Yes that really changed the east Coast standings. Champion and Rookie of the year too.

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Here are the 2012 final standings for comparison with my last post:


CJ Stoakes - 260 - 70(Over 5) = 190
Andrew Howard - 160 - 20(Over 5) = 140
Allen Dutra - 117
Frank Funk (Rookie) - 116
PJ Jesiolowski - 109
Aric Erickson - 106
Lou Madsen - 94
Wendy Pine - 90
Doug Dutra - 77
Richard Bjerklund - 70
Charlie Schmid - 69
Mark Murray - 66
Lukus Bruner - 66
Jack Everhardt (Rookie) - 60
Will Burns - 58
Meril Bruner - 58
Phil Stoneback - 52
Mark Etheridge - 52
Ron Hamby - 46
Brian Mimken - 44
Rob Simmons - 44
Brian Droschak - 44
Sergio Gonzales - 43
Scott Jones - 41
Jessica Howard - 41
Ryan Covalt - 37
Wayne Erickson - 34
Rodney Hargis - 34
Denny Covalt - 34
Seymour Pederson - 31
Mike Keller - 31
Gary Bruner - 27
Mike Bjerklund - 26
Frank Wright - 26
Whitney Covalt - 25
Walt Skoczylas (Rookie) - 23
Rob Armstrong - 23
Doug Powers - 23
Mark Charapich - 23
Ken Kalis (Rookie) - 22
Randy Ashley - 22
Mike Evans - 21
Ken Anderson - 21
Greg Ondayko - 13
Dave Mueller - 13
Bruce Pine - 12
David Endres - 12
Romeo Furio - 12
David Erickson - 12
Curtis Prater (Rookie) - 12
Matt Pyrak (Rookie) - 12
A. Spiva (Rookie) - 11
Emily Booker (Rookie) - 11
Denny Buierl (Rookie) - 11
Courtney Bruner - 5
Steve Adams (Rookie) - 4
Chase Simmons (Rookie) - 4
Rick Covalt - 4
Micah Covalt - 4
Charles Brooks Jr. - 2
Aaron Heath - 2
Larry Chesney - 2
Norm Foster - 2
Mike Andreas (Rookie) - 2
Andrew Shank (Rookie - 2
Brent Laney - 1
Haliegh Laney (Rookie) - 1
Austin Goodman (Rookie) - 1
Jerry Keltner (Rookie) - 1
Kevin Esteb (Rookie) - 1
Kevin Bradford (Rookie) - 1
Darrin Marrion (Rookie) - 1
Seth Howard (Rookie) - 1
Joe Pettis (Rookie) - 1
Terry Scott - 1
Nick Stavale (Rookie) - 1

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It is easy to put up straw men and knock them down. Arguments go nowhere in these cases. 100 pts is ridiculous, so why bother thinking about it.

Thanks for your new opinions, Mark and Rick.

Lou

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No straw men here... Just responding to a querry...

Here's what it would have looked like giving everyone 5 attendance points this year versus the current 1 point:

CJ Stoakes.............................310
Andrew Howard.......................210
PJ Jesiolowski..........................154
Allen Dutra..............................152
Frank Funk (Rookie).................146
Wendy Pine.............................140
Lou Madsen.............................139
Aric Erickson...........................136
Richard Bjerklund....................120
Doug Dutra.............................112
Jack Everhardt (Rookie)...........110
Meril Bruner..............................98
Mark Murray..............................96
Lukus Bruner.............................96
Charlie Schmid..........................89
Mark Etheridge..........................87
Ron Hamby...............................76
Will Burns.................................73
Ryan Covalt..............................72
Brian Mimken............................64
Rob Simmons............................64
Brian Droschak..........................64
Gary Bruner..............................62
Phil Stoneback...........................62
Sergio Gonzales.........................58
Mike Bjerklund...........................56
Frank Wright..............................56
Wayne Erickson..........................54
Rodney Hargis............................54
Denny Covalt.............................54
Whitney Covalt...........................50
Scott Jones................................46
Jessica Howard..........................46
Walt Skoczylas (Rookie)..............38
Rob Armstrong...........................38
Doug Powers..............................38
Mark Charapich..........................38
Seymour Pederson.....................36
Mike Keller.................................36
Ken Kalis (Rookie)......................32
Randy Ashley.............................32
Courtney Bruner.........................30
Dave Mueller..............................28
Greg Ondayko............................28
Mike Evans.................................26
Ken Anderson.............................26
Steve Adams (Rookie).................24
Chase Simmons (Rookie).............24
Rick Covalt.................................24
Micah Covalt...............................24
Bruce Pine..................................22
David Endres..............................22
Romeo Furio...............................22
David Erickson............................22
Curtis Prater (Rookie)..................22
Matt Pyrak (Rookie).....................22
A. Spiva (Rookie)........................16
Emily Booker (Rookie).................16
Denny Buierl (Rookie)..................16
Charles Brooks Jr........................12
Aaron Heath................................12
Larry Chesney.............................12
Norm Foster.................................12
Mike Andreas (Rookie).................12
Andrew Shank (Rookie)................12
Brent Laney...................................6
Haliegh Laney (Rookie)...................6
Austin Goodman (Rookie)................6
Jerry Keltner (Rookie).....................6
Kevin Esteb (Rookie).......................6
Kevin Bradford (Rookie)..................6
Darrin Marrion (Rookie)...................6
Seth Howard (Rookie).....................6
Joe Pettis (Rookie)..........................6
Terry Scott.....................................6
Nick Stavale (Rookie)......................6

