This is just my opinion, but Id like to put something out there to see what happens. Since the start of it, the Grands have evolved tremendously. There's $ invested just to compete....mainly tires, safety gear, cage, fuel cell. Not saying this is a bad thing, but it brings me to my point. It's basically a blunderbust without a weight rule. They should be treated as a division. So therefore, with so much at stake, why aren't they scored like a division? There's only what..20 cars? Maybe 25? There's no reason why the track isn't scoring them. I don't feel that with that much invested, these cars should be hand scored like a gut-and-go enduro. This past Memorial Day weekend, I finally ran a Grand Enduro. I have been wanting to for 2 years now and I was fortunate enough to have an incredible sponsor behind me this year (Flanders Automotive). I was the yellow/red # 58 car. Donny Oliver. I finished 5th. Or so I thought. Acording to the score cards, I finished 8th. I'm not here to throw anyone under the bus, BUT.....there are cars in the results that I passed, that were tangled up for at least 2 laps, that spun TWICE. Now I know on the track (from what I remember) I DID go a lap down by, I'm pretty sure anyway, the 20, the 59, and the 9. Now I'm not so much complaining, but I am disapointed that I couldnt bring my sponsors home a top 5 (which I know I did, but not officially). I was pretty impressed that I started 16th and got in the top 5. I just wanted to kick this out there to get some opinions of what other drivers think about this. I've voiced this when the division decided to run Hoosiers, but I didn't run, so I left it alone. I don't mind losing to another car because I love to race. Not bang off every other car, but RACE. I DO mind losing to a pencil. Like I said ...just wanted to see what ALL the other drivers thought.
Donny Oliver
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