[Shotimes] Re: Successful Gingerman and Lapeer Days!

[Rick Glass]

I understand that aspect of things too, but that extra day costs at least
$100-125 more and requires the extra day off work that I couldn't make happen.

For us penny pinchers, that day of down time isn't really worth the added
expense and the additional time away from home.


Rick Glass
        '99 SF  81k   Flowmasters  Kirk'd
        '99 VW 123k Bone Stock  Kirk'd
  ----- Original Message -----
  From: Scott Krietemeyer
  To: Rick Glass
  Cc: Shotimes ; V8List SHO ; SHO Tech
  Sent: Sunday, October 30, 2005 4:30 PM
  Subject: Re: Successful Gingerman and Lapeer Days!


  Others can chime in that actually participated in both events.  IMHO a day
of down / travel time between the road course and drags is not a bad idea.  At
the conventions it isn't so bad when you are going back to the same hotel and
everything is all settled in.  Most folks will stay at different places during
the week, and Doing that after a long day at the roadcourse (or the morning of
the drags) is not my cup 'o tea..

  Scott


  On 10/30/05, Rick Glass <cmysho@comcast.net> wrote:
    "Friday track rental at Gingerman is at (expensive) weekend rates"

    How much more expensive ?  With one less day off work, one less day of one
    the raod meals,one less night at the bar, and one less hotel stay, it may
    actually be cheaper to pay more for the track......just a thought.

    I could have made it this time if it weren't for the extra day (night)
    needed off work.......

    Rick Glass
           '99 SF  81k   Flowmasters  Kirk'd
           '99 VW 123k Bone Stock  Kirk'd

    ----- Original Message -----
    From: "Ron Porter" < ronporter@prodigy.net>
    To: "Shotimes" <shotimes@autox.team.net>; "V8List SHO" <v8sho@v8sho.com>;
    "SHO Tech" <techsho@topica.com>
    Sent: Sunday, October 30, 2005 2:34 PM
    Subject: Successful Gingerman and Lapeer Days!


    > It turned out to be an absolutely beautiful day! Weather cooperated,
with
    > 55-57 temps, slight headwind (9 mph from the SW on an east-west track),
    > and
    > sun all day. The Gingerman day on Thursday also worked out great. It
was
    > colder and no sun, but a track day can better handle some water on the
    > track.
    >
    > Turnout was great! Relatively large number of folks from both IL and
    > Canada.
    > A "guesstimate" would be 30 cars, and I understand that a few left
early.
    >
    > Next year's Lapeer events will be in the same early May and late October
    > timeframes. With the success of having the Gingerman day on the
previous
    > Thursday, we talked about setting it up that way with the two Lapeer
    > events
    > next year.
    > Friday track rental at Gingerman is at (expensive) weekend rates, so
    > Thursday is the best alternative.
    >
    > Ron Porter
    > New best: 13.616 @ 99.50, 1.896 60'
    > Backed up with 13.645 @ 99.60 (Sorry, Ryan!)