Giles,
I thought I hit a cone on my last run, but it wasn't marked down.
Sometimes that sort of thing happens. I saw another car DNF and it
wasn't noted on the card. These things happen. It's not National at
Topeka, nor a Divisional or a National Tour. It was our FIRST event of
the season which is always huge in size. We're all still learning, not
only to drive faster, but to run an event better. We strive for
perfection, but rarely achieve it.
Each event is another opportunity to improve, in all ways. It's odd
that we can be so unforgiving over a second of time on our card. I bet
at our next event, at Candlestick in three weeks, we'll be a lot better.
Be sure to bring your membership cards and write the member # on your
entry card...
--Pat Kelly
Giles Douglas wrote:
>
> I'm suprised that we managed to only be 13 minutes late when the trailer
> was over an hour late; of course, we were still laying out the course and
> chalking it whilst Katie was yelling at everyone to get off so they could
> start running.
>
> The only problem I see is that the results are a little suspect; Tony was
> wondering about the F125 times, and I know that one of my times is a
> little suspect (I definitely DNF'd twice and went the wrong way around the
> slalom, hitting about 6 cones in the process but I'm credited with an
> abysmal 69s instead - I'm blaming not being used to my new suspension
> setup ;-)
>
> Anyway, I think I'll helpout with setup again sometime. It was kinda fun.
> And the event was a blast - I wish I'd been around to see the CHP guy
> running!
>
> Giles
>
> On Tue, 30 Jan 2001, Kelly, Katie wrote:
>
> > Okay, so last time I chaired an event, last November, I got this infected
> > zit and was sent to the hospital for two days. THIS time, that muscle
> > soreness that I thought came from moving those metal barriers around (NOT
> > the cement ones) was actually just the mere beginning of a terrible stomach
> > virus. There are so many better weight loss programs available, let me tell
> > you.
> >
> > I'm here at work now because I just remembered that today was company
> > massage day. It was a real doozie.
> >
> > We got 280 drivers through on January 28th, with a 13 minute late start, no
> > drivers meeting, hastily set up motorhome and grid, yet we made it. I don't
> > know how, but we made it. What this says about us, as a club, is amazing,
> > because on team.net they're talking about how it's so impossible to pull
> > this stuff off, particularly the on-the-fly changeovers.
> >
> > Well, it nearly is.
> >
> > The problem: course workers need replacing, but how to distinguish who needs
> > replacing requires the replacement workers to walk around the course asking
> > who needs to be replaced. This is kind of crazy, considering that in this
> > interviewing process, there are also cars travelling by at speed. There's
> > got to be a better way.
> >
> > A solution: Copy Sac Chapter and get Station Markers, like eight of them.
> > When you're looking at your course worker sheet, divide up the workers into
> > stations, and decide who'll take a radio. So, as you check people off, you
> > say, "You're going to station 1, you're replacing the radio person," for
> > example.
> >
> > Will everybody be replaced? Who knows, but at least after you know you've
> > sent everyone out, you can announce that those who worked the previous group
> > can come in.
> >
> > The main thing is to send out workers in an orderly fashion, where they KNOW
> > where to go, eliminating any need to walk around lost in front of high speed
> > vehicles.
> >
> > Lastly, I just want to thank Vernon for once again co-chairing the
> > Boondoggle by the Bay, and for sacrificing all of his runs for us. When my
> > mom told me we had 280 entrants, well, I had to once again go run to the
> > bathroom. But still, anyway, the only reason why we survived this, in my
> > opinion, is because we're all members. We all know what's going on. Vernon
> > and I have been co-chairing all of the Boondoggles, and this one had more
> > opportunities for disaster, what with the event in January, the late
> > motorhome arrival, highest turnout ever or close enough, and just the
> > regular old Boondoggle Curse, yet this one turned out the best. We've had
> > some real disasters, yet this one exceeded all expectations.
> >
> > -Katie Kelly
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