MATCHBX
12-08-2003, 10:39 PM
This is the tentative schedule for next season. Dates are subject to change. This is what the comp board is going to present to the Board of Directors tomorrow nite.
February 15-----------Treadin' Thin Ice
March 14---------------Luck 'O The Irish
April 4------------------TaxBreak
May 23-----------------Spring Fever
June 20----------------June Bug
July 11-----------------Dog Daze of Summer
August 22--------------Triple Caution!!!
September 19---------Harvest Moon
October 3--------------Oktoberfest
October 31-------------Dirty Jack 'O Lantern
They are still working on which venues, but it will be much more organized this next season. We have 4 to choose from (Princeton, Arkansaw WI, Corcoran, and Donovan Motorsports complex in Rochester) so we should have a good variety. We added one new one (in February) to get 10 this year. I'm not sure how many they are going to count for the championship. All events are eligible for points. Of course, you have to be an SCCA member to be eligible for a trophy at the end of the season. But you can still walk away with a trophy from the individual events if you are not an SCCA member. DSMStyle members walked away with quite a few trophies from individual events, including Mark's (E*Thug) win over Mr. Utecht at Corcoran.
They are going to be doing the day of the event schedule a little bit differently this coming season. This is how it breaks down:
9:30am - 11:00am ----Registration
9:45am - 11:15am ----Tech inspection
~10:30am - 11:30am -Course ready for walking
11:30am - ? ------------Driver's meeting
? - ? --------------------Morning Runs
20 Minutes --------------Midday Break
? - ? --------------------Afternoon Runs
Some of the specifics about the schedule:
Registration will be open ONLY during the scheduled time.
Tech inspectors will be in one spot. This means you have to take your car to the tech inspector.
They are going to try to have the course setup for walking by 10:30 so everyone can get out and walk it. There is no one allowed out on the course while the driver's meeting is taking place. If you are halfway thru walking the course when the driver's meeting is called, you have to stop and go over to where the driver's meeting is being held. So basically, if you haven't walked the course by 11:15, get your butt out there and start walking.
Driver's meetings are MANDITORY!! If you don't attend, you don't race, period. This doesn't mean you have to go home, it just means you have to be there for the whole meeting, beginning to end. The reason for this is so everyone knows what's going on. Then we don't have to answer a hundred questions about things that were covered in the driver's meeting. After the driver's meeting, the first run group will line up immediately.
As you can see there is no set times for runs. We did this so that there is some flexibility depending upon course conditions, run group sizes, etc. There will be a 20 minute break in the middle (again not a scheduled time but a scheduled amount of time) for people to eat and such.
Trophies will be awarded after the runs have been compiled. They will run Fun Runs until the trophies are ready to be handed out.
Everyone that competes are required to work. Whether it be cone counting, timing and scoring, etc. we need all competitors working to make things run smoothly.
There are some more rule changes that I can't remember right off hand but I will post them up when I find out about them.
Basically we want people to be prepared when they come to the rallycross. That way we're not holding up the show because there are a few people that couldn't get things ready beforehand.
February 15-----------Treadin' Thin Ice
March 14---------------Luck 'O The Irish
April 4------------------TaxBreak
May 23-----------------Spring Fever
June 20----------------June Bug
July 11-----------------Dog Daze of Summer
August 22--------------Triple Caution!!!
September 19---------Harvest Moon
October 3--------------Oktoberfest
October 31-------------Dirty Jack 'O Lantern
They are still working on which venues, but it will be much more organized this next season. We have 4 to choose from (Princeton, Arkansaw WI, Corcoran, and Donovan Motorsports complex in Rochester) so we should have a good variety. We added one new one (in February) to get 10 this year. I'm not sure how many they are going to count for the championship. All events are eligible for points. Of course, you have to be an SCCA member to be eligible for a trophy at the end of the season. But you can still walk away with a trophy from the individual events if you are not an SCCA member. DSMStyle members walked away with quite a few trophies from individual events, including Mark's (E*Thug) win over Mr. Utecht at Corcoran.
They are going to be doing the day of the event schedule a little bit differently this coming season. This is how it breaks down:
9:30am - 11:00am ----Registration
9:45am - 11:15am ----Tech inspection
~10:30am - 11:30am -Course ready for walking
11:30am - ? ------------Driver's meeting
? - ? --------------------Morning Runs
20 Minutes --------------Midday Break
? - ? --------------------Afternoon Runs
Some of the specifics about the schedule:
Registration will be open ONLY during the scheduled time.
Tech inspectors will be in one spot. This means you have to take your car to the tech inspector.
They are going to try to have the course setup for walking by 10:30 so everyone can get out and walk it. There is no one allowed out on the course while the driver's meeting is taking place. If you are halfway thru walking the course when the driver's meeting is called, you have to stop and go over to where the driver's meeting is being held. So basically, if you haven't walked the course by 11:15, get your butt out there and start walking.
Driver's meetings are MANDITORY!! If you don't attend, you don't race, period. This doesn't mean you have to go home, it just means you have to be there for the whole meeting, beginning to end. The reason for this is so everyone knows what's going on. Then we don't have to answer a hundred questions about things that were covered in the driver's meeting. After the driver's meeting, the first run group will line up immediately.
As you can see there is no set times for runs. We did this so that there is some flexibility depending upon course conditions, run group sizes, etc. There will be a 20 minute break in the middle (again not a scheduled time but a scheduled amount of time) for people to eat and such.
Trophies will be awarded after the runs have been compiled. They will run Fun Runs until the trophies are ready to be handed out.
Everyone that competes are required to work. Whether it be cone counting, timing and scoring, etc. we need all competitors working to make things run smoothly.
There are some more rule changes that I can't remember right off hand but I will post them up when I find out about them.
Basically we want people to be prepared when they come to the rallycross. That way we're not holding up the show because there are a few people that couldn't get things ready beforehand.