I personally just hoped "more people" would be interested in representing
our region. Most people, like yourself, really can't make the whole
weekend. Just don't complain that there is too much racing. Its sad
because other regions only dream of our good fortune.
Kirk ESP
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-ba-autox@autox.team.net
[mailto:owner-ba-autox@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of Alan Gruner
Sent: Monday, April 29, 2002 3:46 PM
To: Bay Area Autox
Subject: RE: Tour Entry Update
I can tell you why you will not see me at the national
tour event. For the same reason that you didn't see at
Candlestick on the 21st and Stockton yesterday.
Events on too many Freakin'weekends in a row.
I have limited free time available and in that free
time I have a number of things that I have to do.
Trying to sqeeze everything else in my life into a
Saturday and then show up every Sunday for six weeks
just too much.
This may less of an issue to those of you whose
significant other or family is active in autocross (or
whose significant other IS autocross). My family has
had a lot of things happen lately that mean that I
don't have six weeks of Sundays to commit right now.
I hope that does not make me uncommitted or something
the club should be ashamed of.
Alan
--- Kirk Meline <kirkm@zeta-idt.com> wrote:
> Andy I totally agree with you. Its shameful that
> more people can't spend a
> fun weekend racing and learning from others in the
> National arena. If your
> not going to Topeka then why not? Even if you have
> almost no chance of
> winning, like myself, its worth participating. Come
> on people. Atwater is
> only an hour or so away.
>
> Kirk ESP
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-ba-autox@autox.team.net
> [mailto:owner-ba-autox@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of
> Andy McKee
> Sent: Monday, April 29, 2002 11:34 AM
> To: Bay Area Autox
> Subject: Tour Entry Update
>
>
> Well, if you look at the Atwater Tour entry list the
> SCCA website, you'll
> see
> that we're only at 145 entries.
>
>
http://www.scca.org/amateur/solo2/nat_tour/2002/atwater/entry.html
>
> The National office is still processing the forms
> from the last couple days,
> but that should only raise the number to 175 or so.
> On the current entry
> list,
> it looks like maybe 50 or so Bay Area people are
> willing to make the "trek"
> to
> Atwater. I guess more people would rather run a
> local event at Stockton
> than
> compete against fellow autoxers from Washington,
> Oregon, SoCal, Arizona,
> Colorado, etc. on a large concrete site in Atwater.
>
> Just in case you are still planning on going and
> don't want to pay the late
> fee, today is the last day to fax in your entry
> (without the late fee).
> Starting tomorrow, it costs $20 more. Here's the
> link just in case you
> forgot...
>
>
http://www.scca.org/amateur/solo2/nat_tour/entryform.html
>
> We asked SCCA to provide some local classes to run
> in, so they allowed
> BSP-V,
> OSP, and a street tire class for novices. While
> BSP-V has about 5 entries
> right now, OSP and the street tire class don't have
> any.
>
> I'm trying not to be too negative in this post, but
> it's just a little
> embarrassing to be a "Jumbo" region with 340 entrant
> local events, yet not
> be
> able to have good attendance at a Tour or Divisional
> when it's a couple
> hours
> away. I wouldn't expect every one to be able to
> make it, but that is
> usually
> offset by the number of people from other regions
> who drive anywhere from
> 6-16
> hours to make the event.
>
> While it does take some effort and resources to go
> and run the Tour in
> Atwater,
> this really is your one "convenient" chance to see
> what Nationals is like.
> With the kind of attendance we are seeing so far,
> this chance may not come
> again next year. Hopefully alot of entries are just
> pouring in really
> really
> last minute.
>
> If you haven't already, send in your entry TODAY!
> Actually, with all the
> cool
> raffle prizes Vic Sias has put together (you get one
> free raffle ticket with
> your entry) maybe it's a good thing not so many are
> going. I could use a
> set
> of free tires, even if they are Kumhos.
>
> -Andy
> Tour Co-Chair
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