Walnut Ridge is just around the corner, so who all is planning to attend?? :burnrubr:
Link to official SCCA info site for the Walnut Ridge National Tour
I'm about 70% sure I can make it, hope to increase my odds as the week moves on!
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Walnut Ridge is just around the corner, so who all is planning to attend?? :burnrubr:
Link to official SCCA info site for the Walnut Ridge National Tour
I'm about 70% sure I can make it, hope to increase my odds as the week moves on!
Jeremy and I are already signed up, and so is Jon. Come on out and join us!:burnrubr:
I am not national material, nor is my car.
It's not even about that. It's about the expierence. The best times I've had at autocrossing have been at national events.Quote:
Originally Posted by Machismo
+1.Quote:
Originally Posted by ratt_finkel
The best part of a National event is the experience. The camaraderie, the courses, the competition, the drinking, the debauchery, etc., etc. :wink:
Seriously - the best events I've attended have always been National events. The first one I went to, I was driving an automatic Honda Prelude on street tires in DSP. Talk about being uncompetitive. I still had a blast.
In my experience, you go to a national event to have your hat handed to you by the top competitors instead of some local schmuck ;)
unless you have a formerly nationally competitive car and win.
I should rephrase, I am not economically viable for national events.
Sorry onething, didn't know you thought I such a schmuck!
What was your name again? ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Machismo
Well Hal, I've been to every SCCA event since last year (except one where I was thrashing to get a blown head together in time) and 5 or so of the ER events. I placed 2nd in Novice class for both clubs. I have a heavy PAX. But raw times are what really matter to me. My name is usually spoken when I am staging and at the trophies.
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Originally Posted by Machismo
+1 :wink:Quote:
Originally Posted by onething
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Your registration for 2007 Walnut Ridge National Tour is confirmed
Woohoo! Glad to hear you're going. Are you going to head out on Friday or Thursday?Quote:
Originally Posted by POS Racing
I'm thinking Thursday at this point. What about you kids?Quote:
Originally Posted by altiain
I'm planning on leaving very early Friday morning. Leave about 5am, get there in time for some practice runs. I took Friday off, but after being out of town all this week, it'll be hard for me to get out of the office early enoug on Thursday to make the drive.Quote:
Originally Posted by POS Racing
From the SCCA.org website, below for your reading enjoyment.
Pretty interesting. 2 events in one weekend.
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I believe I will be doing the Pro on Sunday, since I will be there anyways. And it looks like at no additional cost.
Gary
TOPEKA, Kan. (April 20, 2007) -- Despite the strong interest and high entry levels at Tire Rack® SCCA National Solo events in virtually every part of the country, the central United States remains a challenge for schedule expansion. Low pre-event entries at the Arkansas and Texas ProSolos have prompted SCCA to reschedule one event and cancel the other altogether.
The Tire Rack SCCA ProSolo scheduled for Walnut Ridge, Ark. on May 5-6, which was to be the inaugural event using the new single course format, is being merged with the April 29-30 Walnut Ridge National Tour. This Tour will have all the heats merged into one day, with drivers taking their traditional six runs over two courses on Saturday. Drivers then will have the opportunity on Sunday to try the new single course format ProSolo event. Although drivers will be able to enter both events for the cost of only the Tour, there will be two separate events with all the respective trophies and contingency awards.
The May 26-27 Tire Rack SCCA ProSolo scheduled for Mineral Wells, Texas has been cancelled. Because of this, the Memorial Day weekend is being considered for a National Tour event in another part of the country. Those already entered in the Texas ProSolo may request a refund or have their entry transferred to another National Solo event.
“The improved event efficiencies that our National Solo Field Staff have been able to implement allows us the ability to do this unique two-for-one weekend that will give exceptional value to the SCCA entrants,” SCCA VP of Rally and Solo Howard Duncan said. “The 2007 Tire Rack SCCA National Solo season, particularly the ProSolo program, was designed to be a year of testing new ideas and this is definitely a new concept in events that the entrants should find highly entertaining and rewarding.”
The entrants of all three events (Walnut Ridge Tour, Walnut Ridge ProSolo, Mineral Wells ProSolo) will be sent an e-mail describing the administrative details of this schedule change.
