Originally Posted by
gran racing
My reaction was similar to Greg's. Do you possibly know what the percentages are of run groups not having a FCY?
The fear is with many people traveling so far to attend, people are much less accepting of shortened race especially given the nature of this event. Maybe this is a great idea and will work out just fine. Don't know.
Dave,
Obviously I cannot guarantee there will be no FCY, but I ALSO cannot guarantee it won't pour down rain (or even snow!) that weekend either. What I CAN guarantee is that you'll get 35 minutes of track time even if you don't get 20 laps in.
2009 Race times (green to checker, all races went 20 laps):
Group 1 - ASM/SSM - 34:35 (52 cars)
Group 2 - ITB/ITC/ITT - 35:50 (21 cars)
Group 3 - ITR/ITS - 33:02 (20 cars)
Group 4 - ITA/IT7 - 34:43 (25 cars)
Group 5 - GTA/SPO - 29:07 (29 cars)
Group 6 - Wings & Things - 27:44 (26 cars)
Group 7 - STO, ITO, SPU, etc. - 30:37 (12 cars)
Group 8 - CF, F6, FST - 31:37 (14 cars)
Again, we finished before dark in 2008 (with nine groups) even with a massive clean up after the Big Noise race. And in 2010 we'll have the extra hour of daylight on Saturday.
Is there a risk? Certainly. Am I requiring everything to go perfectly to make this happen? Not by a long shot.
Butch Kummer
Former SCCA Director of Club Racing (July 2012 - Sept 2014)
2006, 2007, 2010 SARRC GTA Champion
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