Lucas oil championship

[kidrock]

I figured Shepp would be there at the end. He usually runs pretty decent in the rough conditions.

[kidrock]

Congrats to Hudson and Team Rocket on their Lucas Championship.

[3 wide]

Why do you count the points all year if you are going to do this I have always said if you took the point money and spread it out thru the field nascar don't need points they don't have anywhere else to run

[nc mudcat]

Devin Moran told us if we don't like the format, go find another hobby or something. Thanks Devin. The format sucks. Now to see what other hobby is available...

[Hoosier_Dirt]

The team with the best record in football or baseball doesn't always win the Super Bowl or World Series. Whats the difference? I like the idea of the format, but think it could use some tweaking.

[MasterSbilt_Racer]

The team with the best record in football or baseball doesn't always win the Super Bowl or World Series. Whats the difference? I like the idea of the format, but think it could use some tweaking.

Stick and ball have unbalanced schedules. Playoffs are the only way to put best on best. Fortunately for racing , you compete with everyone, every week. There is zero reason to do a playoff unless your goal is artificial competition.

[Raceready]

The best payout format would have been to pay the 6 survivors that were still rolling after 100 laps. Split the $ amongst those 6.

That would make too much sense ! !

[zyoung25]

Or a sinkhole opens up in turn 3, swallow up the field except for Johny Huck and he goes on to win.

A shirtless victory lane celebration would have ensued for sure

[Hoosier_Dirt]

Stick and ball have unbalanced schedules. Playoffs are the only way to put best on best. Fortunately for racing , you compete with everyone, every week. There is zero reason to do a playoff unless your goal is artificial competition.

I get what you're saying. Lets take the WoO championship for example, its been decided for a few races, now the guys go to Charlotte already knowing who the champion is, other than $$ and a few spots to be gained or lost, where is the excitement? IMO Lucas thought outside of the box, created a ton of publicity, and excitement to see who the champion would be. Yes, the track conditions were unfavorable for such an event, but they had to deal with it. To me, if it was left the old way with Ricky having a 530 point lead the DTWC and Lucas championship would have been lesser.

[MasterSbilt_Racer]

I get what you're saying. Lets take the WoO championship for example, its been decided for a few races, now the guys go to Charlotte already knowing who the champion is, other than $$ and a few spots to be gained or lost, where is the excitement? IMO Lucas thought outside of the box, created a ton of publicity, and excitement to see who the champion would be. Yes, the track conditions were unfavorable for such an event, but they had to deal with it. To me, if it was left the old way with Ricky having a 530 point lead the DTWC and Lucas championship would have been lesser.

I don't see the problem in the championship being decided before the final race. Why should the points be reset for amusement purposes only? Is the race not entertaining enough? Is the average fan counting points when they watch a woo show in July?

[klemmabyna]

i don't believe the change in format created any extra interest in the sport. Sure it created a lot of buzz here. and it gave the announcers something to talk about for the last few weeks. but i didn't see dirt late models being talked about outside of the normal outlets.

would like to see the 4m discussion when the format was announced.

i don't like the format. never did. never will.

RTJ: need some shirts featuring the point standings prior to the DTWC.

[ImCryn2]

I don't see the problem in the championship being decided before the final race. Why should the points be reset for amusement purposes only? Is the race not entertaining enough? Is the average fan counting points when they watch a woo show in July?

Some people don't believe in others being able to keep what they earn. Sadly, it's the world we live in.

[Jking24]

I'm not a fan of this format either. But... I seem to remember most of the teams singing the tune that their all professionals doing this for the money so the fact that they were all gonna make more money with this format was all that mattered and that's why they all said yes to it. Not one lucas team said they didn't like it and jumped ship. You can't say it did nothing for generating interest hell it got Overton to run lucas despite his success the past few seasons doing otherwise. As for the race it was a total (not a nice word)(not a nice word)(not a nice word)(not a nice word)show as I've come to expect from the dtwc. It apparently doesn't matter where it's held lol. Where else can we race in Ohio during the rainy season

[wfodirt66]

i think the top 4 in points should all start with zero points with 4 races to go, and the driver with most points after 4 races wins the championship

[SLIDING SIDEWAYS]

☝️☝️☝️ I'm w you on this format. Good call