Great year, I am pretty happy I was able to come to every event. I learned a LOT this year and a big part of that is having a club with people that take the time to help you out and enourage you at the events. I wanted to give a big thanks to you guys for putting in all the hard work to make them happen, there must be a lot going on behind the scenes to make them run this smoothly.
midship, on Aug 31 2009, 08:31 AM, said:
1. Event Organization (format, registration process )
I would say this aspect of the club is very good, there doesn't seem to be any hicups with the registration at all. The only thing I saw popping up once in a while is the errors with who is running R's and who isn't.
midship, on Aug 31 2009, 08:31 AM, said:
My experence with this club has been pretty good, I enjoy that the emphasis is on fun but still allows for a little bit of competitiveness too! Fun Factor gets top points, don't change anything!
midship, on Aug 31 2009, 08:31 AM, said:
I enjoyed the course design, the only one I had a tough time with was events #5 & #6... but that would have been more to do with the driver than the course
midship, on Aug 31 2009, 08:31 AM, said:
Overall I would say safety is pretty good, we did have some issues with people crossing into the area on some of the earlier events but with more attention to where we put the barriers that seemed to have been resolved.
One thing I wanted to mention is that yesterday when we did the "ellimination" challange that was pretty scary; I saw several close calls... and once very close one. I even had to ease up on the throttle a bit coming into the first couple of gates because I spotted somebody sprinting accross the course. I don't think in the future Marshalls should be switching out from thier stations when the course is hot like that unless we structure it so we can hold the cars while maybe 10 people at a time come out.
midship, on Aug 31 2009, 08:31 AM, said:
Timing equipment delays... I will leave this one there. It can be a hot lonely place on the course as a Marshall when you are waiting!
I was also thinking we could pick up some cheap patio umbrella's and heavy bases for the marshall stations to help shade people so they don't get heat stroke. This year it wasn't too hot, but even then I was feeling the affects a few times. I did see more than a few hand held umbrellas out there this time, but they are hard to run with and if the wind catches it a bit it could fly into the course and be a bit dangerous.
I spotted some big ones at JYSK for 7$ each, I could grab a few and donate them to the club if you guys think it is a good idea.
midship, on Aug 31 2009, 08:31 AM, said:
Q: If there is 1 thing you want to change what would it be?
I enjoyed the ellimination challange, the only thing I wouldn't mind is if we could get started a bit earlier so we could squeeze some fun runs in near the end of the day.
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