1. There should be no more than 12 designated NARRC races at 6 circuits over 8 weekends:

· Lime Rock Park, Lime Rock, CT – LRP (1 single NARRC race and the season ending NARRC double points race)
· Pocono International Raceway, Pocono, PA - PIR (1 double NARRC race weekend)
· New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Louden, NH - NHMS (2 double NARRC race weekends)
· New Jersey Motorsports Park Thunderbolt Circuit, Millville, NJ - NJMP-T (1 NARRC race)
· New Jersey Motorsports Park Lightning Circuit, Millville, NJ - NJMP-L (1 NARRC race)
· Watkins Glen International, Watkins Glen, NY - WGI (1 double NARRC race weekend)

Only the best six (7) race finishes will count towards the championship. Of course the regions are free to have other non-NARRC regionals.

2. NARRC races should not be held less than three weeks apart.

The regions scheduling committees must take that into account when putting together the schedule and negotiating with the racetracks.

3. All NARRC races should all be restricted regionals.

The purpose of this is to give the majority of our entrants more track time. Non-NARRC races can be unrestricted regionals.

I think we can do this with the following seven run groups that had at least 10 unique entries in 2008:


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  • SRF, EP, FP, GP, GTL
  • FC, FF, FV, NCF
  • GT-1, AS, ITE
  • ITA, C, 7, SPO
  • ITB, S, R,
  • SM, SPU
  • SSM, STU
Yes, that means 10 different entrants could have signed up for 10 different races, but we’ll get to that later. These are also the only classes available to have a champion because

Other classes that would fit into these 7 are fine; otherwise they take too much track time away time for minimal entries.

For 2011 and beyond we would need to see the number of entries in 2010 for all classes. If they make it to 10 unique, they are in. If those that are there now go away, so be it.

4. Championships should only be awarded in competitive classes .

I don’t think that all classes deserve to have champions. Many have few competitors. I am asking for 10 unique entrants in the course of a season be a qualifying criteria for a champion to be declared.

5. Track time should be maximized.

The examples below are minimum requirements.

If the track is open 9AM to 6PM a one day single should have a 20 minute qualifying and a 30 minute timed race, minimum. If racing can start at 8 then do a 40 minute race.

A two day single should have the same schedule as a single, with the 2nd qualifying being a qualifying race for the second day’s 15 minute mixed group warm-up and 45 minute (minimum) race.

A two day double can either be done as two singles or as a two day single with the qualifying race scored as a regular race.

6. Eliminate “Bonus Points” for visiting some number of tracks or running some number of events.

The (ahem) point of these incentives was to get people to travel or enter one more race. Maybe they did but there was not a big change in statistics. You want points, you run races.

7. You must earn at least 800 points to be declared a champion.

You have to race more often or you have to do very well less often. In 2008 there were only 6 classes that had more than 5 drivers enter 5 races or more (ITA, ITB, ITS, SM, SRF, SSM). This will be tough as it does away with the bonus points and there is one less finish to count towards the total.

8. Give meaningful awards.

A fee will still be collected from all entrants of the events listed above. This fee is used to pay for all NARRC year-end trophies and awards. Trophies and awards will go to all 23 eligible class champions. If any money is distributed it will be proportional to the champion eligible classes number of entries, and rounded to the nearest $10. Some portion of the NARRC fee will be retained by the series for administrative and publicity purposes.

Please feel free to repost in other forums, but feedback should go to Andy Bettancourt.