Discuss the various formats for historic racing

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Ah, Jim Chrystall... He was equal winner of the BMC Trophy when I first ran our series. At that time, it was one scratch race and one handicap race, so inevitably, the winner was always one of the faster cars.

When I announced at the trophy presentation, that for the following season, both points races would be handicaps, Jim marched off into the distance, clutching the trophy (that he refused to return until shortly before his passing), muttering that I had turned the series into a lottery... Correct. And we have never looked back.

I did seek permission from his widow to rename the trophy, the "Jim Chrystall Memorial Trophy", which is still awarded to the driver of the top points scoring 4 cylinder BMC car.