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From: Doug & Terri (dntdock.net) | |
Date: Sun, 3 Mar 2019 21:37:35 -0800 (PST) |
Charles notes “Mine is the black C7 Z06 Corvette in the first picture with the IMSA car.“ WHOAAAH Doug From: Ferrari [mailto:ferrari-bounces+dnt=dock.net [at] ferrarilist.com] On Behalf Of Charles Perry Mine is the black C7 Z06 Corvette in the first picture with the IMSA car. I hesitate to criticize events since I know how hard it is to get people to help and execute in the way you (as an organizer) want, but I was surprised that this wasn’t better given how big the Florida chapter of the FCA must be. I’m guessing aside from CA they probably have the highest owner density of any state. Part of the fault lay with the FCA. They had 110+ cars signed up but only had two lanes open for tech inspection and 45 minutes total allotted. No way that was going to happen. So eventually they just said “Everyone leave your car where it sits and come to the driver’s meeting and we’ll keep inspecting while you meet.” I think they assigned instructors to the beginners, but there was no information on who instructors were or where to find them if you wanted one for intermediate or advanced. There was no central location to find an organizer, so with two massive garages and the driver’s meeting area the people who were in charge were immediately invisible after the driver’s meeting. They didn’t use the PA for the morning to announce run groups, so it was a little chaotic with when people showed up at pit out since they started late/off-schedule from the driver’s meeting. At one point an intermediate car stopped on track with mechanical issues, so they black flagged the session. Apparently about 20% of drivers missed the flags for up to 3 more laps, so then they called everyone into the driver’s meeting room again to address that. After that meeting they decided to combine the beginner’s group and the intermediate group. Their intent was good (trying to give back some of the track time that was lost to the black flagged session and subsequent meeting), but in practice all it did was badly exacerbate the problem of the whole session becoming a slow train through the road course (like I was literally coasting off throttle for the majority of the infield). That was when I asked to move to Advanced, which thankfully the Chief Instructor accommodated. After that it was a lot more fun. Part of this fault was also with the Daytona track crew. They were waving cars from pit-out onto the track as quickly as they could, rather than spacing the release to spread out the field. That was a big track, so there was ample room to space people instead of bunching them from the first turn on. So a lot of room for improvement, but I enjoyed the afternoon with the faster group. It had rained the whole night before and the track was pretty wet in the morning, so I was running street tires. It dried in the afternoon and got warmer, so I could’ve switched to my Cup tires and gone a little faster, but since it was my first time at that track I was just happy to concentrate on my line. The Forza 6/Xbox simulator that I had practiced on in the days leading up to it was remarkably accurate, but some of the landmarks I used to learn turn-in or braking points in the simulator (the Ferris Wheel and some signs on the banking) weren’t there or were in different places in real life, so I had to unlearn what was in my head from the game to mark new spots on the track. It was expensive for a one-day event ($700, I think?), but as I said before, FCA will be expensive, and it included a nice lunch. Plus I’m sure Daytona is a far more expensive track to rent than most I’ve been on. I’d like to do it again next year, but I’d definitely sign up for advanced from what I learned this year and where I hope to be next year. From: Lashdeep Singh <lashdeep [at] yahoo.com> CG, you forgot to mention what you were driving while on track. What was your impression of how that event was run and the costs?
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- Re: Idiots with money, (continued)
- Re: Idiots with money Erik Nielsen, March 2 2019
- Re: Idiots with money Doug & Terri, March 2 2019
- Re: Idiots with money Lashdeep Singh, March 3 2019
- Re: Idiots with money Charles Perry, March 3 2019
- Re: Idiots with money Doug & Terri, March 3 2019
- Re: Idiots with money Hans E. Hansen, March 5 2019
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- Re: Idiots with money Hans E. Hansen, March 5 2019
- Re: Idiots with money Clarence Romero Jr., March 3 2019
- Re: Idiots with money Robert W. Garven Jr., March 3 2019
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