At various times during the day, there were all sorts of variations, ranging from leaning on the rail, to sitting on the rail (feet up off the ground), and squatting on the ground next to the rail.kickslop wrote:I don't have any problem abiding by the rules if we decide that at SPC everyone must be completely standing 100% upright, but... I was completely able to move immediately for any reason.
If anyone was concerned, there should have been a radio broadcast regarding safety. Takes 3 seconds and a friendly message.
As far as announcements, I made one at the drivers' meeting, made another one over the radio at the start of the first heat when I was in timing, and yet another in the middle of the first heat. Drew and Bob made at least one during the second heat. I was driving during the last heat, so wasn't paying attention to the issue then.
If I remember correctly, the few people killed in this sport haven't been in the car -- they've been courseworkers or people otherwise in the course area (FWIW, that's where the photographer spotter rule comes from, too). Having once personally had the pleasure of sprinting away from a spinning Corvette while working a course, I tend to go with the idea your feet best serve you when you're standing on 'em. For this one, I can live with whatever decision our fearsome leader makes.
The delay was sequential work -- most of the same people cleared the training cones, set up the course and timing equipment, outlined the course, prepared for and conducted the driver's meeting...no chance for parallel work. It's possible to draft people and hand out jobs on the fly, but a little simpler and quicker to identify them up front and know they'll be there when you need them.I don't understand how the delay at start was from course layout. I walked the entire course at 8:45AM. It was fully chalked, with chalked cones, by 9:30AM. From 9:50AM until the driver's meeting (10:20?), there were ~50 people milling around talking and waiting.
Then it was all worth it.I had a great time.
Seriously, if this is as bad as it gets, we're going to have a great season!I think the problem's largely solved. We didn't get the classing rules finalized until halfway through the first preregistration period, so many people had the opportunity to registered as "unclassified". That's no longer an option -- registration requires them to put something in, so they either figure it out on their own or e-mail the club drop-box and I help them from there. I'd also meant to print off a classing definition sheet for registration, but my printer connection crapped out the night before (which is why I was walking around w/ the worker assignments on the laptop). I'll have that done prior to the next event as well.Loren wrote:Would it be too far-fetched to change the names of our classes from A-G that nobody can remember... to some acronyms that actually make sense?
I'm inclined to leave it as is...after all, "PR3" is no more informative than "B" to someone new, and those who've already figured it out know where their car belongs.
Yes...leave them be for this year. Can't be any worse than that pesky S2000....Does that mean that it was decided that for now we don't need to worry about rotary displacement calculation?
[quote"Native"]the funny thing is, Jamie emailed me to make sure I knew you [Loren & Jeff] were in E ![/quote]
My bad...I knew I needed to change something, and got it backwards.
To add to what Steve said -- we do ID the novices in the event list to pinpoint people who might need additional help, and to keep from loading a worker position entirely with newbies. Up to Steve if he wants to ID them in the results.Dave-ROR wrote:...should Novices be marked differently on the results or put into a different class so they can compare themselves against other novices?
Doesn't matter where you go...an autocross will find you.WAFlowers wrote:However I'm planning to entertain y'all with my cone killing antics next month!
This is assuming that I'm still living in Florida then.
