NOT A POINTS-SCHEME FAN – Jack Beckman, the 2010 Funny Car champion and 2020 contender, went on the record as saying he’s not keen on the points manipulation everyone is faced with at this race. “I’ve never been a fan of points-and-a-half,” the driver of the Infinite Hero Dodge Charger Hellcat for Don Schumacher Racing, said. “No round should be worth more than any other round. And I’m consistent whether I’m leading or trailer. That’s the way they’re going to award the points, so in essence there’s the equivalent of six rounds worth of points up for grabs in Vegas. We’re going to have to hope Matt [class leader Hagan] doesn’t go deep [into eliminations]. Ideally, we’d match up with him first round and we could make up lot of rounds. Our fate is not in our hands right now. We’re going to have to win.”
Why did the NHRA decide to do this at all this year? You let the countdown go, you have the points go the way they are supposed to go, yet you still want more drama? Keeping the bonus points qualifying system, fine I am ok with that. If they were going to do this they should have kept it this weekend as well as Indy and the U.S. Nats. I am lost on why.
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Why did the NHRA decide to do this at all this year? You let the countdown go, you have the points go the way they are supposed to go, yet you still want more drama? Keeping the bonus points qualifying system, fine I am ok with that. If they were going to do this they should have kept it this weekend as well as Indy and the U.S. Nats. I am lost on why.
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