colin_koehler
Great SCOTT!
There are typically multiple causes to a given incident, the larger delta would likely become a contributing factor especially when first implemented.
I doubt it because while you might think people would be more aggressive they might also be more "responsible" knowing that their points are worth more and a DNF would hurt even more than it used to. Right now it's all theoretical as we have no existing data that I know of to suggest otherwise. Once again. If a larger delta was implemented I'm sure it would be a topic of discussion during the drivers meeting to remind all us that this is just amateur racing and at the end of they we're all just monkeys beating our chests.
I was thinking more along the lines of within the same class where there are very few entries at some events. I think both of these issues go away if you compete in a well subscribed class. Maybe we should just make our class better subscribed.
How would you do this without having 2 different points systems in the rule book? The initial problem I see is that racers can't "pre-plan" their season because what's the motivation to go race at a low-entry event if you know the points aren't going to be there and how would you know which event will have low turn out until right before the event?. In ITA, if 5 cars showed up for a weekend you would get less points for winning then if 25 ITA cars showed up? I think this could influence racers to stay away from tracks/races in the season that have lower entries to begin with or cancel their entries right before the event if they see that the entry list is short which would not be good for the clubs.
I absolutely think we need to make our class better subscribed. How do we do that?