Jeffmaturo
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For the record I personally do not have a problem with the way IMPBA or NAMBA scores races.
With persistence, I was able to convince my two friends to get involved in boats. We all came from an RC car racing background, and the transition was not a difficult one with proper guidance. After throwing a fit that boat racing does not utilize 30+ year old technology to keep track of a boat race, my friend decided to give racing a try. He did and loved it. His only hang up was how races are scored. He questioned why races were not sorted after each heat and subsequent appropriate points awarded. He feels that those individuals that finish 1st 2nd and 3rd in a 3 boat race unfairly receive the same amount of points those in a heat with more boats.
His theory is this: There are 12 racers with 6 people in each heat. After the race the CD would then resort and better drivers wold race against those of equal skills.
So this came up at a pond that both friends frequent and I was really surprised by the number of boaters that think race scoring is flawed.
Is this the general consensus on IW?
I did not, nor do I think there is a problem with our scoring. It works and I can tell you even with an AMB system coming from cars there were problems......
With persistence, I was able to convince my two friends to get involved in boats. We all came from an RC car racing background, and the transition was not a difficult one with proper guidance. After throwing a fit that boat racing does not utilize 30+ year old technology to keep track of a boat race, my friend decided to give racing a try. He did and loved it. His only hang up was how races are scored. He questioned why races were not sorted after each heat and subsequent appropriate points awarded. He feels that those individuals that finish 1st 2nd and 3rd in a 3 boat race unfairly receive the same amount of points those in a heat with more boats.
His theory is this: There are 12 racers with 6 people in each heat. After the race the CD would then resort and better drivers wold race against those of equal skills.
So this came up at a pond that both friends frequent and I was really surprised by the number of boaters that think race scoring is flawed.
Is this the general consensus on IW?
I did not, nor do I think there is a problem with our scoring. It works and I can tell you even with an AMB system coming from cars there were problems......
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