I throw my $.02 in on this one.
Obviously we have already figured out we can not run 275+ cars during the
shortened days of Slush. Running only 2 runs doesn't seem like a very good
option nor does blocking newbies from participating. I would hate to ( And
will not) drive all the way from Sacramento and go thru the hassle of
changing tires just to get two runs. Also if we block rookies from entering
we could see a backlash in attendance in a few years or perhaps as early as
next season. .
So instead of trying to squeeze everyone in during one short day why not
make each event 2 days long??? For instance on Saturday we run groups 1-4.
Than on Sunday we run the remaining 5-8, both days running identical
courses. . This way we wouldn't have to limit participation as we would only
be running half the cars, we could all get 4 runs instead of 3, and there
could even be time for fun runs at the end. This would work especially well
at GGF due to the limitations of the starting time.
Of course it will cost twice as much to run the events as we would have to
pay for 2 days of "Parking Lot" rental. But if I remember a few threads ago
SCCA has a little surplus money to spend, so why not spend it on more
events? Even if that doesn't cover it I wouldn't mind paying a few more
dollars per event to have the convenience of an extra run along with not
having to hang around all day watching 275+ cars. Also to keep attendance
down on both days you can only enter in your class for that day your group
runs and you will not be able to buy fun runs for the next day. And if
anyone does enter both days they get WRG or a DNF for both days on there
scoring. So this way we can accommodate everyone who wants to come out and
race, we wont be turning people away or trying to push cars thru the course
to fast. Than during the longer summer events switch back to the regular
format that we have used all season. Anyone agree with me?
Just a thought
Andy Badertscher
----- Original Message -----
From: Giles Douglas <giles@quote.com>
To: <ba-autox@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, August 31, 2000 2:30 PM
Subject: RE: Slush turnouts
> Apologies for pointing out the obvious, but.... taking into account
daylight
> savings time:
>
> Sun rise Sun set Time Effective run time
> October 1: 7:06am 6:52pm 11:46 8:52
> October 8: 7:12am 6:42pm 11:30 11:30 (its marina)
> October 22: 7:25am 6:22pm 10:57 8:22
> November 5: 6:40am 5:06pm 10:26 7:06
> November 12: 6:47am 5:00pm 10:13 7:00
>
> [data for San Francisco, I didn't actually key in the longitude and
> lattitude for GGF.
>
> Now, October 8 is marina, so based on the data we have there will probably
> be 180 entrants, which leaves 250 for the other dates. Since on Sunday we
> finished at 7:04pm with some organizational problems (the timing sheets,
the
> overlap), we're probably ok for the start of october. However, October
22nd
> looks harder, and come November we have a *big* problem.
>
> Giles
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-ba-autox@autox.team.net
> [mailto:owner-ba-autox@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of Jerry Mouton
> Sent: Thursday, August 31, 2000 1:34 PM
> To: Smokerbros@aol.com; OSP13@attglobal.net; jss@marimba.com
> Cc: ba-autox@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: Slush turnouts
>
>
> See
>
> http://www.sfrscca.org/solo2/Results/1999/index.html
>
> http://www.sfrscca.org/solo2/Results/1998/index.html
>
> Every local event slush or not in this group was over 200
> entrants.
>
> Jerry
>
> Jerry Mouton mailto:jerry@moutons.org Laissez les bons temps
> rouler!
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <Smokerbros@aol.com>
> To: <OSP13@attglobal.net>; <jss@marimba.com>
> Cc: <ba-autox@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Thursday, August 31, 2000 11:40 AM
> Subject: Re: Slush turnouts
>
>
> > In a message dated 8/31/2000 12:22:44 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
> > OSP13@attglobal.net writes:
> >
> > <<
> > 1999 2000
> > round attendance round attendance
> > 14 133 10 253
> > 15 140 11 234
> > 16 142 12 181
> > 17 149 13 251
> > 18 128 14 248
> > S1 121
> > S2 126
> > S3 211
> > S4 162
> > S5 157
> > >>
> >
> > Can we add locations to the '99 numbers?
> >
> > I think that has a huge bearing on attendance. Our Slush schedule this
> year
> > is largely Bay Area. That's wonderful, except that we need to consider
> how
> > to handle large turnouts with diminishing light conditions.
> >
> > CHD
> >
> >
> >
>
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