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If you look at my point standing, with 1 point/race I am 10th - with 5 points/race I go to 9th - with 100 points/race I move to 4th.
I am fine with 1 point per race after all it has worked for years.
Last year P.J. and I were tied for 2nd, but she had gone to 1 more race than I and got the 1 point that got her 2nd place.

Richard

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And that is the point you are rewarding people for traveling not winning rounds...is that really what you want in a RACING series?? If you do not drop the attendance points and give 5 points per race...if someone attends 10 races that is like winning a 50 point race....is that fair? Just 2 pts for attending will change the final standings. Attendance at 5 races at 2 pts each equal one round win.

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This might be one reason you see better attendance on the west coast...options.

West coast -
Wash - 5 track in the entire state
Oregon - 7 tracks
Cali - 14 tracks.
Nevada - 2 tracks

East coast -
NC - 21 tracks
SC - 11 tracks
VA - 10 tracks
TN - 15 tracks
PA - 7 tracks
OH - 14 tracks
Fl - 13 tracks

What works on the west coast might not work on the east just because these racers have far more opportunities to race. If the economy does not start getting better it is something to think about. I can not imagine what some of you guys are spending in gas these days to make some of these races.

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Why would fewer tracks give more options?

Lou

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Fewer places to race = more racers at tracks!

I don't think Oregon has more than 5 tracks with 2 being 1/4 mile.

Richard

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OK, I am thinking as a totally myopic Slant 6 racer... Good point.

Lou

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Wish I knew what "myopic" was! It must be somethin really smart since Lou is using it !!!

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Definition: 1. being nearsighted--having myopia; 2. lacking foresight or understanding. Synonyms: nearsighted, short-sighted, narrow-minded, closed- minded ...

I don't think narrow or closed minded are to be included with Lou's comments.

Richard

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I think you overlooked Lakeview Richard.

Current list is:

PIR, Woodburn, Champion, Coos Bay 1/8, Madras 1/8, Lakeview 1/8. All NHRA member tracks.
With Redding's possible move to IHRA, there is the question of what Medford will decide. Tonight racers are getting together to meet the new prospective operator of Medford.
Still haven't heard what the final decision was at Redding. To go by the web site, they are still NHRA.

Southern Oregon is Medford. (White City.) The web crawlers haven't figured it out . Thunder Mountain doesn't seem to exist in Baker City any more.

Correct me if Baker City is still in operation.

I'd hazard a guess that everyone heads for Boise to race Firebird.

CJ

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That's exactly what Blankencrook found out when he expanded the Classic events to 8 races instead of 4. Rather than have 8 events the size of the 4 he started with, he now had 8 small events. Except for the really hard core points chasers, most people can't afford to go to more events and choose to stay closer to home.

Honestly, I have no clue how to grow the series without throwing more money at it. Remember, our class consists of vehicles powered by motors that have been out of production 25 years. It's getting harder and harder to convince people that racing a Slant is a sane idea in the first place. Around here it is getting really hard to find Slant cars that are not rusted to the ground, or that have already been V-8ed.

It's kind of a Catch 22. To get more race cars you need to throw more money in purses. More race cars will chase street cars away because newbs can easily get disillusioned having to compete against real race cars all the time.

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I just want 1/8th mile splits,$100 purse per record,and 100 points per new record.Sounds fair to me,