I don’t know about all of you but it was nice to get some seat time again…
I was talking to Bob Roark about a week ago and he was saying that it’s been a long stretch since our last race. “I think I’ve got some withdrawals going on here. I need to get back out and dodge some cones again soon” I know what you mean Bob; I was going through the same thing myself.
What a night huh? Although things got started about 45 minutes late we still got 9 runs in and even finished a just a tad ahead of schedule.
They told me to build a course something around 35 seconds average. After looking at the RAW times…the majority of you were in the 37 to 40 second range…I missed the goal by that much…SORRY, but it’s tough to design something that short and keep it FUN. I’ll try harder next time. By the way I have to send a shout out to all those that helped me gather cones and build all the walls. Even with the Golf Cart I couldn’t have done it without you. On top of that it was hot as can be out there (The asphalt had to be near 135 degrees) and I didn’t hear a single complaint. Everyone worked well together and showed awesome TEAM spirit. So I send you all a coveted “ATTA-BOY”.
Anyway getting back to the course…it threw a couple of different aspects at most of you. The intent was to create parity and bunch everyone’s times up and be semi-fair to all cars. Directly off the starting line you had a couple of quick kinks (BTW they were both less than 90 degrees)…a little different from the drag race style starts you’re most accustomed to. Followed by a two cone slalom and a slightly decreasing right turn around the light pole (if you hadn’t notice it started out with a 27 ft radius and finished with a 25ft radius) followed by the semi-sweeper to the left. (You had to be patient and let the car set after the slight drop before hammering the gas here.) The course took you around the two nasty patches into a gate and another semi-sweeper into a couple of gates forming a reversing semi-straight stretch into a slight unweighting drop off into the banked right then left around a quick speed checking cone into the finish…
Here’s an interesting trivia calculation for you… If you multiply 83 cars times 9 runs you get 747 passes…HOWEVER, we lost a few cars after the first set of runs. So let’s say there were only 73 cars that came back for the second set of runs… (83 X 4) + (73 X 5) = 697 passes. Now let’s take 697 passes divided by 5.5 hours and that equals 126.75 passes per hour or 2.11 passes per minute. Then if you take into account how we stagger starts and use 697 passes as the baseline. Bottom line that is one pass every 28.4 seconds. Now that is a pretty amazing STAT considering that it doesn’t even take into account switching out different run groups and the couple of brief delays along the way…
Maybe that will give you an idea of why the starting line and grid people are so intent on getting you to move up and to the starting line in a quick and timely manner. I know it’s fun to joke, rib and just have fun with other drivers but let’s stay focused so we can keep things flowing…
I hear that DJ is going to try and get us 10 runs on the 14th event…SO keep this in mind when you’re in grid. Please stay close and ready at your car.
DJ is also going to try something we’ve been kicking around for a while. The plan is we’re going to take 5 runs in one direction on the course and then our second runs we’ll all drive the reverse direction…I can’t wait to see this play out…I expect it will be FUN…
Anyway, back to the racing… In the heat of the day cars were fighting for that coveted traction factor as the asphalt was “HOTTT” and on the greasy side. When the sun started dropping the times started dropping. There were two other drivers close to me and we were all trying to get down to our goal time. We all three made our goal but not until the sun went down and the track cooled.
See you all on the 14th…
Robert
The last installment of the NocternoX events will be on Aug. 14 after the Drift School.
Some changes and announcements about the event.
The parking and grid will be on the South side of the event site.
This event will be know as the “two-way” event. Basically the course will be designed to run it both directions. So..the plan is as follows:
1st Session run the course west to east…each driver will get 5 runs.
Short break to alter the directional cones
2nd Session run the course east to west…each driver will get 5 runs.
A drivers best time for each session will count…those two times are added together and the sum is the total time for the event.
So…come out and have some fun trying out the two way event…
See you all there.
Put this little video together while out at the event last night. Pretty much only run group, but still think it shows how much fun can be had at the events!!!!
Click to watch in HD – July 24th – NocturnoX
I know that it is only July, but at the meeting on this coming Tuesday, nominations will be opened till the Sept. membership meeting. That give everyone 2 full months to nominate someone or nominate themselves into the election process for the 2011 BOD.
The positions will be the same….so if you think you can take the time, or know someone that can, to plan and execute 2 or 3 different schedules of events next year; then email any of the board members in the contact section your nominations. It isn’t required to nominate people to all of the positions, you can basically do as you please regarding it. The only real rule to it is that the person you are nominating has to be a current member of the SRRSCCA.
These nominations will be taken till Sept. Then a ballot will be formed and the elections will take place.
The positions are as follows.
