The NWR/SCCA has about 10% of their entrants (20-25 out of 200-250) going to
out of state divisional and national type events. That number isn't so
important to the number of local event attendees except for one huge thing:
At least here, the people that tend to travel to big autocross events, are
also the ones who do the lion's share of the local event organizational
work. If taken too far, this can seriously hamper the ability of a region to
put on local events.
-----Original Message-----
From: Mari L Clements [mailto:mrndr2@juno.com]
Sent: Wednesday, June 21, 2000 6:32 PM
To: autox@autox.team.net
On Wed, 21 Jun 2000 15:28:52 -0600 William Loring <bloring@tirerack.com>
writes:
> I also like the idea of adding events to the schedule, but here's
> another thought: how will that affect small local events?
Adding National level events might not affect small local events very
much. In our region, we have 4 competitors (5 if you count Matthew!) who
travel a lot (so far, Meridian, Peru, Petersburg, Ayer, Harrisburg--and
Peru and Rome [for NEDivs] coming up). We have 1 or 2 other folks who
make 1 or 2 National events a year. The rest of the club stays home and
runs exclusively locally. Our region is small (80 members), but the
ratio of travelers might be similar or even smaller in big regions. How
about it NER or SFR? You are the jumbos--what proportion of autoxers
actually go to all the tours on your side of the Mississippi?
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