Atlanta Region SCCA's Team Solo is considering the possibility of
changing to 4 run groups with two running/working in the morning and two
running/working in the afternoon. The reasons for considering this change
are:
1- Cut in half the amount of time a competitor needs to be at the event.
Hopefully, this would encourage more entrants if less time is spent in
the hot sun or in inclement weather. This would also cut in half the
amount of time working the course.
2- Allow morning participants to enter twice (running in the afternoon as
"Time Only" so competitors can get more seat time and still meet their
obligation to work both sessions.
3-To shorten the time in registration/tech for the morning session since
only half the competitors would be registering.
4- Out of town competitors could get "on the road" sooner to get back
home without shirking their work assignments.
5- Novices would be allowed to enter either morning or afternoon sessions
depending on when they arrive at the site. Thus, provisions for "late
arrivers" can be accomodated.
I've been asked by Team Solo to find out if this is being done in other
regions and to find out how it is working. Please share with me your
experiences, positive or negative. Also, if you have some other method of
organizing your events that seems to work real well, please share that
with me.
Thanks for your help.
Ben Thatcher
Atlanta Region SCCA Solo II co-chairman
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