It's in the sentance structure- He's really comparing the score of a 1
ft short finish to a
missed cylinder speed finish. The spread is less than before.
If you don't get the finish, you don't get the low finish penalty.
John's "social engineering" is intended to take away scoring
incentives for marginal
finishes.
Winter must be upon us.
UH-

Thanks. I feel much better.

But just in case, I'm going to print out this thread and take it with
me to next year's contests to avoid a situation like we had at
Fairfield where everyone agreed the intent of the rules was almost
certainly X but the letter of the rules was Y.

JB