Rick Johnson

The whole problem is created by having one event determine the
championship. Think about it - if the championship was determined by a
series then to win you'd have to be at all those races. People that came
for only one (or a few) events would have no chance for the championship
no matter how well they did.
Then truly the best rider contesting the series would win.

Rick

Brian Mack wrote:

>
>I'm a little confused - What makes one race on the calendar special
>enough to be called a championship race? Why should I care more about
>winning it vs. any of the other road races out there, and why would
>anyone care if an out-of-stater beat them at that race more than any
>other?
>
>Is the idea that OBRA is so infested with racers from Ca and Wa that we
>have to have a special race just to determine who the best person is in
>this state? Why would anyone care who that was? How about a blonde
>hair championships, or Portland championship, or one for people owning
>an SUV?
>
>Or is it more arbitrary, just saying that everyone in the state should
>show up at some random event so that we can determine who the best rider
>is out of everybody. The winner on that particular day, in the weather
>that it had, on that kind of course, out of the people who didn't crash
>or have flats, whose tactics happened to work... who cares?
>
>Whatever it is that makes the race meaningful is how it should be
>restricted. For my part, if I show up, it'll only be for a chance to
>win a free shirt with a nice picture on the front and pockets in the
>back, and I probably won't care too much if I get beat by a guy from
>Washington, or if he has three legs or drives a Buick or has four
>testicles.
>
>Brian
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