GL Div - CenDiv split, why? Why not fix it now?

[planet6racing]

But back to the point, it was my understanding that Area 4 (CenDiv) wanted to split from Area 5 (GLDiv) more so than the other way around. Now, they seem to be the one's hurting (if they really even are) from it.

Kevin:

You have that backward. Area 4 is GLDIV and Area 5 is CENDIV. I don't know anything more about who wanted to split from who...

[Racerlinn]

Indy Region consistently had seen 25% of it's entries (National and Regional) come from Area 5 Cen Div.
We are no longer seeing those numbers.

Indy Region voted AGAINST the split.

[R2 Racing]

Kevin:

You have that backward. Area 4 is GLDIV and Area 5 is CENDIV. I don't know anything more about who wanted to split from who...

Sorry, my fault. I can't say that I know who wanted the split to happen the most either. I just interpreted from the original post that it was the (what is now known as) CenDiv. Could be wrong.

[shwah]

I don't really know either. I did have one person tell me they thought Area 4 wanted it, in search of an additional national race.

I was hoping that others would be more tuned into the real story.

[Racerlinn]

I don't really know either. I did have one person tell me they thought Area 4 wanted it, in search of an additional national race.

I was hoping that others would be more tuned into the real story.

Chris, the first sentence in TAC's reply above is the key. There were constant scheduling struggles.

[Drew Aldred]

Yep the scheduling issues were the big problem. Some hard headed people who were in charge of certain regions were not willing to work together to put together a schedule that would work for the majority of the regions and racers.

Now this was a huge mistake in my opinion. It has diluted the racer pool and also stretched the available workers. One National was canceled, and others have had poor turnouts in 2008. This was a bad idea from the beginning, and has only gotten worse. The only positive I've seen is a smaller schedule. Although in CenDiv having only 5 National races is too few, having 20 Regional races and 11 National races were too many IMO.

Chris, I'll be a Blackhawk on the 12th. Look forward to seeing you then !!

[planet6racing]

According to DLBracing, there are only about 20 people registered for the Blackhawk Regional. I'm hoping a lot more mailed in their registrations, else I fear that this might get cancelled...

[Bryan KF8G]

[QUOTE=Drew Aldred;269092]Yep the scheduling issues were the big problem. Some hard headed people who were in charge of certain regions were not willing to work together to put together a schedule that would work for the majority of the regions and racers.

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Ding...ding...ding... We have a winner. The schedualing conflicts have been huge in the past. And yea, part of that was ego, but there could be races 10 hours a part that regions would fight for dates and the oppposite region wouldn't budge becuase they felt the other race would hurt thier car count. With the price of gas, that doesn't seem to be much of an issue anymore.

[shwah]

I don't know why folks are slow to register for the Firecracker, but I know 3 additional ITB drivers are planning to be there, and a 4th and 5th that always are there, but I have not talked to them. Light but not empty turnout for my class.

See you there Drew.

edit - if this gets cancelled I will be screwed. Aaron took the win from me there in April. I have an edge on him here, he has an edge on me at RA. Our championship would only be changed by him not finishing a race if we don't get to go at BHF for the double.