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I've been thinking about this for a few months now , and I know people have been mentioning different ideas and so forth to help mix things up , make them more exciting.
And I will say , the system we have now I think is pretty much perfect but what about this idea?
What if the leaders start getting into lappers. It's still another competitor out there to find your way around ( even though not as fast as the front guys ) But " what if " for every guy they lap , they get an extra point?
If 1st place laps up to 30th , he would get an extra 9 -10 points ( or how ever that works out ). It could make it more interesting in the races where a guy has a big lead and is just cruising , could give him incentive to keep pushing harder to get around more guys? OR , maybe get 1 extra point for every five guys? lap to 30th could give you an extra 2 points?
Maybe it's a dumb idea , i don't know , but I think it could make things a lot more challenging to the riders and more exciting for the fans.
What about you guys? What do you think we could do to make it more exciting? Besides alligator pits and fire rings.
And I will say , the system we have now I think is pretty much perfect but what about this idea?
What if the leaders start getting into lappers. It's still another competitor out there to find your way around ( even though not as fast as the front guys ) But " what if " for every guy they lap , they get an extra point?
If 1st place laps up to 30th , he would get an extra 9 -10 points ( or how ever that works out ). It could make it more interesting in the races where a guy has a big lead and is just cruising , could give him incentive to keep pushing harder to get around more guys? OR , maybe get 1 extra point for every five guys? lap to 30th could give you an extra 2 points?
Maybe it's a dumb idea , i don't know , but I think it could make things a lot more challenging to the riders and more exciting for the fans.
What about you guys? What do you think we could do to make it more exciting? Besides alligator pits and fire rings.
Hey , a few years ago we never had a joker lane in the MEC , and I kinda dig that to be honest. Split lanes are great too. I'm thinking more along the lines of the points sytem and how we can make it more exciting for us , and more challenging for the riders. If anything , SX is what needs the help. Sick of 15min main events. Either do timed or add some laps! 15min's is ridiculous.
im kidding. its stupid. so is handing points for every little thing. only give points based on finish. keep it simple. if you make it complicated people get lost just trying to figure out who scored what, how they did it and why.
IF ANYTHING. hand out points based on finish. 1st place gets 1 point. 2 gets 2. Just like in the Des Nations. Rider with lowest score wins. This eliminates the weird gaps in the current scoring and hands out points all the way to last.
The Shop
FIA Formula 1 points are awarded as follows:
1st - 25 points
2nd -18
3rd - 15
4th -12
5th - 10
6th - 8
7th - 6
8th - 4
9th - 2
10th - 1
Reward winning!
That way if you finish 20th but get lapped you don't get your point but the first one to lap you gets it.
Ricky would have gotten all the points at a certain mud race a few years ago.
1st through 40th paying points wouldn't do much if anything for the top guys, but it would certainly make everyone on the gate race harder.
BMX changed from a 3 moto system to a transfer system for the amateurs in the 80s and at first everyone still raced for positions but after time a large portion of the riders on the gate don't push it past the first or second corner.
You want to shake up the points by awarding points to leaders who pass lappers. So, the same guys who run up front every week and score the most points will now be awarded even MORE points because theyre the ones doing all the lapping.
Instead of Dungey having a 25 point gap, he will now have a 50 point gap.
Genius.
This thread reminds me of that scene in Dodgeball where they are trying to come up with a way to pay the 50K they need to pay to keep Average Joe's Gym open.
Pit Row
I don't often agree with The Narrator, but I do think you're just extending the gap between the points leader and the pack.
For Supercross, everyone who makes the main gets points. In the outdoors, only 50% of the guys on the gate get points. For a lot of the top 40 qualifiers each week, scoring a handful of points in a year is a major accomplishment...but you also have half the field (20th on down), who have little incentive to keep pushing through the whole moto...or sometimes line up for the second one. That's a lot of work, expense, and risk for not much to show for it.
You could double the points scale for the outdoors (50 for first, 44 for second, etc.) so that everyone could earn points, but that would make Nationals about four times more valuable (two motos x double points) than a Supercross, and it's a big bonus for wins, which could stretch things out even further. I'm not sure that's the way to go.
There is nothing wrong with the points system or the excitement of the racing. Reward Winning !!
They want to and probably will go to a points chase like gay nascar did and then it rolled over into NHRA and screwed that all up. Mandatory pit stops, Joker Lanes, and resetting the points after a ways through the series is Gay.
All it does is not reward the ones who are better and work harder.
There is a reason their are Factory riders and Privateer riders...........think about it....you can figure it out.
Jason
THE ONLY way to give everyone a shot at the title is have ONE race that is counted. Everyone has the same points. None. but guess what Dungey would still win why cuz hes the fastest guy there.
Ill say it again the only true fair points system is based on Olympic scoring: 1 point for 1st, 2 for 2nd etc and the guy with the lowest score wins. No gimmicks, no extra "complete this side mission like a video game crap" points. this gives points based EXACTLY how someone finishes.
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