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Personally Doc, I just don't see this as an equitable system for our slot racing. If I am really putting forth the effort to be competitive in the point series, and I show up at a race with say 15 participants, and I'm having a difficult night and after my first heat it is obvious to me I will not be in the top eight, what's my incentive to stick around? I'm done, I might as well pack it up, I don't even have a chance of salvaging a couple of points. I will be scored the same as last place. Or let's say I show up at a race and there are only 6 racers. Let's say half of them are new guys. All I have to do is beat two skilled racers and three newby's to get a full 10 points, versus a race with 15 participants where I might have to beat a dozen veteran racers. With this system I see where it is just as possible to get further behind and possibly even harder to try and catch up. These types of issues led me to the scoring system we currently use. Bottom line is; if you're really good you might be able to recover missing one race. But most likely, if you miss one or two races and your competition does not, you will never catch up. You just can't make up what you never got. No matter how you try to manipulate the point assessments it won't pencil out. A system of scoring a percentage of the total races towards the championship, is the only reasonable way to allow for racer's absences from a race or races. In an effort to lessen the point penalty for racers that don't show up to a race, you are creating a point penalty for a percentage of the racers that do show up.

This obviously needs more discussion and maybe a vote? Next race at Al's on the 27th?

I won the championship one year without winning a single race. I had many second place finishes (the Doc approach to success)!

Through the years of NASTE, and with the HO club I was involved with in the 80's,  I've experimented with various scoring systems for point series racing. My first question is; what would be the reason to change to a different point system?

I finally settled on, and stayed with the current system for a few reasons. 1. It is one of the easiest systems to use for scoring. 2. It is one of the fairest systems of scoring. A racer gets 1 point for every other racer he beats in a race. At the end of the season a racer's score tells the whole story. Their total is exactly how many other racers they beat in races to win the championship. 3. A racer gets more points for wins where the race had more competitors he had to beat. 4. In a race where the top finishers are basically the only racers to score points, a racer can achieve the exact same number of points for a win where they only have to beat say 6 other racers, as a racer who has to beat 20 other racers. The points have no equality in relation to the number of competitors in any given race. 5. If a competitor has a bad race and falls below the point cut off of the top finishers, he loses more points to the leader. I.e. let's say the points leader finishes 9th in a field of 12, he only gets 1 point, same as 10th through 12th, but he still beat three other racers. 6. And lastly, I have NEVER seen where scoring differently for a point series has ever made a difference in the outcome! I have had racers question the scoring systems I have used in the past. At the end of the season I have re-scored the entire championship, ALL the races, and re-totalled the finish. It has NEVER made a difference in the final outcome. The point totals may come out different, but the racer that won still always won. The biggest difference was in how close the point totals were. Some may question that, but I challenge anyone to go back through a season, re-assign the points using other values, and re-tabulate the finish scores. No matter how you count it the winners still win regardless of the total numbers.

To me what makes a little more sense is to allow racers to throw out one or two races each season. This brings the point totals in closer and gives racers a chance to recover if they have a really bad race, or just plain miss a race.

With all that said, I am not opposed to using a different numbering system. Just tell me what you guys want and I'll be happy with it.

All I want to know is, what happened to Indy Car votes?????? I LOVE those cars!!!!

Gotta admit, I voted for Early Modified!

I have work to do, my NASCAR sucks!

Pictured left to right: Chris, Stan - just behind Al, and Zack.

Chris' winning Can Am car.

Pictured left to right: Stan, Monte, Jeff, Zack.

Zack's ready to go, Monte's hookin' up.

The Slot.it McLarens are a popular choice for the Can Am Class.

So after five point races we have a tie for the lead!

As usual, racing at Al's last night included fast close racing and some great snacks! We welcomed a new racer Zack to the field. Zack brings his RC car racing experience along and it served him well! There were many comments about how the the track was hooked up last night and it was reflected in the lap times and total laps for each heat race.

The first class on the grid was Trans Am. This is always one of the most closely fought classes every time it is raced. Last night was no different. Jeff won but by only one lap over Rico. Al was third just three tenths of a lap back, with Mitch just a mere six tenths behind Al.

Trans Am Results:
1 Jeff   67.1 Laps
2 Rico    66.1
3 Al  65.8
4 Mitch  65.2
5 Bill  64.0
6 Chris  63.1
7 Stan  60.2
8 Monte  59.2
9 Zack 58.7
10 Jake  55.5

Can Am was the class for the Point Series Race of the evening. Racers have been working to up there game and there were some awesome cars on the track, driven by awesome drivers! It was a tough race for some of us trying to keep pace! The top dog's finishes were knocking on the 80 lap door! The top five all broke the 70 lap mark, but Chris and Monte were clearly the guys to beat and led the way through the entire race!

Can Am Class - NASTE 2019 Point Series Championship Race No.5 @ Rippin' Ridin' Raceway:
1 Chris 78.9 Laps
2 Monte   77.0
3 Al   72.7 - Fastest lap to break tie
4 Mitch  72.7
5 Rico  70.1
6 Bill  68.6
7 Stan  65.3
8 Jeff   61.3
9 Zack  59.7
10 Jake  58.8

After the crowd cleared out a bit the Open Class cars were gridded up for a little grudge racing. This round Al was top dog, but just barely edged out Chris by one tenth of a lap! Both of the top cars were Slot.its!

Open Class Results:
1 Al 76.8 Laps
2 Chris   76.7
3 Bill   75.4
4 Mitch  75.2
5 Stan 72.2
6 Zack  68.1
7 Rico  44.4

Thanks Al for another night of awesome racing and food! Your smoked salmon is till the best in the west! Obviously that's why we call you MEAT!

Thanks Doc, moral support and supervision is key to the success of any project...........

Thanks Al!

These pictures are representative of the pieces the track will break down to for moving. This first example would be the larger of the two sections, which includes the bank. This piece measures 12' x 8'. The 180 degree turn at the end of the downhill from the bank detaches as a separate small piece. The spool of braid is sitting on this curve in the photo.

This second piece will be this section, including both straights and the hairpin curve at the end. This piece is approximately 16' x 6'. We have verified this section will fit into Howie's covered car trailer.

I believe the 12' x 8' section will be the heaviest. I tested the weight of the 16' x 6' section and it did not seem extremely heavy. I am hoping to get a bunch of guys on hand to help with loading and unloading. The more bodies the easier and simpler it will be!