CMarkmann

Comp - 54.4 TO - 53.0 +1

Saturday -https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6aOqky63lPg Sunday - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PeLK7xl_0OM

https://www.scca.com/events/2004759-2024-tire-rack-scca-phoenix-national-tour-arizona-motorsports-park Event schedule and all supplemental tech / event info is toward the bottom of the page.

Had a great day Saturday on a fun course, and really enjoyed the challenge of the weather and working on adapting to the evolving course condition during B group. Big thanks to Lance for getting me off the wait list on Friday so I could join the fun! Comp - 44.376 TO - 43.563

46.447, and will echo the comments about how much I enjoyed this course.

The NASA group leaves race cars and trailers overnight basically every weekend they run at AMP. The organizer charges a fee to entrants so they can pay for security, but there's no restriction other than people not being allowed to camp at the property.

Thanks Kim. Post wasn't super clear about availability timing. In previous years, this has only been advertised as available during Jan/Feb events. Was hoping to pre-tech my car for next year since I don't have any changes planned over the holiday break!

Is 2024 annual tech available at the Dec event tomorrow, or not until next year?

Comp - 40.888 TO - 40.372

First event running the car on 245s, and still figuring out how much I can push it now, but it felt really good. Have some thoughts on what to adjust for next month. Fastest Comp run was a 49.2. I think the car had a 48 in it, but I didn't grab 3rd through the first set of offsets on this run, and spent a lot of time on the rev limiter there. Mistake on my 4th run meant I couldn't prove it... I got down to 49.05 in TO even though the surface grip felt lower.

Addition to my prior post; currently run group assignments are assigned through the grid number stuck to the entrants car. Now... we are expecting people to know which group they're in, as well as for grid to know they belong there or not without just looking at their windshield. Possible solution is to have grid carry a copy of run group listing with entrant numbers to audit who is there before sending them to starter. This would be the primary checkpoint to keep a "bad" number from getting to timing in the incorrect run group.

Basically what Mark said; grid position no longer matters other than for two driver cars. Spitballing this since I've been put on the spot: Timing is already mostly automated for run order based on pre-fill from registration info. New procedure will have added column (or replaced column since grid position no longer needed) for driver's competition number. Timing worker will need to enter competition numbers through first runs of each group in order to run through each assigned run group's field, and then it will move back to the top as in current practice. Reserve existing grid spaces 1-8 (estimate) for 2 driver cars, instruct grid person to send second drivers at pre-determined interval of run group (say... around 14 or 16 like we do now). Make a sign and use green cones to cordon that area off. Much less confusion for cone calls since observers and course workers will be calling in car numbers instead of guessing whether that CAM car is a Chevy or a Buick. "Station 4, 1 cone on car 592" vs "1 cone on that blue hatchback"

Disagree with this not being feasible for a local region. San Diego region had a successful system for this where you registered your regional competition number annually (with a fee to have your Solo Card and ownership of that number). The SCCA magazine (which we should all be receiving with our memberships) has advertisements in the back for multiple vendors supplying numbers that fill this need. If people are spending $1000/year on tires, it's not a huge ask to improve the running of the event to have somebody spend $60 on numbers. Roll the annual number registration in with annual tech. For newer entrants, temporary 4 digit numbers were assigned and the paper + painters tape method was required. Eventually, they decide that they want to "look the part" at the events and buy numbers as well. This seems to come up every few years, and I haven't understood the pushback to improvement, other than just being resistant to change.

"Make the suspension adjustable and they will adjust it wrong -- look what they can do to a Weber carburetor in just a few moments of stupidity with a screwdriver." - Colin Chapman