January 21, 2012 Post Event Thread
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January 21, 2012 Post Event Thread
Another excellent event, the course was fast and fun. Job well done to the chairs, thanks for the food Doug.
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Post Event - January 21, 2012 Autocross @ Brooksville
The course and execution was awesome, which made for a fun day. Grats to everyone that got a sticker, and a warm welcome to all the newbies.
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Re: Post Event - January 21, 2012 Autocross @ Brooksville
Well said, Gerry!
Also, lunch! Good stuff.
Also, lunch! Good stuff.
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Re: January 21, 2012 Post Event Thread
I too had a great time. My driving left a little to be desired, but I guess I need more practice! It was nice to see everyone for a change.
Cool course - I see why everyone wanted a shot at it in the dry. My rev limiter got a workout today. See y'all at the Duel...
Cool course - I see why everyone wanted a shot at it in the dry. My rev limiter got a workout today. See y'all at the Duel...
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Re: January 21, 2012 Post Event Thread
Another great event ! Loved the course on a dry and sunny day, it was very challenging.
Lunch was awesome! Loved the hamburger hotdog thingy.
Chairs did a great job running another great FAST event, and thanks to everyone that pitched in a little extra.
Small rant probably suitable for another thread. The courser workers for the third run group were spread way to thin. Except for the area by the decreasing slalom all the stations were mostly manned by one person. My friend Dan ran across the course to reset a cone only to find a completely unmanned station. He stayed there and manned the radio and shaged cones. I think we need some sort of sign in sheet or check in to make sure that all course workers are accounted for. Just my 2¢
Lunch was awesome! Loved the hamburger hotdog thingy.
Chairs did a great job running another great FAST event, and thanks to everyone that pitched in a little extra.
Small rant probably suitable for another thread. The courser workers for the third run group were spread way to thin. Except for the area by the decreasing slalom all the stations were mostly manned by one person. My friend Dan ran across the course to reset a cone only to find a completely unmanned station. He stayed there and manned the radio and shaged cones. I think we need some sort of sign in sheet or check in to make sure that all course workers are accounted for. Just my 2¢
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Re: January 21, 2012 Post Event Thread
Great event, about the third run group, I was wondering about that feeling short handed, and first time i was handling the radio, so I was a bit confused on what to do, sorry about any difficulties I may caused was a bit lost
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Re: January 21, 2012 Post Event Thread
You did nothing wrong, it was a issue with a large course that had cones being hit all over the place, and we were short handed. Though I have to give a thumbs up to everyone that worked that run group ! There were no issues because everyone out there hustled and got the job done.aw614 wrote:Great event, about the third run group, I was wondering about that feeling short handed, and first time i was handling the radio, so I was a bit confused on what to do, sorry about any difficulties I may caused was a bit lost
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Re: January 21, 2012 Post Event Thread
Charles - 48.1
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Re: January 21, 2012 Post Event Thread
Video of my best, same as Jeremy's... just a little faster;) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqTXBj0C ... e=youtu.be" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Great day, really enjoyed the course
Now let's hope Howard didn't have a camera....
Good times, thanks.
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Great day, really enjoyed the course
Good times, thanks.
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Re: January 21, 2012 Post Event Thread
Brian, chalk it up to new processes and/or new people working old processes. Jamie used to do a lot of worker wrangling along with pre-registration. I've taken over pre-reg, and I'm doing the worker lists pre-event (because we're all pre-registered, it can be done that way). But, I'm not as generous as Jamie was, I'm not going to commit to wrangling workers AT the event... so, while this wasn't Joe's first time as an event chair, it WAS his first time dealing with workers. There's a learning curve involved.
A BIG part of the problem, especially in the last group, was the combination of late cancels, no-shows and people who had to leave early... I just need to learn to not spread the workers so thin so that we can more easily deal with missing people.
I may look at changing how we handle work assignments. We're running into situations where, for instance, we've "promised" the first 4 people who signed up for Timing jobs those positions, but then we end up with a) requiring at least one of the two people working timing to be very experienced and b) a fair number of people who can't physically work course and need a timing work assignment. So, we may go to committing only those positions that are hard to fill, like setup, teardown, towing, etc. It's generally NOT hard to find volunteers for timing, grid or start! More about that when we start signup for the next regular event. (The Feb Duel will be a different animal entirely)
Now, let me get the results uploaded...
Oh, by the way, GREAT event!
A BIG part of the problem, especially in the last group, was the combination of late cancels, no-shows and people who had to leave early... I just need to learn to not spread the workers so thin so that we can more easily deal with missing people.
I may look at changing how we handle work assignments. We're running into situations where, for instance, we've "promised" the first 4 people who signed up for Timing jobs those positions, but then we end up with a) requiring at least one of the two people working timing to be very experienced and b) a fair number of people who can't physically work course and need a timing work assignment. So, we may go to committing only those positions that are hard to fill, like setup, teardown, towing, etc. It's generally NOT hard to find volunteers for timing, grid or start! More about that when we start signup for the next regular event. (The Feb Duel will be a different animal entirely)
Now, let me get the results uploaded...
Oh, by the way, GREAT event!
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Re: January 21, 2012 Post Event Thread
You are lucky I don't have a diff.snookwheel wrote:Video of my best, same as Jeremy's... just a little faster;)
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Re: January 21, 2012 Post Event Thread
I had a good time today. It was nice seeing some people I haven't seen in a while and meeting some new folks as well.
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Re: January 21, 2012 Post Event Thread
Chris, you clicked the switch on your fourth run.... as you predicted! Way fast. Congrats. One of these day I have gotta get our Miata out there.
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Re: January 21, 2012 Post Event Thread
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Re: January 21, 2012 Post Event Thread
Great event! Our chairs deserve bonus credit for bringing out that great weather as well. 
Lunch was a true home-run. I saw a lot smiles out there, on faces both new and old. All and all it was beautiful day for an autocross!
Lunch was a true home-run. I saw a lot smiles out there, on faces both new and old. All and all it was beautiful day for an autocross!
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Re: January 21, 2012 Post Event Thread
X2 on lunch! From the view of a true Chow Hound.... That was one FANTASTIC lunch! Thanks, ScottBigBlue wrote:Great event! Our chairs deserve bonus credit for bringing out that great weather as well.
Lunch was a true home-run. I saw a lot smiles out there, on faces both new and old. All and all it was beautiful day for an autocross!
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Re: January 21, 2012 Post Event Thread
So much fun, i loved the course! and cant wait for the next auto-x!!
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Re: January 21, 2012 Post Event Thread
All due to Blair 352-796-3141 Coney Island Drive Innsnookwheel wrote:X2 on lunch! From the view of a true Chow Hound.... That was one FANTASTIC lunch! Thanks, ScottBigBlue wrote:Great event! Our chairs deserve bonus credit for bringing out that great weather as well.
Lunch was a true home-run. I saw a lot smiles out there, on faces both new and old. All and all it was beautiful day for an autocross!
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Re: January 21, 2012 Post Event Thread
Another FANTASTIC day. Super great course, awesome lunch, just another great day out there. Thanks to all!
Not my best run, but the most fun!
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Not my best run, but the most fun!
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