Andy, As you well know by now the process seems to be a great tool. It should be very useful, but it is far from foolproof. As good as it is said to be, there are holes and exceptions in it. (In any process there are almost always things that don't exactly fit.) I would think that using the process plus other info to get things close makes sense.
But I could be wrong.
OK, let's run with that.
What other info?
How do we scrub that info down. Remember, we need to judge on track performance with the same stick across the board, and we've got 350 cars to keep aligned.
How do we apply "other info" repeatably?
The membership has been pretty darn clear they don't like smoke filled back room dealings - they aren't happy unless we can show them the math. (we're working on that, but it's counter to the decades old ingrained club philosophy) Do we add weight to a car and label it "Fluff"? or "on track performance adder", or "Just because we are worried about it". or "It's gotta make more power"?
That's a serious question. I know I posed some ludicrous answers, but really, how would you insert such a chunk into the result, and answer members questions?
I'm all for using on track performance as a trigger...to use to go sniffing for more info. ANd that info comes out, it's actually rather numerous sometimes how it happens, but, in time, it comes out. But to just add chunks based on hunches is tough to defend.
So, Mac, help me understand "more info". Where, what, and how is it scrubbed down, and how is it used, and defended, and documented?