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Re: 4 runs at Nationals

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Subject: Re: 4 runs at Nationals
From: Matt Murray <mattm@optonline.net>
Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2001 16:23:49 -0400
Plus, I might have to announce in more heats.  :^)

Matt Murray

mattm@optonline.net

Copyright 2001, Matthew D. Murray.  Permission to reproduce these words 
on the list explicitly granted.

----- Original Message ----- 
> I take it you're talking running Monday to Saturday.  Okay, let's ponder
> this one.  Yes, it drops the cars per course per day count to effectively
> 200 cars per day.  200 cars x 4 runs x 20 seconds interval = about 4.5
> hours.  Certainly reasonable on the face of it.  Figure 6-7 hours with
> downtime, reruns, etc.  Three runs is even nicer in that respect.
> 
> However... It adds one banquet (Tues, Thurs, Sat vs. Wed, Fri), which is,
> as they say in the brake shop commercials, "substantial additional cost"
> for someone, be it SCCA, the MTAA, the TCVB, and/or the entrants.  
> 
> Running 6 days instead of 4 requires 4-6 additional Operating Stewards,
> Chiefs of Course, Timing & Scoring Captains, 8-10 additional Safety
> Stewards, 4-8 additional Announcers.  
> Jim Crider
> autojim@att.net

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