A little rebuttal on a few points.
If you want to strengthen the part of the club
that is doing well make the IT classes national classes.
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You do NOT want to make IT a national class. They will very quickly become
a very expensive place to race as people "have"to get blue printed engines,
high dollar hand picked parts, etc just to be competitive. Making IT a
National class would kill it as a "cheap" racing class within 5 years.
And here's the real kicker. We have a hardcore, loyal cadre of volunteers
that must be there for any club race to occur. And we make them pay the same
dues as we charge the participants. This must stop. We are losing volunteers
over time. We need to attract them back. Giving them free dues or giving
them a chit for each event they work they can redeem towards free dues would
go a long way to make that happen.
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Keep dreamin pal. This would never work on a National basis. What kind of
Fantasy Land are you living in? It's up to the local regions to entice
workers with carrots. I'll be very shonest and say that I'm way too selfish
to go work a corner. I'd rather be driving. And as a driver, if I have to
pay higher entry fees to be able to dangle more carrots in front of
volunteer corner workers, then so be it. OTOH, why not make Club Racers
work as a requirement to be able to race? It works for Solo why would it
not also work for Club Racing? Hey, Solo cars break too and need attention
between runs. Or are the Club racers simply that big of a bunch of
primadonnas?
I say leave it alone (for the most part). Let the SCCA be the Mecca for
amateur motorsports instead of a business that is out to make a profit
wherever it can. Have events and we will come. Have low cost events and even
more of us will come.
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Damn, a sensible idea from Paul. Who would have thought it possible? ;^)
Eric Linnhoff in KC
1998 Dodge Neon R/T
#69 STS #13 TLS
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