How about doing a mini 'festive season' series instead? 4 rounds with 3 counting. Points given on qualifying results only BUT with a handicap applied.
We could use a reference driver - let's for arguments sake call him 'Alec' - who would have a handicap of 0%. Those typically in the A final would have of around 5% handicap down to 40% or so for the beginners (exact numbers to be worked out). Every driver has his best qualifying result boosted by his handicap and points given based on the 'boosted' results. The idea being to try and get everyone with the same result as the reference driver.
So someone with a 30% handicap would have their lap score increased by 30% and so on. If a beginner has a good result he will probably beat our reference score. Equally if the 0% driver has a good week he can win as well by lifting his score out of reach.
The idea is to reward improvement and encourage beginners. Our festive season champion could be someone who usually qualifies 11th but improves to 8th or 9th regularly. The tricky bit is getting the handicap right. If people like the idea I could work out some provisional handicaps based on last weeks results. We can just make a best guess for those who weren't there last week sampling the new improved track markings.
Or if there is already a know way of running handicap meetings then we could use that instead.
Just a thought!
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