What do you think would happen if there were no handicaps, in any leagues or tournaments, and all tournaments were Open to all skill levels?

[Brother Ron]

Back in my younger years (70's & 80's) we didn't have any handicap system. Back then I was was the #1 league shooter and used to win over 50% of the tournaments I played in. I do know of one person that was a pretty good player that walked in and saw me and said he couldn't beat me so he decided not to play. lol

 

[garczar]

That reminds me of sometime in the 90's Earnhardt came up here (was hired in I believe) to run the Slinger Nationals at out local high banked 1/4 mile, its like a tint Bristol. He hops in one of the local's cars that he would drive for the night, runs a few laps, comes in and has them change the springs and shock settings to his desire then goes out to win the 100 lap feature in short order against guys that have run 1,000's of laps there.

In 1985 a handful of CART indycars came to Hallett(50 mi w. of Tulsa) Speedway for pre-season practice. The layout was similar to LongBeach and pretty tricky in parts. It only took a couple laps for these cats( Fittipaldi, Luyendyk, Ongais, Brabham, Giacomelli to name some) to be on the limit. Giacomelli set the track record that still stands. Some people just have super-natural ability to get the last 10th out of a car. Pool players are the same way, some are just uber good. BTW, i was only guy at the test with a camera. Nat. Speed Sport News borrowed my film and i got some pics in a few papers and actually got paid. So on top of my other skills(ha) i'm a sports photo-journalist.