The Counterfeiter
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Guess I haven't been paying attention and now need to figure out how this is going to work. Search at NHRA.com yields no results. Any help would be appreciated! - Jim
It's Socialism at its best - penalize the over-achievers, reward the mediocre, and call it competition.
The way JF has been running, Capps' lead was dwindling away,anyway! Seriously, who's to say how he would have been running if he hadn't "clinched", so early?You said it perfect Larry. I've tried to just roll with the "Chase". It's here and we're stuck with it. However I just looked at the points and it hit me like a 2x4. I'm a huge Capps fan and to actually see the points lead that he has EARNED (up until now) gone is just so wrong. That also goes for all the top teams in the points as well. I'm not going any further I've already derailed the thread.
Top eight are now just ten points apart per position, all have just one free oildown credit regardless of how many clean runs they have made, all eight in each category are guaranteed four qualifying runs at each event or will be seeded into field. Otherwise, no change, still qualify sixteen cars, earn the same points as before. It's not a playoff, it's just an artificial leveling of the top eight and an exclusion of the rest from top eight possibilities. If you like hype and contrived "reality series" you'll love the countdown. It's Socialism at its best - penalize the over-achievers, reward the mediocre, and call it competition.
Thanks Larry - I really like the Socialism reference! But, if I understand this, we're down to four after Indy and then have three races before it's down to two at LVMS. Are the two teams in each class who garner the most points at Memphis, Dallas and Richmond going to be seeded as the top two?
Still no link to the format at NHRA.com - can you imagine how confused the casual fan is going to be when they tune into one of these races?
...penalize the over-achievers, reward the mediocre, and call it competition.
Top eight are now just ten points apart per position, all have just one free oildown credit regardless of how many clean runs they have made, all eight in each category are guaranteed four qualifying runs at each event or will be seeded into field. Otherwise, no change, still qualify sixteen cars, earn the same points as before. It's not a playoff, it's just an artificial leveling of the top eight and an exclusion of the rest from top eight possibilities. If you like hype and contrived "reality series" you'll love the countdown. It's Socialism at its best - penalize the over-achievers, reward the mediocre, and call it competition.
Actually, NHRA really missed the boat on this one. If they truly wanted a drag-racing-style countdown, they would have made the rest of the season a true playoff - the eight qualified teams would be featured in a series of eight-car races during the "post-season" (they have already declared the "regular season" over). That would make a nice 3.5-hour package for live TV coverage and they could charge increased ticket prices (just like all the other sports with playoffs).
Why a series of eight-car races? Just follow the NCAA basketball format and have one event with eight-car fields in a single-elimination format.
Jim