May 2nd NER Opening Day Regional

[JLawton]

Any know how many are signed up for the school?

[MMiskoe]

So few I was going to suggest to the chief instructor it might be good to combine the closed wheel groups as the day progresses. Its going to be hard to teach people how to pass when there are only a few cars on track.

I think when I looked last night it was about 18 total.

[ner88]

Stephen
Should we add the extra time to that run group, making a 40 minute race(+or-) or add 5 minutes to each run group?

[gran racing]

You know what Stephen will say. A bit unfair to the other equally paying run groups though.

[StephenB]

You know what Stephen will say. A bit unfair to the other equally paying run groups though.

Actually you may be surprised : )

I would actually suggest 3 12min "test sessions" 1 for all miatas ( since they are the largest group), 1 for closed wheel, and 1 for open wheel. For many this is the first day of the year, and it is the first NER regional. I think the drivers would love the ability to shake out the cobwebs before qualifying. Track would never go "cold" instead as the last car passes turn 11 the next group goes directly out.

If others were for it I was going to e-mail Kathy.

Stephen

PS: a friend is driving not me...

[supersmile]

I would actually suggest 3 12min "test sessions" 1 for all miatas ( since they are the largest group), 1 for closed wheel, and 1 for open wheel. For many this is the first day of the year, and it is the first NER regional. I think the drivers would love the ability to shake out the cobwebs before qualifying. Track would never go "cold" instead as the last car passes turn 11 the next group goes directly out.

If others were for it I was going to e-mail Kathy.

Excellent idea! Back in the distant past that's how this event was run, and having time to do a few laps in the car for the first time of the year is a nice way to double check all the prep work. The test day being on a Thursday is difficult (for me, anyway) to attend.

[Andy Bettencourt]

To present the opposite view:

HORRIBLE IDEA!!! If you want to test, attend a test day, or a DE day, or an SCDA day. We RACE on weekends. I even think qualifying should be cut down to allow for more race time.

To address the orginal question: I see three positions.

1. IT combines it's groups and gets the track time to themsleves. They make the sacrifice, they get the beneifit.

2. IT combines it's groups and everyone gets a couple more laps. It's not REALLY fair to not allow the fully subscribed classes/groups to share in the bonus, heck, they are filling up their groups.

3. The powers that be need to combine run groups proactively when and where it makes sense to maximize track time and value. I know the open wheelers hate this, but to have only 8 cars in each group is a monumental waste of track time.

YMMV.