In response to both Jonathan and Matt, I agree with Matt in that 3 leg finals will give you a correct meeting winner (as opposed to the TQ man losing because someone else broke his car on lap one of a one leg final), an unfairly compromised score can be dropped in a 3 leg final (ie 2 from 3 to count).
As to the "track time per entry fee" arguement, I have not yet met a "B" Finalist who after the disapointment of not making the "A" Final wished to prolong his agony by having to race more than one final to score points for the champoinship.
Racing is for fun no question and 3 leg A finals may appear elitist but to make an Regional A final is special and requires skill and therefore should be different. After all, all drivers had their chance to make the A Final in qualifying.
As for not being ready in time for the programme I outlined above I believe after the first time they experience it few drivers will not be ready for the second leg of an A Final. A knock on here is that any Mid East driver wishing to progess to National competition standard desparately needs this experience.
Turning to Alan's proposal for two finals following four qualifying heats with 5 rounds to count from 8 for the championship; what if a driver breaks 3 times out of 4 in qualifying and ends up in the Z Final, he would then have to suffer 2 Z Final scores towards the championship - cant see that being popular with competitors.
Having said all of the above I am really pleased to see this level of opinion being expressed and I look forward to the AGM.
Regards.
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