Enduro length question?

[Ron Earp]

Deleted, missed the author's point.

[Cobrar05]

I am tired of the "Its not an enduro" line. The next step up from sprint race is enduro.
I am not aware of a single SCCA national or regional or NASA sprint race over 45 minutes in lenth.

Since there is nothing in between a sprint race and an enduro, by definition a race longer than a sprint is an enduro. The honest question is whether its your kind of enduro or not.

The "its not an enduro" claim only serves to eliminate or make exclusive YOUR kind of enduro racing. That means that it serves to discourage, not encourage people to join us. Thats the wrong approach. Hell, I drive a V8 car. I am not even allowed to enter most SCCA enduros. Thank god for NC Region and Atlanta Region.

So, lets start telling guys that are curious that its not an enduro unless they are ready to run at least 6 hours. Unless they know enough guys to crew the race car and know someone else he trusts to drive or is willing to chance driving someone else's car.

Last point in this rant. The pitstops. Its not a real enduro unless you have no required pitstops.

Grand Am Rolex requires a pitstop in the first 30 or 45 minutes of a race. I think ALMS does not allow any work on the car until fueling is completed. These are professional series. We are AMATEUR racers. AMATEUR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 1.a person who engages in a study, sport, or other activity for pleasure rather than for financial benefit or professional reasons. Compare professional.

Either we do pitstops in a way that takes as much of the risk for injury out of it or we go professional style, which means your entire team must be in firesuits with helmets.