Okay, that's ::Censor:: ed up. Two events for the price of one ain't such a bad deal, but I have no interest in trying to compress two events that are traditionally 2.5 days each into just two days. I signed up for a two-day National Tour, not a one-day Tour and some half-assed single course format ProSolo tacked onto the end of it. I wonder which braniac in Topeka came up with this idea? :rolleyes:
Maybe it's just time for ProSolo to die an ungraceful death and be done with it? I can honestly say that once you get past the novelty of the drag start and the Christmas tree, there really isn't anything in the ProSolo format that appeals to me. I had intended to do the Dallas Pro, but only because it's local. I will probably stick around for the WR Pro, but only because I'll already be there and I have the hotel room booked.
Has this ever been done before on a tour?? Sure sounds like a lot of work for the Arkansas SCCA Kids... Wonder if they just found out also.Quote:
Originally Posted by SpinOutF500
I found a couple of Mazda decals for the rears and Mazdaspeed decal for the hood.
What else do I need to have on the car?? The SCCA Sticker on the nose, and I recall a couple of other required items, I just don't recall what they were. ::Clown:: What does Kumho Require??
Hey look what I found! ::Banana::Quote:
Originally Posted by POS Racing
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4. Tech will check for compliance with 3.7 Vehicle Identification. (All required decals will be made available at Registration).
Two SCCA Solo decals, one on each side of the car; one SCCA decal on the hood or front bumper, two Tire Rack SCCA National Solo Road to Topeka decals, one on each side of the car; and the title sponsor decal (tirerack.com). This is a window tint decal to be placed at the top of the windshield. Vehicles without windshields or with plastic windshields may place the decal on the front of the car.
Everything you need except the Mazdaspeed contingency decals will be available at registration. At least, they would be at a normal event. Who knows for this one?
Has anyone seen a revised schedule of events for this weekend??
I haven't seen any SCCA e-mail except for the one where they took my ::2Dollar: .
This was posted on SCCAForumsQuote:
Originally Posted by POS Racing
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April 20, 2007
Hi Folks,
For some of you this may be your first notice of changes in the May National Solo schedule, but given the efficiency of the modern grapevine, I suspect most of you are already aware of the changes noted in the enclosed release. The purpose of this email, which is going to all the entrants of the Walnut Ridge and Mineral Wells ProSolo events and the Walnut Ridge Tour, is to give you just a bit more background on the decisions and more administrative details.
I fully understand the concerns and disappointments of the ProSolo drivers that had entered these two events, as we share those feelings and they were expressed quite vigorously during our internal debates about what we should do. Those debates centered on what was least disruptive, psychologically and practically, to the ProSolo program and its supporters. On one hand we could have just soldiered on and run both events with whatever entry level we had. This would have possibly shown our commitment to the program and our steady adherence to our plans. However, without question these would have been very strange, undersubscribed events that would be exceptionally poor examples of a “”National” event AND would have used up a disproportionate amount of our scarce resources ($$ and time). Using up the financial resources in this way might have required cuts in program features later in the year. On the flip side, we could have just simply cancelled the events with no other action. This would have maximized the resource savings, but would have left big holes in the schedule and not allowed us to test the new single course ProSolo format before the NY ProSolo this summer, that already has 200+ entrants. Trying a new system for the first time at a 200 car event seemed very unwise.
Therefore, I decided on a middle ground. As mentioned in the news release, the efficiencies that your National Solo Field Staff have been able to accomplish allowed us to do something truly unique. Since the Walnut Ridge Tour entry was sitting at about half of our usual Tour average, we knew we could run two days of heats in one day. This would allow some folks to leave early if they chose to help minimize their expenses and get them home to their families sooner, OR they could stay for the second day as originally planned and get a chance to try something new at no additional cost. We are also investigating adding a National Tour event on the date of the cancelled Texas ProSolo, which will allow another part of the country to be a part of “The Road to Topeka”. As noted at the beginning of this paragraph, this was my decision after consultation with several folks, so please direct any ire towards me not the National Solo Field Staff, or even the Solo Department staff.
On to the various details:
• Upon request, entrants of the Texas and Arkansas ProSolo events can receive a full refund OR they can transfer their entry fee to another 2007 National Solo event.
• If these same entrants needed either of these events to count as a qualifier for the Finale, we will refund half of your entry fee and the cancelled event will be counted as a qualifier.
• Requests for refunds or transfers to other events should be directed to Nancy Downing, Solo Events Manager, at [email protected].
• The one day, single course format, Walnut Ridge ProSolo is a regular event with regard to trophies and contingency awards, as well as being one the required two qualifying events for the Championship Finale event (see ProSolo rules for more details on Finale qualifying).
