What’s
the Point?
(or the Dark Art of adding up SuperTwins Championship
Points)
Now some people are ‘Numbers People’ and some people are…
not.
I’m one of the ‘not’ ones...
Never
mind, this is Drag Racing how complicated can it be? I mean, its not
exactly crickets is it… runs, overs, batting averages, whatever,
whatever…
don’t you believe it!
It’s
taken me years to work this out and in an extraordinary gesture of generosity
I’m going to share it with you.
Maybe
you would have just picked-it-up-as-you-went-along but if not, this
could save you from all the effort of nodding sagely while trying to
work out what everybody else is talking about... and hoping they don't
spot that you're clueless!!
This is how the SuperTwins Championship works…
At each meeting points are accrued like this
1. Signing On – each racer gets 100 points for entering the
meeting, turning up and getting through scrutineering
2. Qualifying – to Qualify a racer must complete at least one
pass of the track. Qualifying points are awarded depending on the
size of the field – in a 4 bike field the slowest qualifier
will get 10 points, the 3rd will get 20, the second 30, and the fastest
qualifier 40 points. In an 8 bike field the slowest will get 10 and
the fastest 80.
3. Eliminations - after qualifying the competition moves to Elimination
Rounds. The winner of each round is awarded 100 points and goes through
to the next Elimination.
4. MPH and ET – 25 points are awarded for the highest terminal
MPH and another 25 for the lowest ET (Elapsed Time) in each Class
at each meeting. These are not necessarily achieved by the same racer.
5. Records – 100 points are awarded if a racer breaks the MPH
or ET record in their class.
So in a competition that goes like this…
| Arthur |
Basil
|
Caroline
|
| Basil |
| Caroline |
Caroline |
| Derek |
The points look like this…
| Racer |
Sign on |
Qual |
1 |
2 |
MPH |
ET |
Total |
| A |
100 |
40 |
|
|
|
25 |
165 |
| B |
100 |
10 |
100 |
|
|
|
210 |
| C |
100 |
30 |
100 |
100 |
25 |
|
355 |
| D |
100 |
20 |
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|
120 |
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Caroline has won this Championship Round! Hoorah!
As
the Season progresses each Racer’s points are added and at the
end of the year the one with the most points overall is the Champion!!
Easy
isn’t it? What was I getting confused about??
OK, that was the ‘O’ level… where do we sign up
for the Masters Degree in 60 foot times and the PhD in ET Racing?
Lorna
now
you can go back to the Championship Points
page full of confidence
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