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Posted by AaronJMcConnell
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I don't now what to do about car classes. OL can run in a national as Open . RA doesn't break down the 2wd classes either so it is pretty even treatment I guess. We either have a bunch of classes or pare it down...people seem pretty evenly divided on that one I'd guess.
Scoring ...always a chore to figure out on that website anyway. I see a couple sides of the national/regional and we've argued that before. One issue I can see with combining scores is 'we' normally score two regionals on the weekend. This is a benefit for the regional guys BUT what if a guy just runs one event? How would that score be displayed in a combined format? As far as the national/regional principals if we are going to have a National series , that is somewhat promoted as such then that has to the focus. Rally racing (  ) is somewhat unique in that both races are held at once. Indy cars don't run with Indy Lites, Nationwide doesn't run with Sprint cars. My neighbor down the street doesn't get to run his 15sec Mustang against John Force. We have a pretty unique opportunity where the "local little guy" gets to run at the same time, breath the same air as the top class. That doesn't happen everywhere.
We have an imperfect system that does work about as well as it can. It takes a ton of effort and expense to put on an event. Without the National format we'll end up with California rallies...15 cars at a good weekend and then we're all done. If you want to run a National, check the box, pay the bigger fee and bring your A game..if not the check regional, pay less and get to hang with your friends and have a great time. Can't have it both ways and without the National hype and money then many of the events are not going to happen..Olympus and Oregon Trail for a couple. |
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http://www.daronhume.com/rally/combine.php5?rally_id=LSPR&rally_id_override=&rally_year=2014&start_stage=&end_stage=&watch_cars=&ignore_cars=&class_alias=&class_filter=&stage_skip=
Wow 5th overall and 1st in class.  
I need to 1) rebuild my car 2) shake the rust off 3) go race against Justin at some point. 
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Atta boy!  I wished we could make the California rallies work up here, way less work.
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