[F500] Runoffs qualifying

Thu Oct 3 09:49:07 MST 2002

Well said, Mr. McAbee!
>-- Original Message --
>From: "McAbee, Chuck " <Chuck_McAbee at csx.com>
>To: "'f500 at www.f500.org'" <f500 at www.f500.org>
>Subject: RE: [F500] Runoffs qualifying
>Reply-To: f500 at www.f500.org
>Date: Thu, 3 Oct 2002 00:06:28 -0400
>
>
>One thing we must remember in all our ramblings about Runoff's qualification
>procedures.....F500 is not the only class at the Runoff's and the
>qualification rules also apply equally to the other 23 classes.
>
>I agree with Cory that it would be nice to have a 40+ car field at the
>Runoff's, and I am sure each of the other classes would love to have a
40+
>car field.  If that really occurred there would be the need of 960+ paddock
>spaces.  Cory, Greg, Don Clar and I already had paddock spaces that were
>closer to downtown Lexington than they were to the track surface.  I guess
>with nearly 1000 cars we could paddock in Buck's parking lot in downtown
>Lexington.   While I am being somewhat facetious, all of us who participated
>at the Runoff's know that 'good' paddock space is hard to come by,
>especially for our low ground clearance cars.
>
>Since the Runoff's were moved to Mid-Ohio, every year, some otherwise
>deserving CenDiv driver or drivers have been excluded from participating.
>The same occurred when the Runoff's were at Road Atlanta and otherwise
>deserving SEDIV drivers were excluded for not finishing high enough on
the
>Division point list.  
>
>So long as the Runoff's remain at Mid-Ohio it becomes the responsibility
>of
>CenDiv, NEDIV,SEDIV and MWDIV to provide the bulk of the participants.
 This
>year, SEDIV fell down on it's responsibilities as only 3 drivers
>participated with those drivers standing; 2nd, 5th and 6th in the Division
>points standing.
>
>While we only had 24 cars show for the Runoff's, we had 3 additional cars
>that were entered whose drivers did not participate for a variety of
>personal reasons.  Participation in the Runoff's represents a sizeable
>investment in both time and money for all participants.  Not everyone that
>is racing, even those with winning equipment, can afford the week or more
>away from home.  West Coast participants are looking at a minimum two week
>investment in time, 1 week for the Runoff's itself and 1 hard week in the
>towing.  
>
>There are no easy answers to the qualifications for the Runoff's.  There
>are
>also no easy answers to what is required to get those who qualified to
>participate!
>
>
>Chuck McAbee
>SEDIV #16 
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From:	Gebhardt, Robert (R.) [SMTP:rgebhard at ford.com]
>> Sent:	Wednesday, October 02, 2002 18:05
>> To:	'f500 at www.f500.org'
>> Subject:	RE: [F500] Runoffs qualifying
>> 
>> 
>> I still think the real problem is the small field at the Runoffs. I hate
>> to keep mentioning CenDiv, but it's what I know. CenDiv has 20+ drivers
>in
>> it. Without looking, I think only 13 or 14 met the qualifications to
race
>> in the Runoffs asside from the magical number of 10. Somebody mentioned
>> "provisionals" being awarded based on a minimum number of entries. Maybe
>> there's only 5 or 6 driver's that met the # of races criteria that got
>> bumped, but a 30 car field is more entertaining than 23 and will do more
>> for promoting the class. I also think it's more fair to those that have
>> demonstrated they're worthy, but got bumped only to watch a smaller field
>> of cars which they could have been competitive in.
>> 
>> I understand that the Runoff's is a privelidge, hence keep the minimum
>> number of races/finishes and the 10 car cutoff. The provisionals should
>> only be awarded if we don't fill the field. I think they should also
be
>> limited in the number awarded, but don't have any suggestions as to how
>> many would be acceptable. 
>> 
>> Are these the thoughts of a few or is this worth pursuing?
>> 
>> Bob Gebhardt
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Dillon Pyron [mailto:dmpyron at austin.rr.com]
>> Sent: Wednesday, October 02, 2002 4:20 PM
>> To: f500 at www.f500.org
>> Subject: [F500] Runoffs qualifying
>> 
>> 
>> Gone for a week and it takes two days to catch up on the F500 list
>> alone!!!
>> 
>> My suggestion is to take a page from the sailboat racers.  Award 2 pts
>for
>> 
>> the win, and 1 pt for each car you finish in front of (including DNFs
and
>
>> DQs, but not DNS or DSQs).  So, if you win in a field of 15, you get
16
>> pts 
>> (2 +14), second gets 13 pts.  If you win in a field of 1, you get 2 pts.
>> 
>> If you like it, I will write it and submit it.
>> 
>> Dillon Pyron, CISSP
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>> 
>> Give a man a fish, he eats for a day.
>> Teach a man to fish, next thing he wants is tackle, a boat and a pickup
>to
>> 
>> tow it all.
>> 
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