Derby Talk

Thanks Dave, excellent points. Our Derby was last weekend and it was another overall success story. We raced in the format described in the OP. I have another example of why points was the better choice.. One of our Bears was racing very well but had a wheel/axel problem in his 5th race. Car came in...

I did mention I exaggerated a bit. And I'll add these links also http://derbytalk.com/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=12 http://grandprix-software-central.com/gprm/tutorial_gprm_race_format.php I know that you don't recommend a scoring method, but why would the "Suggested Race Format" use the Per...

Here's what I wrote to the parent. I know it's exaggerated just a bit. :) M, The point system is not flawed. The point system is the most popular system in use today and is the recommended scoring system from the software program. The two main reasons for using the scoring system are: First, Scout a...

If you are running a points race, then yes, you can run 7 racer 4 lane PN or CPN chart to get the best trophy accuracy.

Should have mentioned that. Getting my threads confused.
We have a 4 lane Best Track, Microwizard Timer, GPRM, and ran points race scoring.

So, does the track have a smoothly operating spring open gate? Yes, it's the Best Track provided spring loaded starting gate. Rather abrupt if I recall. If it were mine, I'd look carefully at the heat times from last year. Hard drive failure from the old laptop prevents this. Anyone want to help wi...

The grand finals should be done in two stages ... select 7 with the PPN chart; runoff the 7 with a PN or CPN chart. That is exactly how we did it. From your recommendation last year ! Would the point about lane inequality lean the decision to points over times or does it not matter since all cars r...

I could have sworn I read somewhere that if the group had more than 13 racers, running a second round with the Complementary-Perfect 7-4 Chart was the "RECOMMENDED" 4-Lane solution. Maybe I got lost on Stan's website one day. H.

Randy (first software question for 2010) I want to take the top 3 racers from each of 5 groups and put them in the Grand Finals. Then I want to skinny those 15 cars down to the top 7 cars and run one last perfect N schedule to award the Top 3 Trophies. I follow how the software designates the cars f...

Last year was my first year as PWD race coordinator and with the help of this forum it was a "resounding" success. We had a new Best Track and Microwizard Timer and GPRM. We used point scoring, Perfect N Scheduling and took Top 7 to a Finals Round for Trophies to the Top 3 in Each Rank. Sa...