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Originally Posted by ek9russ
Wouldn’t this would still happen if you used ballast? People would hold back knowing they don’t want the extra weight in a final? Or are we saying that the winner from the week before would have to carry the ballast for the whole of the next meeting?
We could award extra points to qualifying positions to stop people holding back if ballast or reversed guide was used. I.e. the fastest person get 10 extra points, second 9 and so on. Or is this what we do already- I cant remember 
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I think playing with the points system is both limited by the computer software we run, but also will become very confusing - look what happened the last time we tried to be clever with the scoring
The scoring system works perfectly well at the moment - we qualify for a final and then score just in that single final, It's simple, easy to follow for all club members and has worked well for us now all year. If you have a poor final then that's just tough luck!
My thoughts on the success ballast was for it to be fitted to the winning car, or maybe the top 3 throughout their next meeting. If a driver wins one week but misses the next week, he/she will still have to have the weight added the next time they race. Maybe the club should have a set of equal sized weights that we hand out - how we fix to the chassis, well we can think about that later...
I agree Alec that often the best drivers still come to the top, but there is no harm in us trying it to see how it works out.
Regarding countersunk screws and and chassis - is that something you could offer to customers Russell? I'd be happy to assist anyone who would need the kit chassis' screw holes to be countersunk but of course we'd need a good supply of countersunk screws Russell
Can I suggest an idea about the success ballast? If we do decide to run Mardaves and we can all come to agreement on rules, that we look to run a trial championship during the Autumn Championships with no trohpies awarded. That way, there is no pressre on drivers to push too hard and we can see if the ballast idea works or not, without effecting the outcome of a drivers position regarding points.