Road Racing Regional Points Change Proposal

by Charlie Orean

 

At the SWDiv meeting held January 6th in Irving, TX, I presented, for discussion only, a proposal to change the Regional  Race points scoring routine beginning in the 2001-2002 racing season. I asked those in attendance to let everyone they knew in the Club know about the proposal. I am asking for comments and want everyone to have a chance to express their opinion.

 

Those at the meeting were overwhelmingly in favor of the proposal, however the favorable opinion was not unanimous. The plan is to solicit comments between now and July and assuming the majority opinion remains positive, present it to the SWDiv Corporation Directors for a vote at the July mini round table meeting in Austin.

 

The major changes are:

1)      Award points for the top twenty finishing positions.

2)      Eliminate the awarding of double points.

3)      Count all scheduled races toward the Championship

 

The intent of these changes is to provide a true season long Regional Championship and to determine the winner by identifying the Drivers with the best finishing records in all the races scheduled. We also want to properly classify those drivers from the larger classes who consistently finish in the top[ twenty but outside the current points paying positions.

 

John has a full copy of the proposed changes. If you’d like to see them, just ask him. Then let him or me know what you think.

 

Charles Orean

SOWDiv Pointskeeper