But seriously folks...
It also struck me why this works and Solo II on TV wouldn't (at least, not
without some thoughtful planning by a director who knew, intimately, what he
was dealing with)
That boat-o-cross basically had a field of 8, in one class, and they ran a
dragrace bracket. They made 14 runs, and that was the show.
Compare that to a field of 200, a dozen or more separate classes (54 in Solo
II now) making several hundred runs. Do you just show SS or CP and call it
a show? Actually, from an entertainment point of view, perhaps that is
exactly what you do.
"Oh, by the way, there were all these other classes too" and spend 45 seconds
showing snippets of half a dozen winners of other classes.
In a drag race show, you usually get the semis and finals, maybe quarters, of
Top Fuel, Funny Car, Pro Stock, maybe Pro Stock Bike and/or Pro Stock Truck.
You *might* get the finals of the two Alky classes, and if its live they will
use finals of the sportsman (amateur) classes as filler. So out of several
hundred pairings over 3-4 days, you maybe get 15-20 runs from TV drags. That's
about how they'd have to do a Solo on TV.
If anybody cared enough....
--Rocky
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