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RE: Tour Entry Update

To: "Andy McKee" <andrewmckee@yahoo.com>,
Subject: RE: Tour Entry Update
From: "Kelly, Katie" <kkelly@spss.com>
Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2002 13:46:47 -0700
I was going to go, but I am broken.

Katie K.

-----Original Message-----
From: Andy McKee [mailto:andrewmckee@yahoo.com]
Sent: Monday, April 29, 2002 11:34 AM
To: Bay Area Autox
Subject: Tour Entry Update


Well, if you look at the Atwater Tour entry list the SCCA website, you'll see
that we're only at 145 entries.  

http://www.scca.org/amateur/solo2/nat_tour/2002/atwater/entry.html

The National office is still processing the forms from the last couple days,
but that should only raise the number to 175 or so. On the current entry list,
it looks like maybe 50 or so Bay Area people are willing to make the "trek" to
Atwater.  I guess more people would rather run a local event at Stockton than
compete against fellow autoxers from Washington, Oregon, SoCal, Arizona,
Colorado, etc. on a large concrete site in Atwater.  

Just in case you are still planning on going and don't want to pay the late
fee, today is the last day to fax in your entry (without the late fee). 
Starting tomorrow, it costs $20 more.  Here's the link just in case you
forgot...

http://www.scca.org/amateur/solo2/nat_tour/entryform.html

We asked SCCA to provide some local classes to run in, so they allowed BSP-V,
OSP, and a street tire class for novices.  While BSP-V has about 5 entries
right now, OSP and the street tire class don't have any.

I'm trying not to be too negative in this post, but it's just a little
embarrassing to be a "Jumbo" region with 340 entrant local events, yet not be
able to have good attendance at a Tour or Divisional when it's a couple hours
away.  I wouldn't expect every one to be able to make it, but that is usually
offset by the number of people from other regions who drive anywhere from 6-16
hours to make the event.  

While it does take some effort and resources to go and run the Tour in Atwater,
this really is your one "convenient" chance to see what Nationals is like. 
With the kind of attendance we are seeing so far, this chance may not come
again next year.  Hopefully alot of entries are just pouring in really really
last minute.

If you haven't already, send in your entry TODAY!  Actually, with all the cool
raffle prizes Vic Sias has put together (you get one free raffle ticket with
your entry) maybe it's a good thing not so many are going.  I could use a set
of free tires, even if they are Kumhos.

-Andy
Tour Co-Chair
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