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So how'd everyone do at the shootout tonight???
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[QUOTE]Originally posted by WHYT LIE: [QB] [QUOTE]Originally posted by 93PONY: [qb] Yes it was a cluster fuck. I got there around 5:45 & they were just letting people in. 30 minutes later & they were still running the cars from the previous event....& no one was teching the incoming cars. Rob, his wife Krissy, Heather & I did our best to blow everybody through tech since it was getting so late. Sorry if I put a few of you in the wrong class.....we were more concerned with getting the racing started as we teched the last car at 7:45! They had 8 classes & 7 lanes with no lane designated for lossers....nor any lane designated for each class....which I took care of a little late & that's why there was some confusion on who was in what lane. I tried my best to have them open up lane 1 for fun runs....but after the turbo car layed down a few quarts of oil......they decided to let the lossers sit in the Pit area..... Some of those guys got only 2 runs in. Then there was the 'cleanup' of the oil. Why Brandon didn't burn it off I don't know....but that lane was useless after 40 minutes of cleanup. At that point it was 10:30pm.....there was no way they were going to be able to open up a fun-run lane. IMO the event was great to watch, I had a good time doing what I could to keep things moving, but it was not well orginized (a lot of standing around talking & little action) & most of the racers had plenty to complain about. I would too if I'd been racing. In the end....it was a success for Norcal as the turnout was awesome, but not a lot of fun for most racers. [/qb][/QUOTE]First off, the gates were not supposed to open until 6:00pm... as the prior event was not over untill 6:00pm. The track made us open the gate early as cars were lining up all the way out to and onto Excelsior Rd, which can create fines from the County. Second, thanks a TON to Shawn (I'm sure I spelled that wrong) his wife Heather, Rob, and Krissy for the work they did. There was so much to do, I didn't have a chance to help tech/classify cars myself. They stepped up and did an AWESOME job and made that process as fast as possible. Much appreciated from me and the rest of our Club. Third, there must have been some miscomunication, as I was standing with you, Rob and Tony (the track guy) when we were explaining that cars with 1xx were in lane one. Cars with 6xx were in lane 6, etc. The problem came from the track NUMBERING the lanes wrong... As for the loser lane... They were going to line up along the far right hand side, but the prior events trucks/trailers/cars were still there so we couldn't use that area. Outlaw was supposed to be there as well. Shit, it was such a cluster fuck that we got to the track and they didn't even know we were supposed to be holding our event... How the FUCK do they not know or forget that??? Not to mention the track running the prior events classes nearly 1.5 hours into our time... That totally burned up the time we could have used for fun runs. Not to mention the lane marking fuggup which caused a lot of the standing around bit. Tony (the track official) was in charge of running the event and the lanes... he was payed $500 for this. I don't know how WE could have done anything better. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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