Lime Rock "Schools Out" Race

[Andy Bettencourt]

In an effort to keep some customers happy, there might be a proactive effort to try and get them over to STL during registration...or at least a nice big notification at tech...

[Greg Amy]

In an effort to treat competitors as adults and to encourage them to read the regs that the Club publishes for them each month, there might be a proactive effort to try and get more than two volunteers to work Scrutineering each weekend. You know, like, guys that normally run Miatas in ITA and aren't actually racing this weekend, but could volunteer to help out and do things like hold other competitors' hands...?

Fixed.



Horse...water....all that.


Edit: Two weekends ago at NHMS there were originally zero volunteers to work Tech. That's right: zero. The one person that had volunteered to chief the event had an out-of-town work conflict and the region had to scramble to find a replacement. I was scheduled to be in Louisiana on family biz, and other possibilities were either busy with family or were actually racing that weekend. There was very real risk of not having anyone.

Fortunately for all you competitors that had a great time racing Memorial Day weekend, one guy (Dave LaPoint) was able to come down on Saturday and Sunday to chief, one person who was actually racing that weekend (Dick Patullo) was able to chief Friday (the day when most of you got your tech sticker), and my family situation changed such after driving home 24 hours from Louisiana I was able to spend the next day-and-a-half working Tech. And that was it.

And yet some still expressed dissatisfaction at the apparent lack of level of scrutineering on Saturday and Sunday.

Just like prepping your car for the next race, this "running the races thing" doesn't magically happen overnight while you have dreams of grandeur of racing in Formula 1. We certainly don't have the luxury of spending a lot of time treating adult competitors as "customers", as one would were they running a rental operation and making money off this volunteer organization.

You want something changed, improved, or run differently, it's time to step off the high horse and step up to the plate. We'll give you the bat and you can take a shot at the home run. Just sayin'. - GA

[itracer]

And yet some still expressed dissatisfaction at the apparent lack of level of scrutineering on Saturday and Sunday.

Actually -- I was pleasantly surprised with an Impound All after qualifying and everyone was weighed.

Kudos to the IT drivers for stepping up (Dave & Dick) and covering the weekend.

[Jeremy Billiel]

Oh hell.... The chance to bounce Miatas for weight? I may have to come down on Saturday....

Jeremy - Pulling his calendar out now.