Mostly this is the same as the previous events ... turn up with helmet, overalls, $30 etc. But we've changed a couple of things, so I will put the changed things to be aware of here.
1) Documentation and Scrutineering is starting at 8am this time, an hour earlier than the previous 9am doco start.
2) Spectator cars will be charged $5 per car (note: not officials cars, or tow cars for competitors). The reason for this is that the venue owner gets charged road tax per car using the road, and there's a car counter on the road.
- Why haven't we charged this in the past? Because we didn't know that he was charged per car, simple as that.
- Where is the money going? It is being handed straight to the venue owner.
- Is the charge per person? No, it is per vehicle, so pack lots of people into the car, or get a ride into the venue in a competitor car.
- Are you trying to discourage spectators? Not at all, but it isn't fair to the venue owner if his hire charge is whittled away by our bringing in loads of extra cars. He is running a business. If we want to keep hiring the venue, we need to be generating him profit, not loss. It is a user pay world, and he is being charged per car using the road.
I need you guys to mention this if you've got any spectators coming to see us, and it will go into any advertising I put out there.
At the venue, spectator cars park to the left, competitor cars park to the right.
3) We will send cars through to the track from the doco/scrutineering car park in smaller groups as soon as we get half a dozen cars scrutineered, lined up, and ready to go in. This means that people can drive in, get parked up, unloaded, and start lining up in numerical order much earlier. Rather than the mass 50 car convoy like we have done previously.
4) the laps will not take as long to complete this time, so that while you get shorter runs, we will be aiming to give you the opportunity to get many more runs during the day, with less wait time between runs.
5) we plan to run two stopwatches in the timing car, so be ready to be given the all clear to start as soon as the start line official gives you the thumbs up (assuming no cones are down etc of course). Again, this is just to do everything to make the queue time shorter
6) We're running the BBQ again, so bring some coins. If you want to bring food to get chucked on the BBQ, Chef Adam reckons he is up to burning anything you can fit on the bbq. We will have the usual sausage and bread supplied. The proceeds from the BBQ are going to the Targa Life Challenge (fund raising for Cancer), so please dig deep.
http://www.targalifechallenge.co.nz/7) This event we will cap the entries at 45, so don't risk turning up at 8:55am, just in case. Again, this is to ensure that people get best bang for buck out of the event. If all the other changes mean we're getting heaps and heaps and heaps of runs during the day, we might look at increasing the cap for the next event.
8 ) We are keen to train people on event official roles such as Clerk of Course, and Scrutineering. If you have an interest in assisting at such roles, please contact myself and Andrew. In related matters there is a scrutineer training course running at Motorsport NZ in October on a Friday night. It doesn't cost anything, and they give you pizza and coffee.
9) other things that I have forgotten will probably start turning up here as well.
http://www.hccc.org.nz/webpage/28 is the event webpage where you will find regs, scrutineering schedule, overall points and so forth.
Other stuff of note coming up:
Competitor Coaching Day on grass *this* Saturday afternoon, leading into a Day + Night Autocross, contact Geoff Warren for details 021-515-642
http://www.hccc.org.nz/index.php?module ... 9&sch_id=1Fund Raising Movie afternoon.
10th October 2pm, Reading Porirua. The movie is Aliens in the Attic $15 (or more) for adults, $10 (or more) for small people. Again, this is fund raising for Cancer Society.
Contact
Stacey Phone: 021509277
Email:
angel_twin27@yahoo.comLabour Weekend Triathlon. Port Road on the Sunday, a Motorkhana and Autocross on the Monday. Results from all three events added together to give the overall result, again contact Geoff Warren in the first instance.