You know, I think they could keep Draco, making a no beta option would really level the field and I don't think he would have won.
Your comment about times wouldn't be accurate. The wind vs no wind times varied by 5 seconds and the wind picked up a lot from the start of the races to the finish. Toby Ashley's no wind run qualified around 1:22 something. His third place run was 1:27 so that give you an idea of how much wind changes times.
Steve Henry was 1:22 when he lost to Draco in low wind so everyone thinking Steve would have beat Trent isn't necessarily the case.