LewTheShoe
Seeking Skill-based Meritocracy... More HP Less DF
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Two thought-provoking observations from @gnomesayin, but they are somewhat contradictory...
If a sanctioning body is running a touring series, like Lucas Oil or WOO, it inevitably relies upon it's series regulars to make the series viable. It needs both the big-money events *and* the regular, run-of-the-mill events to be successful. For the sanctioning body, walking the tightrope between (a) welcoming cherry pickers to the big-money shows, and (b) maintaining the viability of your weekly regulars... well, that's a treacherous balancing act.
In many ways, it is the same argument as charters in Nascar, or guaranteed Indy 500 slots for series regulars, or even the closed membership ranks for F1. And we internet commentators, always adept at risking OPM (other people's money), generally have different criteria from the actual industry insiders trying to put on a full slate of events from February through November.
Anyway, sorry to interrupt, and now back to your regularly scheduled mud-slinging, slide-jobbing programming. Hopefully it will be quite a while before the parallels between dirt late models and F1 get mentioned again..
Some normally fast guys failing to transfer out of B-Mains and needing "emergency" provisionals as well.
I wish the late model series would tighten up the provisional rules, but oh well.
Both national series' big events now consist of a group of true outlaws that are unaffiliated racing for the win, while the full-timers have their own points battle going on behind them. It's a weird but very lucrative time in late model racing.
If a sanctioning body is running a touring series, like Lucas Oil or WOO, it inevitably relies upon it's series regulars to make the series viable. It needs both the big-money events *and* the regular, run-of-the-mill events to be successful. For the sanctioning body, walking the tightrope between (a) welcoming cherry pickers to the big-money shows, and (b) maintaining the viability of your weekly regulars... well, that's a treacherous balancing act.
In many ways, it is the same argument as charters in Nascar, or guaranteed Indy 500 slots for series regulars, or even the closed membership ranks for F1. And we internet commentators, always adept at risking OPM (other people's money), generally have different criteria from the actual industry insiders trying to put on a full slate of events from February through November.
Anyway, sorry to interrupt, and now back to your regularly scheduled mud-slinging, slide-jobbing programming. Hopefully it will be quite a while before the parallels between dirt late models and F1 get mentioned again..