If an advocate could be found - what would you say?

[Lenny5160]

Originally Posted by Bruce Noland

Tony,

Do you race in Stock or Super Stock?

I haven't yet, but you never know. Why do you ask?

I interpret your question and my reply of "no" to mean that whatever I have to say is worthless here.

Personally, I don't see all the hype about national events. My favorite events are divisionals. I run my local national event because it is close and another chance to run Super Comp. One year I ran two nationals because I had a gold card. That said, a national event poses unique challenges due to the schedule and I'd love to win one.

In my post, I made an honest effort to think of how other classes would be affected differently if sportsman racers were pushed out of national events. That's why I brought up class eliminations although that doesn't happen at all events. That is a unique element to nationals. If they were to contest class at an equivalent number of divisionals, what else is missing from your sportsman racing experience?

If I'm wrong, I'm happy to be wrong as long as I learn something as a result.

[Bruce Noland]

Originally Posted by Lenny5160

I haven't yet, but you never know. Why do you ask?

I interpret your question and my reply of "no" to mean that whatever I have to say is worthless here.

Personally, I don't see all the hype about national events. My favorite events are divisionals. I run my local national event because it is close and another chance to run Super Comp. One year I ran two nationals because I had a gold card. That said, a national event poses unique challenges do to the schedule and I'd love to win one.

In my post, I made an honest effort to think of how other classes would be affected differently if sportsman racers were pushed out of national events. That's why I brought up class eliminations although that doesn't happen at all events. That is a unique element to nationals. If they were to contest class at an equivalent number of divisionals, what else is missing from your sportsman racing experience?

If I'm wrong, I'm happy to be wrong as long as I learn something as a result.

You are indeed wrong. There lots of folks who race the Super Categories and Stock or Super Stock. If you you already race in Stock or Super Stock you would already have an insight to the question you asked previously. Also, I asked for comments from all Categories because the quota system effects all of us.

[Lenny5160]

Originally Posted by Bruce Noland

You are indeed wrong. There lots of folks who race the Super Categories and Stock or Super Stock. If you you already race in Stock or Super Stock you would already have an insight to the question you asked previously. Also, I asked for comments from all Categories because the quota system effects all of us.

What kind of reply is that? People race them because they are there, myself included. If they weren't there, I'd move along to what was available and it would be fine.

I'm interested in what would really be taken away if nationals weren't an option, and class eliminations were still contested elsewhere.

[Bruce Noland]

Tony,
In short, I said lots of folks run in several categories and if you ran in Stock or Super Stock you would have a better insight into your class racing question. And then I said that I had invited comments from all Categories? What else am I missing here????

[Lenny5160]

Originally Posted by Bruce Noland

Tony,
In short, I said lots of folks run in several categories and if you ran in Stock or Super Stock you would have a better insight into your class racing question.

I'm interested in a little more insight than the sportsman racing version of "it's a Jeep thing, you wouldn't understand."

[Bruce Noland]

Originally Posted by Lenny5160

I'm interested in a little more insight than the sportsman racing version of "it's a Jeep thing, you wouldn't understand."

Ok, specifically you made a comment about your opinion not being of any real value on this thread. And I said you were wrong, but I did not specifically address the value of your comment. Now you're not happy about being wrong.

[Lenny5160]

Originally Posted by Bruce Noland

Ok, specifically you made a comment about your opinion not being of any real value on this thread. And I said you were wrong but did I not specifically address the value of your comment. Now you're not happy about being wrong.

I said that I'm happy to be wrong as long as I can learn something from it. I'm asking to be educated. You saying "just because" isn't adding value.