MSR-C and our normal pit area - now is GRID!

[BlueFirePony]

Any of the other groups don't get to park together. Not sure if that's because they don't really try or what though...

TT used to park together; we had great times. Especially at MSRC - OMG. That reminds me of the time Mike Z laughed so hard he snorted Patron through his nose...damn painful way to do a shot
That was how I prepared for the legendary AI/CMC party nights...miss those ....

[kbrewmr2]

Please expand on this statement for those of us that are on the fence about attending the sardine event.

nevermind, Dave confirmed TT would be the only one and only if the group size was 35+ (which is doable, I'm expecting to break our record of 43)
http://www.nasaforums.com/viewtopic.php?f=26&t=54895

as far as the focus, that's just a Dave question. I will say that you outta look at other regions before you cast that stone though. TX is the only one I've been around that crams DE1 & 2 together and crams DE4 and TT together just to make room in the day for 4-5 dedicated race groups. Everywhere else is reversed from that. Also, I haven't had the amount of races reduced or the length of the races in my group shortened yet. Have you guys?

The grid hasn't worked there every time I've been to Cresson these past few years. Change was overdue honestly. Especially now with one of the race groups being exceedingly too big for the existing area (SM & Lightning), along with the TT group being too big as well.

And my last rant - don't get too pissy with DEers & TTers, where do you think future racers come from?

[rleng1]

Just trying to make a point to have a plan.
I love DEer's and TT'ers, that is where we get racers, and the TT class has cool and fast cars, and some great drivers. I'm sure other driving events have a large amount of cars at MSRC, so hopefully someone has some best practices from those events.

[kbrewmr2]

I'm sure other driving events have a large amount of cars at MSRC, so hopefully someone has some best practices from those events.

very good point - I don't get to run with groups besides NASA, so maybe if others have, and if the groups were big enough maybe they can throw out some other ideas that'd help us make our events even better

[nasa-rm]

Thanks to whoever posted the map. That helps! We are trying to figure out the best plan. If it won't work, then we will revert to the normal even if it is a pain in the ass.

Thoughts....

1. Nothing is set in stone. Just one idea to try to make a more usable paddock and not have the cluster F that challenged the schedule last year. I wanted to give everyone a heads up and try to get some creative positive ideas.

2. No the facility wasn't designed for racing or for more than 150 cars. We can try to grow to capacity and stretch to accommodate. One option is to limit entries. 150 and that is it. I will form the groups based off that number at the time of entry. Once we hit maximum regardless of mix, we are closed. There are other bad side effects like $400 entry fees. Or we can skip Cresson all together if it is not meeting our needs.

3. We can probably fit some cars and paddock spots on the skid pad after we layout grid. But, AI/CMC as a whole will not be able to park there as one big group. But you might be held from going anywhere until cars leave grid. A skinny access road just doesn't allow for easy 2 way traffic.


4. As for sharing the space under the awning with tech, we need room for 15 cars to be impounded. If there is space left over see #3.

5. If it rains, all bets are off and it will be a complete nightmare with people paddocked on 377. No different regardless of where we put grid.

6. I still have about 6 different plans on my desk trying to figure out best options.

[Al Fernandez]

Any plan is better than no plan and "see what happens". The Rehagen boys brought a sheet of plywood to park each car on at nationals since they knew they'd be on the grass. Worked fine for them.

[edrock96GT]

The Rehagen boys brought a sheet of plywood to park each car on at nationals since they knew they'd be on the grass. Worked fine for them.

I'd have plenty of room for that if I had their trailer too...

...and their budget...

[Al Fernandez]

Plywood fits under your car as long as you drop it down before you load