nd in division points should be invited to the Rockingham shootout. If they didn't win a national event, and they weren't good enough to be better than their division champion, why should they be eligible for the WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP???

Makes no sense to me. But, the way it stands now, the new points structure benefits me, as it was highly unlikely that I ever would have been world champion with the old format as I was never going to go to 5+ IHRA division events. Now, I just need to win my IHRA national event, and I'm going to Rockingham baby!
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