It is time to change the Point System

[Charley Downing]

Chip that is called an All Star race and it is held in Chicago each year. Only NHRA brings there best in each div not the top three like IHRA.
No National championship should be run in that form. A whole years worth of hard work could go down with a small parts brakeage or bad luck. There is nothing wrong with the current system. If you guys are worried about saving money and fairness just stay home, run a local bracket race or run with IHRA if you like there style.

NHRA SS/STK guys Bitc* all the time about getting crapped on but 99% of them pay there dues each year. I think most are ok with the current points system.

Don you have bigger fish to fry.

[BlueOval Ralph]

Then it would be just like days of old, top 5 from each division got to go to the world finals and who ever won was the World Champion!

Originally Posted by THE LEGEND

I got a great Idea. Bring the top 3 in each division plus all national event winners to a track at the end of the year and let them race for the world championship.
Chip

[Charley Downing]

Leroy that would be ok if it was 1958. Time have changed

[Don Kennedy]

Originally Posted by Ed Fernandez

Don,there's nothing wrong with the system.The problem is that you want to dumb it down to the lowest common denominator.
The chase for the World was never meant for the weak and poor.Besides,the 3/5 system
which anyone seriously chasing points is fairly easy to attain.The extra 3/3 seperates the men from the boys.
Plan your racing season in Feb.,stay as close to home for the 3/5 and if you have the points then go for the 3/3.Simple Don,it's not Little League where now if one team scores more than 10 runs the game is stopped and everybody goes to the mall fast food center and feels all warm and bubbly.

This idea is not about me ,I am smarter than that to spend all that money for virtually no return in chasing the points . this is my point there should be a fresher points chase system in todays economic environment that would be more fair to all including the touring pros

[Stang_Bang]

Originally Posted by Don Kennedy

This idea is not about me ,I am smarter than that to spend all that money for virtually no return in chasing the points . this is my point there should be a fresher points chase system in todays economic environment that would be more fair to all including the touring pros

01 Jackie Alley 651 5/7
02 Peter Biondo 634 10/8
03 David Rampy 625 14/8

If the whole going to every race theory was true then what happened in SS? World Championships are not meant to be an easy task to accomplish. I think our system is perfect now because even if you go to every single race you can only claim 3 nationals and 5 divisionals. In my opinion points is not the problem it's the payout's. Pay 5k to the winner at a national event and tell me if the racing economy doesnt start to get better in NHRA.

[HR9121]

Hey Chip did you hear NHRA just came out with an innovative idea to help save racers some money, they are going to have division double races on the same weekend. Man what a great idea!

[Nitro Joe Jackson]

here is my 2 cents, it will never change and think about this, he or she that does run for a championship ends up spending more then you make up with the $ for championship and what the gold card will save you.
Death ears and no Don I wont let myself get into a a converstation about this with you, been there done that, like talking to a wall, lol.

[Don Kennedy]

Originally Posted by Nitro Joe Jackson

here is my 2 cents, it will never change and think about this, he or she that does run for a championship ends up spending more then you make up with the $ for championship and what the gold card will save you.
Death ears and no Don I wont let myself get into a a converstation about this with you, been there done that, like talking to a wall, lol.

Nitro said "he or she that does run for a championship ends up spending more then you make up with the $ for championship and what the gold card will save you".


that is exactely my point why does this have to be that way finacially .There could be a way that racers can chase the national Chanmpionship without costing a arm and leg >

Nitro if you don't like talking to a wall then don't lol

[Don Kennedy]

Originally Posted by Stang_Bang

01 Jackie Alley 651 5/7
02 Peter Biondo 634 10/8
03 David Rampy 625 14/8

If the whole going to every race theory was true then what happened in SS? World Championships are not meant to be an easy task to accomplish. I think our system is perfect now because even if you go to every single race you can only claim 3 nationals and 5 divisionals. In my opinion points is not the problem it's the payout's. Pay 5k to the winner at a national event and tell me if the racing economy doesnt start to get better in NHRA.

Good Point about the payout but no one ever complains about the purse except to other racers

[Alan Roehrich]

If we're going to change the points system for Stock Eliminator and Super Stock, the changes should be to reflect the performance based nature of the classes.

We should be paying points for qualifying 1 thru 10, for class eliminations, for class wins, and for national records, we should also be paying bonus points for heads up wins in final eliminations.