Looks like the 2006 season is over…Looking at the Mid Atlantic results you will find Chris Cobetto in first place;Al Taylor in secand and Steve Kapuschansky in third.Congratulations to the podium finishers!!! Here in the Southeast region the points are still based on participation. Since I attended all of the events, I was able to total-out with the most points. With more competition next year the results will be different.Congratulations to Al Taylor for second place and Steve Foushee for third. These guys will have to watch out next year too, as I can count 7 others (total field of 10?) that will be ready for the 2007 season. Which bring me to the question: Series directors can decide how the year-end total is calculated. It looks like there will be 14 SE races next year. Do the MA guys use all of the races? Best 10 finishes? Best 8 finishes? Thanks in advance, Robert Paton
Congratulations and How's it done at Mid Atlantic
Just noticed, not that it matters for the final placing, but I think the points on the NASA site are incorrect. I believe that Chris Cobetto should show a DQ for one of the August Summit races.
As for your question robert about how to decide on winners for next year, I thought that there were already rules in place about taking a certain number of events ad dropping the rest. Maybe I am wrong as usual.
Jon
Jon, in the absence of series specific rules, the points are decided on the basis of NASA rules which just look at the points total. Since I have to be at all of the SE races I’ve got an advantage over someone that can only make it to, say, 10 races. Let’s assume that they are a better racer. Fair? Unfair?
Hey you know me robert, the only hope I have at finishing high in the ranking will be through participation so inherently I will vote for that option as there is no way in heck I will be winning a race anytime soon.
Robert,
Congratulations to you! I checked the results and participation wasn’t the only reason you won.
Are MA and SE the only regions where there was competition this season? I expected to find some results for California but wasn’t able to locate season points standings in any other region.
I thought to be considered for nationals each class had to adopt the NASA standard points system. Which is 75% of races attended based on the # of races in a given region. Anyway, that is what I was told by the GTS directors. YMMV
Michael O.
BMW E30 325i
GTS1/KP/ITS
Joe, thanks but I only finish well when the guys in Mid Atlantic stay home. The arrival of competitors at year end in the South East region assures that finishes in the top three will be hard to come by next year. To answer your question, there may be some class results in the Ohio/Indiana region and possibly out west. But, for now, the hotly contested areas are MA and SE. Regards. Robert (looking forward to next year) Patton
I think points should be decided based on a best of 10/12 races. Of course, this is just because I probably won’t make every event in the series.
I assume a driver can run for points in a non-home region. In other words, if you’re a SE guy and run the MA series, you could score in the points in both, correct?
ilateapex wrote:
[quote]I thought to be considered for nationals each class had to adopt the NASA standard points system. Which is 75% of races attended based on the # of races in a given region. Anyway, that is what I was told by the GTS directors. YMMV
Michael O.
BMW E30 325i
GTS1/KP/ITS[/quote]
75% of the races would be 9.75 or 10 races (out of 13) rounded off. That would be great for me, since I would move to 2nd place in the points race. But, the standard points system for NASA is the following:
22.2.1 Default Points Drop System
All NASA series competitors will be able to drop their lowest ten percent (10%) of all season points-scoring races, unless otherwise specified by the class rules or other NASA publications. All “zeros� in the season points will be “droppable,� including all disqualifications; with exception of disqualifications as a result of “non-compliance� or “cheating.�
Which means 1.3 races dropped. If 1 or 2 races are dropped, Al still holds second place (by 1 point if 2 races are dropped :pinch: )
Congrats to Al for a season full of battles between the two of us. We had our battles and (too) close racing… but what a great season!
And congrats to Chris who had nothing to worry about from the two of us 
-Steve
ilateapex wrote:
[quote]I thought to be considered for nationals each class had to adopt the NASA standard points system. Which is 75% of races attended based on the # of races in a given region. Anyway, that is what I was told by the GTS directors. YMMV
Michael O.
BMW E30 325i
GTS1/KP/ITS[/quote]
75% of the races would be 9.75 or 10 races (out of 13) rounded off. That would be great for me, since I would move to 2nd place in the points race. But, the standard points system for NASA is the following:
22.2.1 Default Points Drop System
All NASA series competitors will be able to drop their lowest ten percent (10%) of all season points-scoring races, unless otherwise specified by the class rules or other NASA publications. All “zeros� in the season points will be “droppable,� including all disqualifications; with exception of disqualifications as a result of “non-compliance� or “cheating.�
Which means 1.3 races dropped. If 1 or 2 races are dropped, Al still holds second place (by 1 point if 2 races are dropped :pinch: )
Congrats to Al for a season full of battles between the two of us. We had our battles and (too) close racing… but what a great season!
And congrats to Chris who had nothing to worry about from the two of us
-Steve
Mike, good to see that you and Mark might be racing next year? The points that you earn in a region stay in that region. For example, you’ll see that Carter raced at the SE event at Road Atlanta. He got SE points for the event—it did nothing to help him in the Mid Atlantic points race.Al Taylor raced and accumulated points in both regions, which makes his two second place regional points finishes quite an accomplishment. Hope that clarifies things. Regards, Robert Patton
Steve, I take your answer to be that Mid Atlantic uses the NASA 22.2.1— default/10% system? Thanks, Robert
Patton wrote:
[quote]Congratulations to Al Taylor for second place and Steve Foushee for third.[quote]
The SE website says third and fourth respectively? The difference is tire money, which is it?
Steve,
If you are confused about the points in the SouthEast, David Cullen disqualified himself from the points running because his car was not SpecE30 legal all season. So, even though the website says different, Robert was first, Al was second, and you were third.
Just to clear it up,
Laura