Randy,
Do you really believe that the "talent" won't drive an extra 500 miles? Also
if it takes you 4 days to go cross country you don't like driving enough. It
takes 56 easy hours to go NY - LA.
Regard,
Alan "we should move nats to Hawaii and stop the whining edition" Pozner
----- Original Message -----
From: "Randy Noll" <rnoll98@yahoo.com>
To: "Alan Pozner" <apozner@ptd.net>; "autox list" <autox@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2001 4:43 PM
Subject: Re: A "central" location (was Re: SCCA national office move)
> > 4) All other things being equal -Nats should be placed so that the
> > total
> > mileage of all those who attend is the least.
>
> So the skill level of those who attend isn't a factor? Moving it
> anywhere toward one coast or the other will most likely dilute the
> talent pool that shows up. Move it anywhere and advertise enough and
> you'll get 1,250 people to show up with an average driving distance of
> 30 miles. The competition won't be the same though.
>
> Moving it east will mean you'll get less drivers from the west
> (possibly including some of the top competitors) and more "convenience"
> drivers from the east (people who show up cuz it's close). Moving it
> west will do the same but vice-versa.
>
> I would imagine a national champ would want to know that they won
> because they were the fastest in the country, not because Joe
> California couln't make a 4-day drive cross-country to compete.
>
> Randy
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