I'm afraid Simon is right. If I recall correctly, we (SF region
SCCA) lost money on our vintage program last year. And I should
point out that every event that a region puts on results in a
big check being sent to SCCA national (a sanction fee or some
such). We certainly would all like lower entry fees and more
track time, but it isn't a case of gouging at least as far as
the SCCA vintage events.
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> Ted wrote:
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> > The $250 fee for the SCCA Laguna event in October looks like it yields me 4
>25
> > minute sessions. If I read the schedule correctly, I get one early Sat
>a.m.,
> > one late Sat.afternoon and an early Sun. a.m. and late Sun.
>pm......normally
> > I'd say it's hardly worth the drive down there but it was a great turnout
>last
> > year so I'll begrudingly go. In our region, SCCA is struggling and vintage
> > events brought sheckles to the coffers last year. It feels like SCCA
>vintage
> > is being used to support the rest of the SCCA programs that can't support
> > themselves......not something I particularly care to do......(nomex on,
>flames
> > no doubt on the way).....
>
> There's one problem with this logic. If the vintage events were so wildly
> profitable for the region, how come we only got one date on the calendar.
> If they figured they had a cash cow on their hands, they would have given
> us more dates. I heard there were 2 planned, but one got snatched away.
> I think we only had 1 event last year too.
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