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Scott McLaughlin and Jamie Whincup have urged Supercars organisers to run longer races in New Zealands sole meet for next year after a bland days racing at Pukekohe Park on Saturday.In the series penultimate meet, there wasnt a successful overtaking move by the top seven drivers across 70 laps except for moves off the grid.The reversion to four 100km races has negated the use of pit-stops, and therefore any strategy as the drivers championship comes down to the wire.Hot competition between the series-leading Red Bull duo of Shane van Gisbergen and Jamie Whincup gave the big crowd plenty to cheer for, but it was hard to shake the impression that New Zealand racing fans were being short-changed.McLaughlin said the cost of crossing the Tasman Sea explained the decision to run shorter races and leave fuel rigs back in Australia.I personally dont like it, the 23-year-old said.I understand why we do it, saving costs and fuel rigs and all that.A strategy always mixes it up but at the end of the day weve got to think about the teams as well.Whincup agreed with his young colleague.Pit stops are good and I think we should do that over here, he said.I think we should come over here a couple of times as well if we can - or change a tyre.Then came a less serious suggestion from the six-time champion.Maybe a jump over the back straight would be cool, he joked.In addition to the lack of strategy, other factors contributed to the lack of movement through the field.The fast Pukekohe circuit has few turns suitable for overtaking.More races also means fewer points on offer for each race and a smaller incentive to make risky moves with not as much on the line.If you really wanted to move forward you had to have a really big crack and be a little bit more desperate than you would be, Chaz Mostert said.Well see if anyone else does some moves tomorrow.Van Gisbergen was the chief beneficiary of the format, qualifying at the front and grabbing a first and second place to maintain a 148-point lead.McLaughlin said both drivers and fans enjoyed longer races at Pukekohe and everyone would benefit by switching back to at least one 200km drive.The races weve had across the years is a testament to the series, he said.When we come out here and back to the old way and how we had problems, its obvious why we changed. 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GREENVILLE, N.C. -- Only one thing stands between Navy and a division title -- an East Carolina team that the Midshipmen have dominated on the road.Navy will clinch the American Athletic Conferences West Division with a victory over the struggling Pirates on Saturday.First-year East Carolina coach Scottie Montgomery says hes using his teams spoiler status as motivation.Were going to try to pull motivation from everywhere we can get it from, Montgomery said.After beating Tulsa last week , the Midshipmen (7-2, 5-1) need only to beat East Carolina (3-7, 1-5) or SMU next week to wrap up the division title and a spot in the Americans title game on Dec. 3.Beating the Pirates hasnt exactly been much of a problem in Greenville: Navy has won both visits here by scores of 76-35 in 2010 and 56-28 two years later, averaging 516 yards rushing in those blowouts.And while Navys scheme remains the same, coach Ken Niumatalolo says those results dont mean anything this year.I dont know the reason -- we happened to play well those games, Niumatalolo said. Its a new year, new game, new team, new coach. ... Everythings different. I mean, we cant look at that. Im sure theyre not looking at it. The past is the past.The present has been rough for Montgomery in his first season as a head coach. The Pirates have lost two straight and seven of eight, and are coming off a 55-31 loss to SMU . East Carolina ranks 124th nationally in turnover margin, with 22 giveaways to just eight takeaways.Those are definitely things we are going to have to clean up if were going to move forward with everything that were trying to get done, Montgomery said.---Some other things to know about the Navy-East Carolina game:NAVYS OFFENSE: With their triple--option, ball-control offense, the Midshipmen always seem to rank among the nations best teams on the ground.dddddddddddd Navy is fourth nationally -- but behind the other two service academies -- with an average of nearly 310 yards rushing. This is going to be a possession game, Montgomery said. 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