I think the newly formed NTAXS should host a Winter Series this year. Start it when the others end and end it when the others start. First prize is a box of Popsicles. I retain all copyright and intellectual property for this idea.
Could run a R-comp class and a street tire class based on SCCA PAX.
Last edited by ken o; 01-28-2009 at 12:20 PM.
I'm all for a winter series, but I first need to get everything going. If this season's NTAXS events have good attendance and everything is cool, then I will certainly consider starting next season in January.
I want nothing to do with any Popsicles that you bring, Ken. I can only imagine where they've been.
If there was an autox this weekend (nice weather!) I bet that people would be there... I mean it's been TWO months!
The problem is that it is such a crap shoot that you could end up damaging your club’s reputation, especially when it does not yet have one. It’s easy to say that two weekends ago would have been a great weekend for an AX because it’s all hindsight. It’s also easy to say on Friday that Saturday would be a great day for a race. But try to plan an event a month or even two weeks prior to the event. In the summer, you have heat and rain. In February, you have warm, cold, rain, ice, sleet, and so on. There are too many reasons to cancel an event. Now imagine the NTAXS, which has yet to have an event, scheduling something for two weeks from now only to find out a few days before that it will be 40 degrees and rainy. We would have to cancel the event, which damages the club’s dependability. Once we can establish ourselves as a well run, dependable, safe, and fun organization, then we can start playing some craps with winter events and handing soiled Popsicles.
Never cancel.
Snow, we drive.
Rain, we drive.
Cold, we laugh at the cold.
Pre-pay no refunds.
It is the Winter Series.
It will be cold.
Stop being a va-jrj.
Marketing, "Grab your snowballs and drive the Winter Series."
I learned this the hard way.....
Take all of your valuables out of your car at night. This includes taking the mounting hardware off of your windshield or dash and hiding the power supplies. I lost over $ 1,000 to a thief with no hope of recovering my items and to top if off they smashed my window in the rain and my truck got soaked. Let my loss be your learning experience.