Micka wrote:Perhaps there could be the 2 classes and then an overall winner?
If Tony is good enough to get around on 37s in a front engined buggy and score better than the unlimited boys, then he should be entitled to another award.
Micka
Yep - he probably should.
For the numbers that we currently have we should still probably be just running everybody in the one class.
The problem with only running one unlimited class is that people will just build to that one unlimited class (ie single seaters) and we would never develop the modified class which I believe is the most important class in terms of the overall marketability of the sport. We need good looking buggies that resemble normal 4wds so that this sport can appeal to a wider audience.
So this is why we have the two classes. Two classes that are different and equal in terms of prestiege (sp?). This is also why we wont have an overall winner cause this would then mean people would just build for the overall title.
Tony just drove really bloody well to take out the best score. The two top moon buggies each had a bit of bad luck which caused them to DNF an extra obstacle each which Tony didnt do but if you look at the individual course scores you can see that Tony consistantly had very good scores compared to the rest. His worst course was B! where he got 22 compared to Petes 1 and adrians 6 but this course had a 20 point panel eating bonus line that Tony would have driven easily but didnt have too.
Put it this way - if I was competiting in or building a moon buggy I would look at this competition very closely to see why they didnt dominate.
Sam