Thanks to the Men in Black(cars that is) for another great event. I agree
with Pat. Great weather. No Sacramento autocrosses yet this year. Seat
time for The Tour. No conflicting dates. I don't think we will top this
one the rest of the year, but we may get close. We just have sooo many
great people helping out that we pull these big events off on a regular
basis. When I was at the National Convention in Denver in February, I
attended a seminar on "what to do if you get a big turnout at your events".
Some regions went from 150 to 200 and couldn't figure it out. I answered
most of the questions, as I told the attendees that we not only have 200-280
competitors at our events, but on the same day, in the same region, there
will be 125 at Sacramento and 80 at Marina, and 40 at Fresno, and maybe even
another group at an AAS event. We sure don't need to worry about
conflicting dates. Everyone gets to have fun. We just have the formula all
worked out. It hasn't always been this good, but we seam to get better at
it as we go along.
It looks like the event on the 17th will probably not be close to 300.
There will be an event in Sacramento, an event at Marina, and The Tour in
San Diego. Maybe time for fun runs? We shall see. We need to get a bigger
core of morning workers to get things going on time. Course layout kind of
contributed to the late start for round 3. Come early and make it your work
assignment. You can leave after your runs. Let us know if you are
interested.
Bryan
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-ba-autox@autox.team.net
[mailto:owner-ba-autox@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of Pat Kelly
Sent: Tuesday, March 05, 2002 8:46 PM
To: Donald R McKenna; nokones@kenmitchell.com
Cc: John F. Kelly Jr.; 'ba-autoX@autox.team.net'; Runnion, Ed
Subject: Re: Sunday Musings
I think there were several reasons. A fantastically beautiful day, ideal
driving weather; asphalt, maybe like San Diego's so some came to get a small
asphalt taste; and time for folks to 'uncork' their cars after a long
winter.
Unlike San Diego's event last year, we used less time. :) With a shorter
day, the last car ran just before the sun dipped below the hills. An amazing
performance by all. Usually one comes away from an event impressed with the
driving skills on display; this time, the organizational skills were a
highlight, too.
--Pat K
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>From: "Donald R McKenna" <donbarbmckenna@earthlink.net>
>To: Pat Kelly <lollipop487@attbi.com> , nokones@kenmitchell.com
>Cc: "John F. Kelly Jr." <76067.1750@compuserve.com> ,
"'ba-autoX@autox.team.net'" <ba-autoX@autox.team.net> , "Runnion, Ed"
<Ed_Runnion@regionofdoom.com>
>Subject: Re: Sunday Musings
>Date: Tue, Mar 5, 2002, 8:41 PM
>
>Pat Kelly said of the 3-3-02 event:
>
>>The actual count was 340...one was found lagging behind, and I tucked her
>>in. :)
>
>Interesting comparative statistic: In the past five years, even as average
>participation at National Tour events has increased,there have only been
>three events that have drawn more than 300 participants, two of which
>exceeded 340. Last year San Diego had 344 and Peru Indiana had 348.
>
>We not doing too bad!
>
> Don
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