Regional Executive
Asst. Regional Executive
Secratary
Treasurer
Editor
3 positions of Activity Directors
So…email one of us your nominations…and we will see you at the meetings.
Thanks.
I’m gonna have the big grill out feeding the Evo people so we might as well put it to good use, show up around 2- bring what you want and I’ll grill it up. I’ll have some stuff on hand, if you want something or are bringing something let me know!
Registration and Tech will open up right at 3, close at 4… drivers meeting will be at 4:35. Depending on Evo the course should be open for walking at 4… if not it will be open after the meeting… either way I want 1st car on course by 5.
REMINDER… 7:00pm Next Tuesday the 20th.
501 S Main ST.
Meridian, Idaho 83642
208-898-9470
If you take the Meridian exit head north and it’s on your left hand side just before Meridian Speedway.
See you all there,
Robert
As we did last season…the SRRSCCA is providing the opportunity of participating in the Evolution AutoX schools.
Links to the Evolution driving school site
http://www.evoschool.com/shop/index.php?l=product_detail&p=163 Evo I registration June 24
http://www.evoschool.com/shop/index.php?l=product_detail&p=204 Evo II registration June 25
Cost is $250 per class. You have to have been through the Evo I class before you can participate in Evo II. The instructors are national level champs and drivers, and the instruction and amount of seat time is well worth the price of the classes. There are still slots available so if your interested sign up soon.
The afternoon of the 24th, right after the Evo I class is done…will be the third installment of the NocternoX of the season. Since the Evo School will be going till 4, things will run a little different then normal. Firstly, while the school is going on, we won’t be inside of the gates. So registration and tech will happen outside of the gates. Registration will be set up near the gate opening, and tech will be ran in the parking area somehow. If everyone works together and we have a good amount of people come early to help out with tech and registration, things should be ready to roll once the event site is clear. Once the school is over, course will be built, drivers meeting will hopefully be done, pull in cars, and away we go.
Pre-registration is open and waiting for the 24th autox. For you that seem to be late getting to it, the online registration will be closed on the 22 at around midnight.
Interesting note, the Evo School instructors last year, saw that we were running an event after the school, and were super bummed that they didn’t bring cars to drive. They were super interested in running a “night” event, apparently they are unique to us. This year sounds different. Some of the instructors have indicated that they are bringing their personal cars, to run in the event. So come run with what are referred to as the “big dogs.”
See you all out there…
D.J.
Our Trashy Little Club
….Really? Is that how we’d like to represent? I don’t think that’s the case, but I have seen a trend that’s become cause for concern. Some may argue that it’s somewhat unavoidable, considering we’re the 1st in region with most growth from last season to this. I’d say that’s an excuse to be lazy while showing ones own lack of concern for the face of our sport not to mention the relationship with our venue providers. So I urge you to think of every property we get to utilize, the way we take care of the land when we’re looking for something other than asphalt to walk on.
When we can leave a venue as clean or cleaner than we found it, we demonstrate the integrity of our sport and character of our people.
I’d like to ask each person who reads this to stand up and represent, plus I’m tired of spending my time picking up trash when I could be picking up cones.
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As the Asst. RE I have been very excited every month to read the results of the Membership Drive contest that the SCCA is tracking…
I don’t even know what we win actually.
For the third straight month the SRRSCCA has topped the charts for a small region’s growth.
For the month of April the SRRSCCA grew an incredible 27%. Just a note 2nd in the country for small region was our closest club the EISCCA (props to Cal and the crew).
So to all of you that are involved. To anyone that ever told anyone to come check out our events, a big thank you from myself and the SRRSCCA board.
-D.J.
June 19th will go down in the annals of HISTORY for SRRSCCA. Have I got your attention yet? Yeah, I thought as much… You’re ALL going to be a part of HISTORY.
Ok, so here it is…SRRSCCA will be doing something I don’t think too many clubs can Claim. We’re going to run two events simultaneously. Yeah, you read that right. You could say a DoubleHeader day of RACING…I like that; it has a nice ring to it.
Let me try to put all of this into perspective so you understand just how much of a challenge this will be. SRRSCCA will be using TWO Separate Timing Systems, TWO Separate Tech Teams, TWO Separate Safety Stewarts, TWO Separate Event Masters, TWO Separate Insurance policies, Two Separate of everything. Are you starting to get a grasp on the enormity of this endeavor?
OK…I’ve saved the best news of all for last…SRRSCCA has enough equipment and Trained personnel to accomplish ALL of the above. I don’t know about you but that is an AMAZING testament to the dedication and commitment of its members. So if you were pondering over my opening statement referring to History making. Do you believe me now?
