Matthew Braun wrote:
> I'm bummed that I'm on a
> waiting list for the Peru National Tour, and I know it is my fault for
> not entering earlier.
>
Not so maybe if everyone entered in January then you still would be on the
waiting list.
> The reason my questions are coming up: The Peru National Tour is at
> around 350 entries (with a limit of 300) and probably still growing.
>
> Time to stir the pot...
>
> For "The Road to Topeka!" ProSolo and National Tour events, do we have
> too many entrants?
>
> Should there be some sort of additional prerequisites needed to enter?
>
No!!! that is elitism and other sports have that problem already. Simply
raise the price.
> Like regular participation or past finishing results?
>
> Do more entrants make the events better or just simply bigger (making
> them take longer)?
>
> If participation continues to grow like this for the National events,
> how early will you have to send in your registration so you are
> guaranteed to get in under the maximum number of participants for a
> given event? One month... two... three months? As soon as the
> schedule/entry forms are available?
>
See my reply to early entries above.
> While I don't actually think implementing entry prerequisites would
> actually work out, it would be nice to go to events with good
> competition without having to be at the event site from dawn to dusk for
> 3 runs a day at Tours (or short 8 and 4 run days at Pro's).
>
I went to a solo 1 event two weekends ago (a hill-climb in Weatherly PA)
that was not well attended (35 cars) and got 12 runs (60 sec ea.) up the
hill including 2 practice (touring) runs. It was expensive ($95) but it was
much more fun than an autocross and there was no bitching about the course
being unfair (It is the same for everybody).
It was an expensive entry and the equipment required is also not cheap (SA95
helmet, suit, underwear, balaclava, gloves, shoes, GCR compliant rollcage
and fire extinguisher etc.). I guess I have now got $1K tied up in safety
stuff for the car. But it sure was fun to get out of second gear and ring
the car out. (70mph at the top of this rather short hill).
If the equipment required to enter a Solo2 event was a little more expensive
at a national level the entry list would decrease significantly.
>From what I have read on this list about recent rollovers and crashes I
think the improvement in driver safety stuff is necessary at the national
level!!!
Ray Colbert
Steel Cities Region
Oakmont PA
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