I was at the May Meet to make my 1st runs with my new project bike (MG-250-4 with Honda CRSF250-J). I had a great time and met a whole lot of great, friendly, enthusiastic people with some amazing projects of their own. I managed to up the current record slightly which of course was a thrill. In reviewing all the info and posts on this forum and the website updates (done in an insanely short period of time that made my head spin which is not safe from a musculoskeletal point of view but does happen in old movies) I finally figured out the ECTA points system. <I know Jon that it was a slight run-on flight of ideas kind of thing> My initial confusion was that some people seemingly were being awarded more than the expected 100 points for breaking a record plus the 2pts/1mph above the record bonus. I figured it was for running 2 classes but I did that too and the rulebook clearly states that only your highest single score for the meet is counted even if running other classes. Then I saw the math answer is that the high points are for getting a huge bonus because of open records being considered 0.00 mph. So if running an open class you get 2pts bonus for every mph you are going as they are all more than the 0.00. But if no run has ever been made in that class there is no record, not a record of 0.00. Doesn't it make more sense from a "what feels right" points reward to give whoever runs an open record the automatic 100 pts for setting a record, but no bonus since they haven't beaten anything? Yes, I know it makes it tougher for the excel spreadsheet calculation people to not have a 0.00 there. Just a thought from a newbies perspective. Sometimes we say things that have already been beat to death 2 years ago, but sometimes we say things that lots of people are thinking to themselves.
