Originally Posted by
capnzee
Why would anyone want to screw with a good thing? The Parker 300 with stagger'd starts has been a huge success. It has done what every race in APBA has wanted to do in it's long history, that is; increase in numbers every year! The Parker 300 is currently on the threshold of being one of the best races in the U.S. and after last year's successful race, the Parker 300 for next year is promising to be even better. There is no question that it can use some "tweaking" but we knew and planned for that from the start. We have given some classes a "break" to keep them in the running and that has been successful! These classes are now standing on their own and running in the proverbial "top ten". It is now time to look back at the initial handicaps set for the first of the Parker 300's. I think you will find them very close to the speeds we saw last year. There is an age old saying, "don't try to fix what ain't broke! Another old saying is "KISS or keep it simple stupid" Varying pit times would be an officiating nightmare. As far as the scoring situation is concerned, I have been promoting the concept of "musical chairs" for 3 years now, only to be turned off by the race committee. I believe that the successful "musical chairs" set up by Molly B. years ago is simply too complicated for our present scorers to perceive. If it isn't, then lets make the change for next year! Rod
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