• The Walnut Ridge ProSolo is scheduled to have a minimum of five runs during class competition, followed by the full compliment of Challenge competitions. If circumstances permit, we will increase the number of class runs. The course used will be a modified version of the Saturday afternoon Tour course that begins with a “Christmas tree” start leading on to approximately a 200’ straight.
• The Walnut Ridge ProSolo is included in the entry fee of the Tour event the day before. It is at the option of the Tour entrants to participate.
• The Walnut Ridge Tour event will have three runs for all competitors before lunch. After lunch there will be three more runs using the same basic course in the reverse direction.
• Walnut Ridge competitors are reminded that there are no suitable tire changing services in town, so drivers should come prepared.
• We will release news of a possible Memorial Day weekend Tour as soon as we can.
• As a side note to this situation, we knew going in that these two events were a bit of a gamble from a turnout perspective, but the rest of the 2007 National Solo schedule is solid and we fully expect this to be the only schedule change for the remainder of 2007.
We appreciate everyone’s accommodation to these developments and apologize for any inconvenience that these necessary steps may have caused. Again, if you have concerns/complaints/etc., please direct them to me and if you need help getting your entry squared away, contact Nancy.
See you at the start line!
H.
Howard Duncan
V.P. of Program Development and Operations
1-800-770-2055
Fax 785-232-7228
Run / Work Order
Run Heat 1:
FJA, FJB, BS, DSL, ES, FSL, HSL, STS, STS2L, STUL, ASP, BSP, CSPL, DSPL, ESP, FSP, CP, CPL, EPL, FPL, GP, SM, AML, CML, DM, EM, FML
Run Heat 2:
SS, AS, BSL, CS, ESL, FS, GS, STSL, STX, ASPL, BSPL, DSP, ESPL, XP, DP, GPL, SML, SM2, AM, BML, DML, F125
Run Heat 3:
SSL, ASL, CSL, DS, GSL, HS, STS2, STXL, STU, CSP, FSPL, XPL, , DPL, EP, FP, SM2L, BM, CM, EML, FM, F125L
Work Heat 1:
SS, SSL, AS, ASL, CS, CSL, GS, GSL, STX, STXL, DSP, DSPL, XP, XPL, DP, DPL, SM2, SM2L, BM, BML, F125, F125L
Work Heat 2:
DS, DSL, HS, HSL, STS2, STS2L, STU, STUL, CSP, CSPL, FSP, FSPL, EP, EPL, FP, FPL, CM, CML, EM, EML, FM, FML
Work Heat 3:
BS, BSL, ES, ESL, FS, FSL, STS, STSL, ASP, ASPL, BSP, BSPL, ESP, ESPL, CP, CPL, GP, GPL, SM, SML, AM, AML, DM, DML
Run 1, work 3 for BS. :?
Then starting around lunchtime you get to do it all again! ::Banana::Quote:
Originally Posted by altiain
For me it's Work, Run, Rest, Work, Run, Rest ;)
Dang, POS, CS did work 1 run 2 last year. And, GS run 1 work 3. You guys were already in Little Rock before my work heat was over.
Well the Days Inn in Pocahontas, Ark isn't that bad! ::Banana::
Hmmm...Quote:
Originally Posted by POS Racing
Better than the Bates motel? :mrgreen:Quote:
Originally Posted by POS Racing
See ya tomorrow afternoon in Walnut Ridge! Save us a couple of paddock spaces!
I see they have elevators and free local calls. Fancy. :thumleft:Quote:
Originally Posted by POS Racing
And so far it appears Roach free! Lots better than last years hotel! ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by jrj512
Good luck guys!!! ::Banana::
+1 ... keep us posted! :burnrubr:Quote:
Originally Posted by Miatamoto
Not much to report today! Everyone made it to the event safely.
The weather was great and we are all registered and teched for the event(s), big fun starts in the AM.http://www.harrisonindustrial.com/im...2007%20001.jpg
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Nic ephoto ss ofar! Oh... wait... hehe...
Nice photos so far !
That is a pretty nice collection of formally nationally competitive ::ssr::s ::SSR2::!
:D
LOL!!! :clap:Quote:
Originally Posted by Titus
Local guys did great this morning.
Linkie
Nice job guys! It looks like Clovis, altiain, POS Racing, and SpinOutF500 are all bringing home trophies! :clap: