Championship????

[StephenB]

yes, this threads timing is VERY interesting!

Stay tuned indeed!


(Stephen, good luck on getting 30 car fields. And even tho the NARRCoffs has a strong 20+ car field, lets face it, most aren't ARRC quality. (The front IS strong, but, ever been to a MARRS race in ITB? I can think of 3 down there that will shake you up. Then there's Albin, etc etc etc....

I wish we could have 30+ car fields. I think it would be extremely hard to get that many cars in a class at anypoint anymore. But I WISH it could happen.


MARRS races in "B" are awesome! I bet the summit race is the BEST race in the country for "B" and I have always wanted to go. On my list the ARRC would come in third to the MARRS Summit race and the NARRC runoffs. Sadly both Summit and RA are so far and costly to travel that I just haven't been able to do it.

On Edit! I am at the edge of my seat waiting to hear this new news!!!!!! I don't visit the sandbox often but are they talking about it on that site? Should I go visit it and search through all the clutter?

Stephen

[shwah]

The best B race I ever saw was ITFest 2008. 22 cars very few 'slow' ones and some very fast ones. Not likely that I will get a chance to sample a MARRS event, so I can't compare.

[StephenB]

Just curious on the other IT classes what are the biggest events for those that are racing throughout the country.

Stephen

[gran racing]

No need to go to the sandbox Stephen, it'll be announced shortly on here.

[Butch Kummer]

On Edit! I am at the edge of my seat waiting to hear this new news!!!!!! I don't visit the sandbox often but are they talking about it on that site? Should I go visit it and search through all the clutter?

Stephen

I hate to be evasive on this, but we've been asked to wait until next Wednesday to make the "official" announcement about this. What I can tell you right now is this program (which WILL happen in 2012) developed out of the following thread over on RRAX.com:

http://roadraceautox.com/showthread.php?t=35806

[StephenB]

I hate to be evasive on this, but we've been asked to wait until next Wednesday to make the "official" announcement about this. What I can tell you right now is this program (which WILL happen in 2012) developed out of the following thread over on RRAX.com:

http://roadraceautox.com/showthread.php?t=35806

Butch your killing me with the suspense! I am on the edge of my seat, checking every few hours on an update!!!

[Butch Kummer]

Butch your killing me with the suspense! I am on the edge of my seat, checking every few hours on an update!!!

Sorry. A dentist appointment and subsequent catching up on work have gotten in the way of the "official press release" so it'll most like be tomorrow before I have the longer story.

In the meantime take a look at http://www.itnationaltour.com/ and let me/us know what you think.

The official name (for at least the next two years) will be the "Cool Shirt (r) IT National Tour".

[Knestis]

Cool! Can we share more widely, Butch?

Also, it occurs to me that maybe we can talk one of the IT.com mods into setting aside an area here for discussion topics.

K

[red986s]

Looks great! I may need to start looking into a better tow vehicle or RV. My wife is going to kill me!

[StephenB]

Great website! Well organized along with a well organized Championship! I think it captures what we have been missing. I would love to run for it but to be honest the travel is extensive from NH. If I can do it I certainly will! Time will tell

Stephen

Thanks for putting together a great series!

[Butch Kummer]

Cool! Can we share more widely, Butch?

Also, it occurs to me that maybe we can talk one of the IT.com mods into setting aside an area here for discussion topics.

K

Yes, it can be shared now.

I was planning to create a new thread here under "Championship Events" called "Cool Shirt IT National Tour" but my day job has (unexpectedly) gotten in the way this week.

[CRallo]

IMO the double point events should be eliminated.

Are you referring to the double races? or the NARRCoffs? or both?

[Knestis]

I suspect Dan was speaking in general terms.

Big-picture, there's something of a cause-effect conundrum going on with those. We tried to pick the highest-profile, best-attended Elective events available in each geographic area. That made the "doubles" (e.g. the SARRC/MARRS) an obvious answer. And a desire for points-keeping simplicity makes it hard to untangle the "which race counts?" question if the event runs two sanction numbers.

At the same time, one secondary benefit of the ITNT is that it might even further raise the profile of those events, perhaps encouraging someone to travel to one if (for example) they care about Tour points and blow up at their local Elective event.

Yes - It does give the person with a double near home a numerically better shot compared to someone with a single Elective race nearby. The scale seems to tip away from that consideration though.

K

[CRallo]

Based on the quote he posted, I believe that Dan is referring specifically to the NARRC championship(just not sure to what end) and not to the ITNT which I THINK is what you are assuming based on your reply.

In regards to the ITNT: I really like the concept as well as the choice of qualifying races(atleast the northeastern ones, as they are all I know). WGI and LRP are totally different tracks and those are both great/big/popular events. Also, it will def make the Fun One a bit more meaningful...

I don't know what next year will hold store for me just yet, but I'll be as involved in the IT community as possible. Worse comes to worse I will just continue watching from a far...

I suspect Dan was speaking in general terms.

Big-picture, there's something of a cause-effect conundrum going on with those. We tried to pick the highest-profile, best-attended Elective events available in each geographic area. That made the "doubles" (e.g. the SARRC/MARRS) an obvious answer. And a desire for points-keeping simplicity makes it hard to untangle the "which race counts?" question if the event runs two sanction numbers.

At the same time, one secondary benefit of the ITNT is that it might even further raise the profile of those events, perhaps encouraging someone to travel to one if (for example) they care about Tour points and blow up at their local Elective event.

Yes - It does give the person with a double near home a numerically better shot compared to someone with a single Elective race nearby. The scale seems to tip away from that consideration though.

K