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We had an incredibly challenging event this past Sundsay (July 30, 2023) and I am unsure if these results should be considered in seasonal points.
Our morning runs heat one went well (for the most part) with the exception of only having 3 runs before switching groups. Heat 2 had several timing issues that were hardware based. Whilst managing heat two, a storm blew up and the winds blew our timing lights around causing more reruns. At this point quiet hour was upon us and we had to have a hard stop to the event.
During this period the rain would start to fall pretty heavily off and on as well as numerous lightning strikes near the site causing lightning delays until 1:30pm. Once the lightning delays had been been lifted an inspection of the site saw many cones blown around as well as all of the chalk being washed away. (If I had known there was a chance of rain I would've waxed the cones in rather than use the chalk. I now know that no matter what the forecast says in the summer we will be using wax around the cones.)
After taking a head count of the remaining participants who stuck around (Thank You!) it was determined that we would not have enough workers to operate the event in the manner as it had been.
I asked the remaining drivers to vote on two options:
1.) We take 20 minutes and all go walk the course together to place the cones back where we think they belonged and chalk the course again. We then throw out the morning (Dry Results) as not everyone were able to get morning runs with the timing issues we had, and now the course would have likely changed to benefit times in the later part of the day if conditions dried out completely. (And it did by the end.) Now the results would have impacted the first run group negatively with the wet conditions.
2.) Split remaining drivers in half, and one group work while the other group drives and do a test n tune and fun run event going forward and corner workers would reset cones and work the flags.
The vote was unanimous in favor of option 2.)
I would have liked to try and continue the competitive event but I was aware of the challenges presented with that option. The reception of option 2.) was well recieved by particpants and I think things went forward as well as they could have. Some folks requested ridealongs for pointers from other drivers and the remaining drivers got around 11 runs in the afternoon alone.
I personally don't think using these results in regard to season points will be ideal, but I'm open to your feedback below.
***Update***
These results will not be factored in season points.
Our morning runs heat one went well (for the most part) with the exception of only having 3 runs before switching groups. Heat 2 had several timing issues that were hardware based. Whilst managing heat two, a storm blew up and the winds blew our timing lights around causing more reruns. At this point quiet hour was upon us and we had to have a hard stop to the event.
During this period the rain would start to fall pretty heavily off and on as well as numerous lightning strikes near the site causing lightning delays until 1:30pm. Once the lightning delays had been been lifted an inspection of the site saw many cones blown around as well as all of the chalk being washed away. (If I had known there was a chance of rain I would've waxed the cones in rather than use the chalk. I now know that no matter what the forecast says in the summer we will be using wax around the cones.)
After taking a head count of the remaining participants who stuck around (Thank You!) it was determined that we would not have enough workers to operate the event in the manner as it had been.
I asked the remaining drivers to vote on two options:
1.) We take 20 minutes and all go walk the course together to place the cones back where we think they belonged and chalk the course again. We then throw out the morning (Dry Results) as not everyone were able to get morning runs with the timing issues we had, and now the course would have likely changed to benefit times in the later part of the day if conditions dried out completely. (And it did by the end.) Now the results would have impacted the first run group negatively with the wet conditions.
2.) Split remaining drivers in half, and one group work while the other group drives and do a test n tune and fun run event going forward and corner workers would reset cones and work the flags.
The vote was unanimous in favor of option 2.)
I would have liked to try and continue the competitive event but I was aware of the challenges presented with that option. The reception of option 2.) was well recieved by particpants and I think things went forward as well as they could have. Some folks requested ridealongs for pointers from other drivers and the remaining drivers got around 11 runs in the afternoon alone.
I personally don't think using these results in regard to season points will be ideal, but I'm open to your feedback below.
***Update***
These results will not be factored in season points.
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