My proposal was to run A race season starting in March and ending in October. These races would be like our normal races and count towards year end points. one maybe two events are dropped. He who has the most points wins. (just like we do it now, only shorter by 3 months.)
Then in November December and January, we have a winter shootout series. This would also have a points battle, but much smaller. No drops, he with the most points wins the winter series trophy. (to make up for the cost of trophies, say only first place winners of each class get a trophy…. No second or third place trophies for the day during these months.)
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November with Thanksgiving is a pain for a lot of people along with a budget crisis looking at Christmas.
December is even more of a pain, and more so with money due to Christmas.
January is a nice break and a chance to let the race car fund grow a bit.
These 3 months would also be a great time for someone to do MAJOR upgrades to their car.
I am not trying to take money away from CSCC….. so how do I think this will help bring more money?
- well, for one I think this will not effect us die hards that show up no matter what anyways.
- I also think that its easier for your normal person to commit to 9 months of racing then it is for someone to commit 12 months of racing. I do think this will increase attendance for the 9 months.
- I also think that the winter series will make people want to commit for those 3 months as well. (yes I realize that this would still be committing to 12 months of racing). What I am getting at is that I am sure that many of the classes are nearly if not already locked up by October. It think it would give MANY people the feeling of “why even show up in November or December if I don’t stand a chance anyways”. I guess what I am getting at is after 9 months of racing, the points have become stale??? I would assume that this theory could be backed up by looking at this years points and maybe the last 2 or 3 years?
I personally don’t care too much since I attend almost every race anyways, but I do believe this will help bring CSCC more money. I think it will raise attendance and will keep things interesting throughout the entire year.
Just an idea. I wanted to see if anyone else thought it was a good idea?
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I shall call the 9 month points battle "THE BATTLE"
and the 3 month points shootout "THE SHOOTOUT"