No Ecr at Daytona in May

[Kolin Aspegren]

At the drivers meeting at Rockingham it was anounced there would be no Ecr. Cfr region apparently
is having there own Florida Enduro Series race instead. Can somebody in the know explain how or
what happened. Looks like greed perhaps has taken over.

Kolin

[HONDA69]

[b]E-Mail Robin Langlotz ([email protected]) and ask him why the change in the schedule
Carol Cone, the ECR Administrator was unaware of the change in the schedule.

[IT728]

I was hoping to go down and run that weekend. I'm not familiar with the Florida Enduro Series. Last minute changes are a bit unsettling. Still hope to get down there, but I do really enjoy the ECR format/points system.

[ECR]

This event, the Daytona classic,since the era of the leather helmet,the wire wheel,and the hand-crank starter, has been an ECR.possibly the premier ECR in Florida. As a competitor and preparer who has supported this event, and series with multiple entries (and winners) for over a decade,I find it unfathomable that,without explanation,it would be summarily dropped from the schedule,especially since it is still on the calendar as of 2-15-07.All I can say is that I sincerely hope that I am misinformed,and this is only a bad dream.

[Rob May]

Yep, heard it straight from the ECR steward in the drivers meeting. I agree with you David, it has been a staple for many years at Daytona. Premier? Yeah, I would say that.

Robin, can you enlighten us on what the deal is?

I will shoot him an e-mail ( [email protected] )

[flaboy]

The only thing i have heard was that the double sarrc in august was cancelled do to repaving of the track after the July 4th weekend.That race has been moved to Sebring.

If thats the case about the ECR than that really sucks.That was going to be my next race,not only that it was a local race since i live 20mins away from the track

[Carlos G]

There is still an Enduro on the schedule, just not an ECR series point race ? While I agree with my 'muy rapido' friends here on the prestige this event has gained over the years ( first ran it in '93 ), this back and forth, ECR - Citrus Endurance Challenge - Florida Endurance Series -ECR, has been going on since the begining. Remember when it was a 3 hour event one year ? Comes down to scheduling issues again with the National race program vs the ECR schedule / rules ?
Would like to hear official word from Robin and Carol.

P.S. Hey Kolin, you are the "muy rapidest" of them all
See ya'll in Daytona.
El otro Cubano not so muy rapido,
Carlos Gutierrez

[jlinfert]

For those who race the ECR series the loss of the Daytona ECR does indeed suck. I have no idea why, but at least there is still an enduro being run that weekend. I know that I'll be there running my Scirocco.
I hope some of you fast B car drivers are ther for me to draft with.

[charrbq]

Well now that's really wierd! Two years ago three years ago they cancelled the Double SARRC at Daytona and moved it to Sebring for the infield being repaved...that needs to be done again? Plus, they cancel a scheduled race for a ECR series and make it their own race. Something sounds rotten!

I suppose all this makes it easier to design my race schedule for this year. It will only take a little modifying and save me a lot of travel time and money.

[GKR_17]

After hearing from several officials, it is still not clear why the ECR was dropped from this event. It is surely political though, since the CFR will still use the ECR rule format from what I've been told.

If it's not an ECR our team isn't going. I wonder how many other folks feel the same way. If there are enough of us, maybe they will be inclined to put it back. If you want this race to be an ECR, I'd suggest you contact the CFR registrar: [email protected]

Grafton

[Mattberg]

Is this really surprising to anyone? Go back and read my posts of over a year ago. I said stuff like this was coming and you didn't want to hear it.

[charrbq]

Is this really surprising to anyone? Go back and read my posts of over a year ago. I said stuff like this was coming and you didn't want to hear it.
[/b]

The only thing surprising is that it took you this long to climb your bell tower and chime in.

[zracre]

I don't care who puts it on...its Daytona!!!! I'm there!

[Carlos G]

I don't care who puts it on...its Daytona!!!! I'm there!
[/b]

Thats the spirit ! There's no other track like Daytona. If I only make two races this year, this one is a must.
Grafton; bring that rocketship of yours, you always run strong at Daytona. I might be in an ITS car again, would be fun drafting your red Panzer just like the old days.
See you all there,
Carlos Gutierrez

[Kolin Aspegren]

Guys I will still be there myself just running the national as usaual. Carlos looking forward to seeing you
and the wife. Graftons new panzer is black and very mean. Stilled pissed about no actual Ecr though.

Lets hope the double at Homestead in June stays an Ecr, crosses fingers

see yeah

Kolin

[GKR_17]

I'd love to be there. In fact I'd already booked plane tickets. But it just isn't worth it to us if the race doesn't count for ECR points.

As Kolin points out, the new car is black, and hopefully won't be much help for drafting ITS cars. But Carlos is typically better than most of the ITS field...

Grafton

[GMIV]

Guys,

Just heard the news about Daytona. Last year I only ran ECR enduros and ended up winning the trophy for the Florida Enduro Series without even realizing it. There is no reason why we cannot run for both ECR and FES points in the race, unless it has to do with the prize money. We should petition Carol to let us run for points in both series that weekend. Let's have the usual huge field. See you there.

Guy Marvin
ITS 240z

[GMIV]

Did anyone else notice that the entire ECR page on the SEDIV web site is missing?

Guy Marvin

[jmark]

Did anyone else notice that the entire ECR page on the SEDIV web site is missing?

Guy Marvin
[/b]

Sure is. The 2007 Schedule still shows some ECR events however.

http://www.sedivracing.org/2007Schedule.pdf

[charrbq]

ECR has its own website...www.sedivecr.com. It's listed at the bottom of the SEDIV webpage.