2015 NERRC schedule

[georgethefierce]

Jason's welcome to give that a shot any time he wants.

Sorry, wrong forum...

see post #70

[Greg Amy]

see post #70

Dammit! Late to my own joke...

[lateapex911]

Jerry- my one opinion on championships....
One year, when my program was running reliably, I looked at the schedule and chose the races that I wanted to compete for the win in. IIRC, I couldn't go to the ARRC that year due to a conflict, and after looking at the schedule, I saw that if i added a few races, I could compete for the NARRC. (This was '08) As I recall there had been some rules changes, that made the concept more palatable. I think the changes made the series less "Run every race and finish" and more "Run a moderate amount of select races, but you'll have to do WELL".
I'm glad I did it, and the Championship came down to the last race at Lime Rock..the NARRC Runoffs, in the rain, and a 3rd overall/first in class clinched it for me. (IT7, ran with ITA that year)

But....I had little desire to go for a repeat. I had to go to Pocono. (Yeccch), and NH was repeated twice (yechh) ...I had to skip the spring race there, putting me in a big hole.
And the Pocono race resulted in damage that affected my performance at the IT-Fest in Mid Ohio which followed closely.

So, it's cool, and all, but, I like the freedom of heading to the race and track that fit my schedule, and racing goals better.
It was fun, glad I did it and proved to myself that if I applied myself that I could do it, but once was enough!

Before I decided to take a crack, I was turned off by how it was run. Too many weak drivers won it, with their highest finish being a 5th in fields of 12. Thats just a trophy for entering and finishing the most races. The changes to a more compact "count X number of races" was the impetus for my run....I had to win most races to get the trophy.

Again, thats just my opinion.

[ner88]

There were people on the NARRC committee that would always push for the "all races count"
I would always argue against.
Towards the end, oh wait, did I say end??, I was able to win out and have throwaways.

[gran racing]

I think the biggest challenge is we have too many events and tracks luring entrants, which is a good problem to have. If someone doesn't like one track, why go there just for a "championship" when they have another more attractive option to them on the same weekend? I think a series works much better in geographic areas where there is one primary track, then they dabble in a couple others such as done in the WDCR.

Maybe there's a way to make it more attractive to people; just not sure how.

[mossaidis]

There were people on the NARRC committee that would always push for the "all races count"

I would always argue against.
Towards the end, oh wait, did I say end??, I was able to win out and have throwaways.

me too but just one throwaway. Granted my NARRC win has in 2013 and NARRC ITA has been was on the slow decline for while, so basically I have lots more room for improvement. Anyways, I checked with the past ITA NARRC wins before 2013 and overall, regardless of rules variation, to win NARRC on average you needed to finish top 3 in every race. Since participation was lower in 2013, I clinched ITA before NARRCoffs. My point, NARRC points rules worked well, at least in ITA. It rewarded commitment, reliability and you had a strong chance if you had a top 3 finish at every race.