June 8th event re-cap and results

[Matt@BOS]

Thanks for taking the time to explain the points system. I really like having bracket style eliminations as it adds some excitement to the event. I just think that the way the bracket has been set up has been really weird. At Camarillo there was a winner's bracket and a loser's bracket. I ran off against Mike Maier in the finals and Mike won, so he finished first, but then the winning car from the loser's bracket finished second, and I finished third. I don't quite get that. Last week at Adams, Brian was clearly in a class of his own. Rod, Brett, Sal and I were fighting it out for the second and third spots behind him, but the ladder was set up so that the fastest cars ran against the fastest cars and the slowest cars ran against the slowest cars. Brian got a by in the first round Sal (03) beat Brett (21) and I (20) beat Rod (18), but then both Sal and I had to run off against Brian (28) without facing any other cars. Either Brian ran twice in one round, or I got a by, which just doesn't make sense to me either.



If I sound like I'm just grumpy and complaining I apologize, I probably am a little. Without a doubt, I go to these events because they're fun and I get a chance to hang out, bs and catch up with the usual suspects, Brett, Rod, Gregg, Tom, Rich, Caesar, Roy, Jake, Arron, Don, Dannie, you name it. I think these guys have been to all of the events thus far. That said, trophies and points are awarded, so we are competing for something. I don't think I'm alone in feeling like qualifying, not to mention the points system in general, is completely pointless when four out of the five fastest cars aren't listed in either their respective classes, or the overall. Furthermore, four of the five fastest cars lost without running against any of the other cars that placed in their class, or overall. I was roughly a full second ahead of the second place overall finisher, and almost two second ahead of the second place finisher in my class.

Sorry for the rant...

Matt