Originally Posted by
Cobrar05
butch
i have been working the regional agenda for 3 years now or longer. the main obsticle that i run into is the reality that its very hard to inform racers that the class exists when its not a GCR class.
i may have two or three nasa st2 or pta class corvettes coming to the arrc, but the reality is that it doesnt sell as a "real" class.
Rob,
ITO first became a SARRC class for the 2009 season, but until this year (your first on the ITO Advisory Committee) it was very much a "run whatcha brung but make sure it's on DOT tires" class. That "ITE-like" quality is what you felt was limiting the growth of the class by discouraging the CMC, AI, and GTS folks so, at the AC's request, it was changed for 2011.
The SEDiv GTA rules are in the same place as the ITO rules. Does that mean GTA is not a "real" class because it's not in the GCR?
ITO is approved for SARRC and ECR, we've restricted the rules to keep the "over the limit" cars out, and there's an existing supply of cars currently running other series (don't forget the FFC cars - they are still part of ITO as well). Your challenge is to (1)make those people aware that ITO gives them a place to play competitively with SCCA and (2) let me know how I/we can make our events more attractive to that market.
Originally Posted by
Cobrar05
by next season you will no longer be competition director and who knows where the class goes .
It's true I announced at the 2010 ARRC by GRM that this year would be my last as Competition Director for Atlanta Region. I have since reconsidered that decision. I no longer have the patience to deal with the political wranglings of being on the AR BoD (which is why I also withdrew my name for consideration for the CRB ), so I will no longer be the Asst. RE for Atlanta Region. I will, however, offer to continue as Competition Director dependant on who the new RE is (Tere Pulliam is adamant she is stepping down after this year). But since ITO is a divisional class I have little or no influence over it's future regardless of my position in Atlanta Region.
And you STILL haven't said why you don't like GTA drivers! If it's because we have some very intense racing I have no response to that (the intense racing is one of the things that attracts me to the class). If it's because you think we're a bunch of inconsiderate wankers that hit everything but the Pace Car then we need to talk more.
Butch Kummer
Former SCCA Director of Club Racing (July 2012 - Sept 2014)
2006, 2007, 2010 SARRC GTA Champion
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