I'm not sure if anyone noticed a sentence that is appearing in the official NHRA releases from Las Vegas. While it's expected that those who work for NHRA would put the best possible face on the new points system, I was really amazed to read:
Utilizing the final-elimination-round concept synonymous with the sport of NHRA POWERade Drag Racing, where winners move on and losers go home, the NHRA POWERade Countdown to the Championship features three distinct periods during the 23-race NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series when competitors will be eliminated from the championship hunt in a playoff-style format.
Sorry, but that's offensive to me. Yes, winners move on and losers go home is the way it's always been and a big part of what USED to make NHRA so immediate and exciting.
How that corresponds to the new arbitrary "playoff" scheme is totally beyond me. Maybe they're trying to say that each race still has a winner and a loser. We should give thanks for small miracles, I suppose.
Only being semi-facetious, I'm getting a vision of Tom Compton's floating head on Motel 6 vision, intoning "War is Peace".
Sorry, just a bit of some Monday morning grumpiness.
Utilizing the final-elimination-round concept synonymous with the sport of NHRA POWERade Drag Racing, where winners move on and losers go home, the NHRA POWERade Countdown to the Championship features three distinct periods during the 23-race NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series when competitors will be eliminated from the championship hunt in a playoff-style format.
Sorry, but that's offensive to me. Yes, winners move on and losers go home is the way it's always been and a big part of what USED to make NHRA so immediate and exciting.
How that corresponds to the new arbitrary "playoff" scheme is totally beyond me. Maybe they're trying to say that each race still has a winner and a loser. We should give thanks for small miracles, I suppose.
Only being semi-facetious, I'm getting a vision of Tom Compton's floating head on Motel 6 vision, intoning "War is Peace".
Sorry, just a bit of some Monday morning grumpiness.