I am glad I don't have the Formula V's in my group, but I am also glad they don't have their own group anymore either :!: :!: :!: :!:
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I am glad I don't have the Formula V's in my group, but I am also glad they don't have their own group anymore either :!: :!: :!: :!:
glenn, you groupings have several race classes that have 1 car in them...lump them all together in one super run group by qualification, say 40-50 cars and I bet you drop 3 full run groups!! :wink:Quote:
Originally Posted by GlennCMC70
Bye the way, Kevin, I think there are going to be some AIX cars in the future that might be passing you! :wink:
Look, we had other Group 8 "challenges" as well:
BMW with no tow hooks, later he decided to do a slow roll down through the sweeper, no hand signals or anything, you had to guess what he was going to do or where he was going.
The "hooptie" mazda chop-top that oiled down the track in T16/17 and continued to lay the transmission goo down the front straight.
The Viper driver was a very nice guy but parked it in the braking zone and at apex, point and shoot style. When my underpowered CMC car can overtake you in the sweeper you're doing something wrong lol.
Make me a better driver? Probably. Make me happier? Absolutely not. No ding on Mixon, but this isn't my idea of "fun" racing.
i know Matt. i dont have access to car counts for each class. but i did my best hip shot. the best way for NASA to "forecast" car count is to keep a running average from say the last 3 events. that way you know what classes need to move due to overloading the track. plan for 35-40 and set a max limit of 50. if thats exceeded, make a last minute change durring the weekend. if it falls below 25, do the same. do what you can to fill the track each session.
what if we just made it an all day session ENDURO and ran all cars for 3-4 hours???? fun??? :wink:
Someone mentioned "early registration" as being one thing that hurt NASA TX's ability to plan the groups, sounds like a logical business issue.
Would it help out if we registered early, then NASA TX could base the run groupings off of those registrations at some cutoff point in time? If a group loses track time/sessions or gets lumped with another they don't like it puts the emphasis on the entrants to get registered earlier so that NASA TX has the data to plan with?
Mike pretty much summed it up in his post with with the "challenges" of group 8.Quote:
Originally Posted by TEXAST1
Plus, I don't know most of those guys. The only consistent one's are you and Jay. In a flash you guys are gone and I know what to expect. With the other "yahoo's", I have no idea what they are going to do. I don't want bimmer paint on my fine automobile!
I will try to post more later though.
I'm going to look really bad here, but away I go.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mike Bell
I will be a hold out until I see the schedule. A late registration fee won't cost me anything if I see 5 & 8 together. Have fun.
All this has the makings of an intersting racing year.
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Originally Posted by Mike Bell
Common Mike, that is the fun of racing in a diverse group of cars and drivers. It would get boaring other wise! :shock: Plus you can tell all of your non-racing buddies you kicked ass on a full race prepped Vipper. :wink:
On the BMW, I signed that guy off because he had an SCCA liscense, I didn't tech his car. I am sure some of you guys may remember me saying after I signed you off " Don't Embar-ass Me!" We'll he must have missed that part of my speech. :roll:
per Matt, "Bye the way, Kevin, I think there are going to be some AIX cars in the future that might be passing you! Wink"
We'll Mister, All I can say is BRING IT! It will require our run groups to be combind. :wink:
Who says I am leaving my C5 stock anymore...
With sale of the Bitchin' Black Camaro, I now have a bigger buget for next season :D