We started the driver's meeting about forty minutes after it was scheduled,
9:10 vs. 8:30 and didn't begin running until around 9:30. So, theoretically,
we could of run 32 more cars assuming a 25 second overlap including no red
flags and/or "hold the start"s. The delayed drivers meeting was the result of
a detailed course designed on paper which was difficult to execute in reality
and changes in the course in the interest of safety (avoiding light poles,
bleachers and such). So, while I wouldn't want to have to attempt 371, it's
theoretically possible in the SFR on a bright sunny March 3 date assuming the
support the Chairs enjoyed and a bit of luck. The question I have is, do they
really give a hoot about safety in Brazil???
--Barry -- http://www.4d-sport.com
Navid Kahangi wrote:
> So, are you saying that you guys in San Diego can handle over 400 people at
> your events? I wonder how many they can handle in Brazil?
>
> --Navid
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Kevin Stevens [mailto:Kevin_Stevens@pursued-with.net]
> > Sent: Monday, March 04, 2002 2:34 PM
> > To: Alan Dahl
> > Cc: ba-autox@autox.team.net
> > Subject: Re: So how do you do it?
> >
> >
> > We live further south. ;)
> >
> > KeS
> >
> > On Mon, 4 Mar 2002, Alan Dahl wrote:
> >
> > > Saw from today's posts that SFR managed to get nearly 340
> > people though
> > > 3 runs at yesterday's autocross. Congratulations! As a
> > Northwest Region
> > > member where we are struggling to deal with 260 entrants
> > (in Seattle in
> > > February!!!) it would be helpful to know just how you guys
> > manage to be
> > > so efficient? We're getting better and better but it's been
> > a struggle
> > > keeping up since the numbers of entrants at our events have
> > grown from
> > > 65-100 back in '95 to our current 200-250 range. Every time we think
> > > we're ready for the new level we get still more entries.
> > >
> > > Last weekend's event was the back-breaker. After bigger and bigger
> > > entries at each event this year (191 then 226) we were
> > snowed with 256
> > > entrants of which a whopping 110 were novices! Unfortunately several
> > > problems resulted in not everyone being able to run which we want to
> > > prevent from ever happening again so anything NWR could
> > learn from SFR
> > > would be great.
> > >
> > > I should point out that these early-season attendance
> > problems were for
> > > our WWSCC series not the NWR/SCCA series which starts this upcoming
> > > weekend. We've discussed requiring SCCA membership as SFR
> > does to limit
> > > entries at SCCA events but since WWSCC is not SCCA and has
> > no membership
> > > per se (it is a council of several unrelated clubs) this
> > solution is not
> > > available to us. What we need to do is be more efficient in event
> > > planning and execution which is where your help would be invaluable.
> > >
> > > Thank you very much,
> > >
> > > - Alan Dahl
> > >
> > > P.S. Please CC me directly on your replies, I am on the
> > digest version
> > > of the list and I'd like to be able to keep your separate
> > responses to
> > > forward on to the folks on our local autox list.
> > >
> > > --------------
> > > Alan Dahl home:
> > > adahl@eskimo.com
> > > Federal Way, WA, USA work: aland@bestnet.com
> > > http://www.eskimo.com/~adahl ICQ 52688023
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