In Alabama, we just did a Saturday Solo and Sunday PDE at a little race
track, here, http://www.tgprace.com . Attendance was good at each group
of entrants had a great time. By running the Solo on Saturday, we were
able to fill a couple empty slots by announcing, "If you like this,
tomorrow we pick up the cones. . ."
We already had experience with the venue, having done Solo I, Solo II,
and HPCCC there, before, so it was fairly easy to pull off. We had
plenty of folks who'd already instructed for other clubs, so there was
no shortage of willing, able instructors.
We may need to adjust the economics of it, a bit, but there is no doubt
that we will have at least one more similar event there, this year.
I'v heard that some other regions, who are having trouble filling fields
at regional races, are adding PDE's as an extra run group on a race
weekend. Others are running mid-week events, when track time is more
available and less expensive.
The whole TT program seems to provide a fairly seamless route for folks
to progress from Solo to club racing, with plenty of intermediate steps
to stop at along the way, if you meet a level of fun you're satisfied
with.
Chuck Schultz
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On Tue, 22 Mar 2005 8:46am, Mark Andy wrote:
> Howdy,
>
> With all this talk about how the club racing sides of some SCCA regions
> aren't doing so hot...
>
> Has everyone been keeping track of the new time trials program? Level
> 1 looks to be a potential _huge_ win for SCCA regions... Its very
> similar to the normal track day stuff, with requirements and such that
> seem to be much easier to hit than club racing, both for the
> participant and the organizer.
>
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