[F500] Re: Runoffs Qualifying

[Shipp, Paul (P.)]

In terms of runoffs invites I think that the best thing the SCCA could do is
decide how many cars they really would like to see in each class, divide
that number amongst the divisions based upon the previous years
participation in each division and then hold back 4 or 5 provisional to be
giving to various sorry individuals who had bad luck but good speed.... and
hence feel they still deserve a place (for some reason this year the club
voted early in the year to allow no provisional entries).  For a more
radical idea divide the entries amongst those division who actually send
cars and limit divisions that haven't had cars attend to one until they do.
I'm sure that wouldn't be popular and would cause trouble if the runoffs
ever moved away from good old Central Division......  the sad thing this
year was that there were fewer F500s than the last few years and many
drivers who wanted to be there had to sit and watch, it doesn't seem in the
best interests of the club to be too restrictive when this is being shown on
National TV as an advertisement for the club and its classes.  Whatever
happens (99% sure it will be nothing) I will be paying more attention next
year and attending the last race of the year whether I think I need the
points or not............ lesson learned the hard way this year.

regards


> Paul Shipp 
> Manager 
> Powertrain Systems Engineering 
> Visteon Automotive Systems 
> *   1-313-722-1643
> *   1-313-755-3585
> *   pshipp at visteon.com 
> 


-----Original Message-----
From: Dillon Pyron [mailto:dmpyron at austin.rr.com]
Sent: Thursday, October 03, 2002 2:16 PM
To: f500 at www.f500.org
Subject: [F500] Re: Runoffs Qualifying


At 09:45 PM 10/2/2002 -0700, you wrote:
>One thing we must remember in all our ramblings about Runoff's
qualification
>procedures.....F500 is not the only class at the Runoff's and the
>qualification rules also apply equally to the other 23 classes.


???  I thought those were the support races   :-)



>I agree with Cory that it would be nice to have a 40+ car field at the
>Runoff's, and I am sure each of the other classes would love to have a 40+
>car field.  If that really occurred there would be the need of 960+ paddock
>spaces.  Cory, Greg, Don Clar and I already had paddock spaces that were
>closer to downtown Lexington than they were to the track surface.  I guess
>with nearly 1000 cars we could paddock in Buck's parking lot in downtown
>Lexington.   While I am being somewhat facetious, all of us who
participated
>at the Runoff's know that 'good' paddock space is hard to come by,
>especially for our low ground clearance cars.


If I read the rules correctly, we have the potential for 80 entries per 
class (ha!!!).

Perhaps if the club were to "invite"/poll those eligible until it had 40 
cars or all eligible (by current points
standards) were tapped out, we could (as a club, not a class) get fuller 
fields.

Okay, how to do that?  Obviously, the first 5 in each division (plus 
Champion) get invites.  If any of
them decline, the next eligible person in that division gets the 
invitation.  If a division gets tapped out?
Good question.  Suggestions?  Round robin with other divisions?  Division 
with biggest pool?  Lottery?
Also, how would the timing be done?  Give the "entrant" how long to respond?

More questions than answers.  When would this discussion go to W2W for 
further comment?  Or
should "we" just put something together and go to the comp board? ("We" as 
in "those of you with
a real stake in this, since I don't have a car")

I think the points thing is a separate issue and really didn't mean to 
confuse the two.  Personally,
I like the idea, but that might be ego speaking  :-)



Dillon Pyron, CISSP
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