"The Countdown"

[George Fitzpatrick]

Who would be the champions under the old format?

[SSTHottie1236]

Originally Posted by George Fitzpatrick

Who would be the champions under the old format?

According to what I've found in Competition Plus and Nitromater, looks like the only person that won under both formats was Matt Smith in Pro Stock Bike. According to the old format,
Rod Fuller would have clinched before Pomona
Robert Hight would have won Funny Car at Pomona
Greg Anderson would have won Pro Stock at Pomona

So with the old format three of the four classes would have gone to Pomona without a clinched champion so we really didn't need the new format to drum up drama at Pomona. I think I feel the worst for Robert and JFR. How great would that have been to win the championship after the awful year that team had to endure. There wouldn't have been a dry eye in the house.

Kelli
1236 S/ST

[Michael Beard]

So with the old format three of the four classes would have gone to Pomona without a clinched champion so we really didn't need the new format to drum up drama at Pomona.

Bingo.

[Jim Wahl]

This is without a doubt one of the dumbest things NHRA has ever done. Crowning champions who don't deserve it is stupid. I'm willing to bet the only ones happy are the fake champions. Compton needs to go! Jim

[SSTHottie1236]

We also need to take into account the teams that clinched births into the Countdown who decided to test the couple races before Indy. You wonder what would have happened if they were in "competition mode" all season long. I read an article in which Ron Capps admits going into "testing mode" was a bad idea and will not do the same thing next year.

[Robert Pare Racing]

...whoever came up with the new points format is a complete ****ing idiot. If I were a major Sponsor, I would find other ways to promote my product..has anyone ever gotten a reply from T. Compton ever? When he gets the boot, I hope he decides to come to the most powerful city in the world to make another career. I expect to see him sink, again. From what I can gather, he has no team building skills, and morale couldn't be worse. If this was my Company, I wouldn't sleep very well.

[CycloneFE]

I would like to thank all who replied. I am not crazy. I got involved in the Fantasy picks since I was unable to race this year and I followed the races closely. While I did get into the top 100 I was disappointed in the final outcome myself. Several of the champs are some of the best racers I have ever seen, but this was not the year for them, only the last two races were. How can 2 guys win 8 races each and come in 2nd and 3rd?

I hope that this type of format will never enter into the sportsman ranks. I feel it will only degrade the sport and the image of the champion. It is a sad day for NHRA. I hang my head.

[Larry Sullivan]

Schumacher not only lost twelve first rounds in 23 races, he only won one round between Indy and Pomona - at Vegas - and that was enough to give him the championship when he pulled off an event win at Pomona.

[Jim Wahl]

The "Countdown" and the "AHFS" must have been authored by the same idiot! Jim

[david ring]

Originally Posted by SSTHottie1236

I think I feel the worst for Robert and JFR. How great would that have been to win the championship after the awful year that team had to endure.

Kelli-they didn't need to win a championship to prove anything to me about what that group is made of. I say that as someone who's often said that a first round loss for John Force makes Sunday better. They showed me something different this year. I can't begin to describe how much admiration I have for John Medlin and his willingness and strength to go on. He turned the loss of his son into something very positive in terms of trying to build safer race cars. Plus by the end of the year he was doing that segment for Ford on the ESPN show where he answered viewer questions.