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For most members, building is a work in progress and it takes time to built up a full inventory of cars to race at every event, especially with this group which has over twenty classes and counting. Members must be encouraged to build as much as possible and allowed to race their builds as much as possible. Having fun should always be the main driver that is given greatest weight by all.
I realize this may be a controversial issue but it is not intended to be…, I am raising it only from the point of view of fairness. Fairness is the central theme that we base all our rules on and is also the main point considered in any type of racing. I ask that all members put on your stewards hat and consider this topic without any bias. Assume that you are the adjudicating panel of a racing body, your mandate is to decide what is the fair and proper course of action. I would hope that whatever is decided by the group be applied to future events and will not have any bearing on past events.
Currently, all members race the cars that they have built and registered for any particular event. If a member has built only one car, and there are four separate races held at one event, then that member may race their only model in all four races as a separate entrant. At present, that members best result from all four separate races with the same car will be awarded, against all the other members that have not had an opportunity to race the same car repeatedly, in multiple races. The final result awarded to all other members is the result they achieved in only one race-their first and only race with that car.
1) Is the current award method fair to all?
2) Should we continue to award a racer on this basis or would it be more fair for each individual car to be permitted to race as many races as there are at any one event but the result awarded that car should be the result achieved from only the first race that car raced? In other words, after the first race, the member will be allowed to race their car as often as they want in the remaining races but in terms of keeping score, that car will only be considered as a place holder after its first race, it’s subsequent race result will not count in the final tally.
I look forward to an open discussion on this topic.
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