I'm told that the feeling was that since the regional challenge included the regional rounds, it was unbalanced to award twice as many points for one race as another. (ie A regional challenge race could also be an NKRA round and so effectively score twice).
On the other hand, doing the regional series is an incentive for people to support their local clubs, rather than just fitting the 4 necessary NKRA rounds into a schedule of other racing. That's where the schedule of 'other racing' implied that one was able to spend far more time on a track than the average clubman. Indeed, in times gone by, when SuperOne had qualifiers before the championship, the rules prevented a qualified SuperOne driver from taking part to prevent pot-hunters from dominating the series without contributing particularly to the clubman scene.
Now, when SuperOne has dropped its qualifying requirement, that rule has been dropped for the NKRA and some S1 drivers are now taking part in both.
I guess it's a question of whether one thinks the Championship should reflect the best drivers who regularly take part in Club events in a Blue kart, or simoply the best drivers who occasionally put a Blue engine on their chassis.
Don't get me wrong, I welcome the participation of the better drivers, it lifts the standard of driving across the series, just asking the question of whether a Clubman Champs should be seen to reward clubmen.
It is partly to do with the changing scene of karting. We all know that those who have the budget can get a huge and legal (and deserved?) advantage on those who don't have the budget, the driver who can afford to be at a different track (sometimes two) every weekend will almost always do better than the driver who only does one or two per month or is new into the sport.
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NKRA Challenge by 'SimonS' (16 May 2009 @ 15:26)
