Lime Rock "Schools Out" Race

[JLawton]

Looks to be very full! Good news although still not a lot of students for the school.

I'm wondering how many of the ITA/SM cross overs realize there was a weight increase? I think a few will be a little surprised!

[Greg Amy]

I'm wondering how many of the ITA/SM cross overs realize there was a weight increase? I think a few will be a little surprised!

BWAH-HAH-HAH-HAH!

GA, who's working tech for the weekend and rubbing his hands together while twisting the ends of his handlebar moustache...

Edit: Anyone know the current policy for pets at LRP? Don't see anything in the supps on it.

[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.

[wepsbee]

BWAH-HAH-HAH-HAH!

GA, who's working tech for the weekend and rubbing his hands together while twisting the ends of his handlebar moustache...

Edit: Anyone know the current policy for pets at LRP? Don't see anything in the supps on it.

LRP policy is no dogs allowed. Changed I think beginning of last year.

[Andy Bettencourt]

Geezus Greg, it's a simple suggestion that could be as easy as a piece of paper posted at Registration and Impound. It would help everyone.

And as far as being there to volunteer on a non-racing weekend, sorry, my 'selfish' schedule THIS weekend is full of Boy Scout camp-out chaperoning, Little League baseball game managing, All-Star try-out coordinating, and the actual possibility of mowing my lawn. Sometimes a suggestion can just be a suggestion without it becoming a 'it's your idea, you do it' rant.

[Ed Funk]

Oh Boy! The Greg and Andy show is back!!!

[Andy Bettencourt]

Oh Boy! The Greg and Andy show is back!!!

Ya ya, I get it. I know, just as much as anyone, how frustrating it can be as a volunteer (within SCCA or not) to have non-volunteers telling you how much something could be better if you just did it 'this' way. That is a legitimate gripe. But let's just take this for what it is please, a non-intrusive, one-time suggestion that can be as simple as a couple of signs - or even something a tech guy mentions - that will help double dipping entrants AND tech workers keep their heartache down on a regional weekend.

Nothing more, nothing less. If Jeremy wants to make time to come down and volunteer so he can be the one who personally tells SM guys they are underweight in the ITA impound, then that's great too.

I am not privy to the who's or what's people complained about during the NHMS weekend because I wasn't one of them but I understand it can get frustrating for volunteers when staffing levels are lower than expected

[raffaelli]

Geezus Greg, it's a simple suggestion that could be as easy as a piece of paper posted at Registration and Impound. It would help everyone.

And as far as being there to volunteer on a non-racing weekend, sorry, my 'selfish' schedule THIS weekend is full of Boy Scout camp-out chaperoning, Little League baseball game managing, All-Star try-out coordinating, and the actual possibility of mowing my lawn. Sometimes a suggestion can just be a suggestion without it becoming a 'it's your idea, you do it' rant.

Sounds like a perfect weekend Andy. Have fun!

[Greg Amy]

Stephen, I can't be there Thursday night, so Mushnick may be "it" for tech then. I'm sure that there's going to be a lot of freaked-out racers from the early groups looking to get their tech stickers Friday AM. Anything you - or any racer, who is automatically a Regional scrutineer and is authorized to inspect helmets, logbooks, and issue event stickers - can do to help would be sincerely appreciated. If folks can help with that stuff during the day it frees other scru crew for other checks, such as, oh I dunno, verifying validity of weight stickers on cars...

ITB, ITS, ITR is Group 4, which won't be on track until after 11:00; ITA/7/C probably won't hit the track until after lunch; SSM/SM2, and STU/L are at the end of the day. Stop by and help in Tech and I'll buy you a beer at the party at the end of the day...

GA