Posted by Bob Bornkessel on 11/8/2004, 1:57 pm, in reply to "Disapointing Auto-X" For those in the 5th heat who didnt get to run; I announced to all that we will either refund your entry fee (please contact Niel Leon) or will give you a free entry to any KCRSCCA event in 2005. Niel is drafting a proposal to offer even more accommodations but details are not available at this time. Not to make excuses but we were fighting 2 limitations Sunday; a short day and a record number (almost 150) of entries. Another issue was the course design that limited how fast we could start cars. This was my 1st course design and didnt realize how it would affect the speed of the event. We considered doing 3 runs but decided not for the following reasons: 1, many didnt think it work the trip to do just 3 runs and 2, many experienced autocrossers assured me that it was possible to do 4 runs with 150 cars and finish in 8 hours. Other than the 30 minute delay because of timer failure during the 2nd heat, I thought the event went off smoothly. We started on time (9:30am) and tried to minimize the time between heats. There are still things that we can do more efficiently and I am sure there will be many discussions about them over the winter. I dont think we have met. Maybe at the next SCCA meeting we can talk about things to improve future events. The club is always looking for more drivers that are willing to get involved with running the events. I hope you will give us another chance and come to our events in 2005. Bob Bornkessel --Previous Message--
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Steve,
I understand you disappointment with the event. As Chairman and course designer of the event I take full responsibility of the outcome of the event.
1st time Chairman (but not the last)
: Today I attended the most poorly run SCCA event
: I have ever attended. I showed up at
: Arrowhead about 8:30 am for a day of fun. I
: brought a friend with me who is very
: interested in becoming an SCCA member. There
: were a lot of cars , which is great. The
: problem is, we NEVER got to run, as it got
: too dark.
: My problem is with how this event was
: handled. We chased cones for over an hour and
: a half, as the norm for drivers to do, but
: never got to run. When we asked for our money
: back, they said "sorry, but the money
: has already been taken to the bank." We
: wasted a wounderful day, spent $25 each, and
: got nothing.
: At the SCCA general meeting, the issue of
: time, high car count and getting dark early
: was brought up by someone, Charlie Clark I
: think. He suggested that the start time be
: moved up and number of runs be limited. Now I
: know he has only been to one or two events in
: his time, but maybe someone should have
: listened.
: It looked as if there were several
: "newbies" at the event. Do you
: think they are going to show up again? Maybe,
: but probably not. Auto-X is a great way to
: get the new, young crowd involved. Events
: that are run like this are just going to
: chase people off.
: I'm sorry to b###h, but I do like this club
: and I hate to see us run off new members when
: the situation was totally avoidable.
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