2015 Considerations
 

How Many rounds how many races to count towards the championship points score

In 2015 Hottrax have put together an 11 meeting Race Calendar

They have made the August Bank Holiday meeting at Cadwell Park a NON Championship special meeting, thus making it 10 championship meetings

10 championship meetings would be made up of 29 races, where we could have your best 26 results to count towards the championship score

Alternatively it may be possible for Desmo Due to have 13 championship meetings with the August Cadwell counting as 2 rounds, as there will be quallifying and 2 races on both the Sunday and Monday
This would increase the total to 33 races of which we could again have 26 counting towards the final points score

What about 25 from 29 to count, only 1 DNF allowed?

So if only 29 then why 25, you would need to do at least 8 meetings with 3 races leaving you one race short so would have to do 9 meetings any way, so would be doing 26 races

or looking at it from the other direction you would be dropping 4 races so could only miss one of the 10 Championship meetings

If we don't have Cadwell as point scoring what size grids will we get, It's going to be the 10th anniversary/ Dave Harris memorial meet and if hardly anybody turns up I for one will be well hacked off.

Was just a thought to get the ball rolling.

I defo can't do the 2nd Cadwell meet due to work restriction.

hence the Drop 7, some may only be able to do the Sunday or the Monday but not both hence it being a separate round each day. Others might not be able to do Oulton as qually is always on the Friday
The guys from Scotland may not want to do Brands or Pembrey and those South of London may not want to do Knockhill and Anglesey

Its trying to get the right balance so that we end up with a healthy grid at each meeting

Old school I know Kev but the New Era Sunday races/points seemed to work for a number of years leaving Saturday more like a practice etc. I imagine that Sunday is also possibly the most likely day people could attend.

:)

Yeh the New Era system worked ok but it'd make qually tricky with Hottrax unless you don't mind starting from the back.
Would it be too difficult to use your fastest lap from the previous race as your grid position, obviously using qually for the first? I'm sure someone in the DD paddock could work it out to save the Hottrax people the work.

The drop 7 idea works for me, would it be as many DNSs as you want but only 1 (maybe 2) DNFs?

There has been very little feedback about only been able to drop one DNF in 2014
After my DNF at Snetterton in the 3rd race it did make me a bit more thoughtful especially regarding breakdowns and at Croft I thinking about finishes until race 3 then it was stick my neck out time.
If we have 26 races counting this year then maybe dropping 2 DNFs, especially if we have Cadwell as Points and then drop 7 of the posssible 33

It defo does alter your race mind set once you've had your allowance of DNFs, it does punish bad luck and so is it worth scrapping the idea? After all nobody goes out with the intention of not finishing a race. Jim's breakdown at Snett ultimately cost him the title.

Or was it his crash at Oulton, was that crash avoidable and were we all just lucky it didn't bring out a red flag and cut the race short for all the others taking part.