NER has been changing workers on the fly for a few years now. It really
takes a lot of downtime out of the equation. To do it, you have to start
calling for workers on the last run of the heat (assuming that you are
running more than one run a heat.) As they get checked in, they go out and
relieve someone from the corner. We used to lose 10 minutes per changeover
just trying to get workers on and off the course. Now the only downtime is
when the T&S people change, usually no more than a couple of minutes. A few
times this past year we managed to roll the heats together so that there was
no discernable break in the action.
Paul Zahornasky
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From: owner-autox@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-autox@autox.team.net]On
Behalf Of Benjamin D Thatcher
Sent: Monday, January 29, 2001 4:58 AM
To: evolution-discussions@egroups.com; autox@autox.team.net
Subject: Local event fees
Atlanta region just raised entry fees to $25 for members and $30 for
non-members. However, if a member buys a season's pass it works out to
$20 per event ($200 for the 10 points events or $240 for 10 points events
plus two fun events).
Our overhead is site rental, pottie rental, trophies and upkeep for our
trailer and supplies. All this works out to about $1800 per event.
Last year we only averaged 3 runs per driver per event. This year we will
be giving 33% more runs (4 instead of 3), start at 9:30 and do away with
2 driver's meetings a day (novices will still have a meeting and course
walk).
We are actively exploring ways to change workers on the fly so we can get
even MORE runs a day. Anybody out there do that?
Ben Thatcher
Apex Benefit Services & Motorsports
Stockbridge, GA
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