Event format

[aufoxy]

.... war eagle? haha

[chuck schultz]

Another factor I've heard mentioned as a reason to conduct more Sunday than Saturday events, is that there are generally more folks who work Saturday, either by necessity or to pay for their car habits, than there are those who will not miss church.

[zukitek]

WOW how this thread has evolved !

The one and only site we have up to this point been able to muster is BRC which is incredibly cheap,only available on Sunday ,and one if not the biggest sites in the southeast and it has elevation change.The surface is steadily becoming worse but it is all we have .

The schedule is solid and has worked for years .People never need to guess about when the ALSCCA is going to do an autox.They know .If you go to changing it around then things will go ape wild...kids will go around naked ,pet strange dogs and run with scissors ....you get the picture .

I am a firsthand witness that you can never make a substantial change without there being side effects .You make one adjustment and you discover that it causes 3 more .Point of post is .....we need to maintain consistency ...we need to do more runs on days with low attendance (we could have run 10 timed runs at the last event and still packed it in by 4pm.

These economic times will not remain as they are .We WILL return back to the 100 + car events ,so we dont need to go mixing things up.

The missing of church is a tough subject .I dont go regularly so Eric's devotional is a treat to me .I know that when I did attend regularly ...missing Sunday morning service was an issue.Sunday evening just isn't the same.There is a family element that exists. I understand the problem,but,at the same time I have no remedy.

Trust me on this .....the schedule is not what it is today for no reason .Things have been tried and failed and tweaked and so on .Chris W can tell you more .FWIW the wheel has been invented and reinvented over and over but it always goes back to the original concept because it works.

BTW if it doesnt have wheels and a motor and a shaker stick....it isnt a sport ...its just a game !!!!College football...scoff ...are u serious?

RR

[Mowgli87]

Newbie perspective: I have only been to a few events in B'Ham so far, so I still kinda consider myself a new guy to the region. I am one of the members that has to drive at least 2 hours to get to the BRC, so consistency really helps a lot. For the few times that I have been, I have enjoyed the early start...particularly now that days are really hot, really fast. And even more than that, I like splitting the day into two parts. I think it could be interesting to see how the ATL format (such as GhostRider described) would work in B'Ham. If it cuts turnout a little for each time slot, it will probably still help slightly for the day as a whole. I guess it might be a little harder to organize the workers though... another one of those trade-offs.

I have been raised in the Church, so I know the feeling that many of you other religious guys are feeling. I'm sure there are several individuals in my congregation who would not approve of my occasional Sunday morning absence, but in the end I agree with a couple others that our relationship with God doesn't just happen in the church building. If you aren't comfortable missing the service every now and then, don't do it. Plain and simple. If it bothers you, then IMO you clearly have your priorities in a good place...I respect you for that.

In the end, I don't think it can be said enough: if you truly want to do something, you will find a way to do it. That might mean giving up on AL region and making the trip to Huntsville for Saturday events.

[Ghostrider86]

I want to pipe in and say I am extremely encouraged that there IS so much talk about how racing Sunday affects Church!

Mo- the worker assignments aren't very difficult with our system at all.


But one question..........Whats a Shaker stick?

[Cholewa]

Shocker.. Two in the pink... etc

very vdub esque

[Ghostrider86]

Shocker.. Two in the pink... etc

very vdub esque

Totally missing it.........?

[BoostedFD]

The problem with doing ATL's format of basically two seperate groups morning and eventing is they have 150+ entrants vs. our 40-50. Maning all the corners, T&S, etc. with 10-15 people would pretty much an impossible task. So until the numbers get back to 80-100 like they were 2-3 yrs ago there is no chance of that happening.

I do think more runs should be done when turnouts allow. If you can do 10 go for it, most of the regulars that dont want to go through 3-4 sets of tires a year will only run 5-6 anyway. So I don't think adding a few extra runs per group, as long as they are small, would be a big time stretcher. But hey I haven't been in over a year so what do I know?

I do think there is some worth in thinking about starting after church at least a few times a year. Then the people that attend church can possibly recruit people from church. It's hard to sell to someone to miss church to drive in an event, because church will come first.

[zukitek]

I want to pipe in and say I am extremely encouraged that there IS so much talk about how racing Sunday affects Church!

Mo- the worker assignments aren't very difficult with our system at all.


But one question..........Whats a Shaker stick?

a shaker stick is a slang term for a car that has a manual transmission.Generation gaps are amazing .

[Ghostrider86]

a shaker stick is a slang term for a car that has a manual transmission.Generation gaps are amazing .

Oh wow, silly me, never heard the term. I am about 10 years too young for that one. Only really OLD people know what that is.....
I keed i keed !!

[Ghostrider86]

See all of you on Sunday!