Endurocross Extravaganza March 9, 2008

[MusicalDeity]

As always... I'll tech if the second spot is still open

[Loren]

Just to give everyone a little heads up, since I sort of volunteered to help Ron sort out how to handle workers for this event... and design the course... hey! What they heck is HE doing?

Anyway... we have 28 drivers listed, and at least 3 of them are maybes. Subtract from that a handful key folks like the event chairman, worker chief, timing chief and safety (that's me... again), and that leaves us with a pool of right about 20 folks to work the course throughout the day. That's not a lot, but we can make it work. It's going to require folks to work a lot more than they're used to (3 hours or more, but not all at once)... but we're also DRIVING alot more than we're used to.

Due to the nature of this event, we're looking at 6 hours of run-time, which will be non-stop from (hopefully) 9am until 3pm. We need about 12-14 people (that includes starter, timing helpers, and all course workers) to work at all times. Rather than try to split into two groups and be short workers all day, we're going to do something a little different.

The worker chief (cough... Steve... cough-cough) will have a list of all entrants. After the driver's meeting, workers will be sent out from the top of the list (the list is in class-order, FWIW), and class G will grid up to run.

Each car on grid will do one run (which will probably consist of 4-6 laps... 3-4 minutes). When a driver finishes their run, they park their car, take a minute or two to catch their breath, get hydrated or whatever, and report to the worker chief within 10 minutes. The worker chief will send workers out a pair at a time to replace the workers on course so that they can get in line and take a run. We'll continue this rotation of workers all day long, so nobody should be out on course for more than about an hour at a time. As a bonus, your car gets to cool down for an hour between each abusive run.

The number of runs we get will depend on how early we get started, how long the course ends up being, how many laps Ron decides we should do per run, whether we have any timing problems, weather, etc. But, my loose calculations show that we should be able to do 3 runs each.

Math:
28 drivers x
4 minute runs x
3 runs = 336 minutes = 5.6 hours

With that, each of us gets 12 minutes on course... the equivalent of 16 typical 45-second runs. Only better.

Are y'all excited yet? You should be.

[Loren]

Oh... and what's Kenny driving? Did somebody offer him a ride yet?

[Native]

The worker chief (cough... Steve... cough-cough

Yeah, I choke a little too when I think about me being in charge of coordinating workers - but I'm game, anyway!

I read somewhere that Mike Kennedy is giving Kenny a ride, but I don't know if that's Sat. or Sun. Either way, Kenny gets to stick with a turbo, which just somehow seems right...

[Agent]

Since the wife is already on the list that Ron has, she can help out while shes there. She doesn't know it yet but I'm donating her to the autocross gods. Hopefully while shes working cones she can film me!

[Loren]

Negative, no photography while working. But, I'm sure we can make use of her somewhere and make her available while you're running. Maybe just send her out to work a corner with you when you go out?

[Alizarin]

Oh... and what's Kenny driving? Did somebody offer him a ride yet?

I'll figure something out

[TracAction]

Well autocross prep day has arrived and I have found a busted CV boot and the grease is about slung out (still some in there and not dried out at all). Glad I cought it early but I don't think I need to drive it to Brooksville on that. I can't get the part till next week Unless I get a HUGE Bur up my butt and drive to tampa NOW (1PM) pay extra for the part (from the stealership) and then work all night to get the shaft out and back in. Right now it looks like just the boot if I am careful I I won't have to replace the Whole CV joint at 280 for parts for just the Inner passenger side. Man I couldn't immagine having to pay some one to do them all on the Quattro lol i would just cry and maybe sell it lol.....

At any rate I'm still gonna come out for the extravaganza I'll drive the ole pick up so I can do tech... also I have some paperwork to get to Steven for April.

[Loren]

Check your local parts store for a boot repair kit. They sell a kit that will either replace or wrap around the existing boot without having to take stuff all apart. I've never done it, but I've heard that it works quite well. Kit comes with grease you can squeeze in there.

Would be a lot quicker and easier than pulling the axle and doing the job "properly".

[TracAction]

Ok i'll run up to the store now... check that out

[Bone]

OK folks - Sunday is upon us! Please DO NOT FORGET TO SPRING FORWARD!!!! (change your clock)

We would like to get the track hot AT 9:00 am, so please arrive between 7 and 8.

Dress warmly - it will be.... cool.......

See you tomorrow morning!

RC

[TracAction]

Check your local parts store for a boot repair kit. They sell a kit that will either replace or wrap around the existing boot without having to take stuff all apart. I've never done it, but I've heard that it works quite well. Kit comes with grease you can squeeze in there.

Would be a lot quicker and easier than pulling the axle and doing the job "properly".

tried Discount Auto and AutoZone neither had a "fix it Kit" for my car but I can get a new boot tomarrow after 11am.

[Native]

Post-event discussion here:

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