296 replies to this topic

[Mike Asselta]

Hopefully the GCR is followed and we can all stop hitting refresh!

For $200, Blake will hit refresh for you and enter you in the race the moment that registration opens. He is offering a 50% refund if he fails to get you in the top 85.

[Jim Drago]

I would like to thank my sponsor, Tom Sager of Tech trade partners for supplying me with a super fast Bad ass, has to illegal computer that will allow me to win heat two of regsitration

[steve johnson]

Dont any of you wankers work?!?!?!?!

[Chris Taylor]

I would like to thank my sponsor, Tom Sager of Tech trade partners for supplying me with a super fast Bad ass, has to illegal computer that will allow me to win heat two of regsitration

But... is it "tech shed legal"?

[Mike Asselta]

I would like to thank my sponsor, Tom Sager of Tech trade partners for supplying me with a super fast Bad ass, has to illegal computer that will allow me to win heat two of regsitration

Sorry Jim, registration opened while you were posting and I was first. It may have closed again.

[Blake Clements]

For $200, Blake will hit refresh for you and enter you in the race the moment that registration opens. He is offering a 50% refund if he fails to get you in the top 85.

Excuse me Mike, it is $2000 for this event.

[Caesar Vielmas]

Let them all come. Then let the top 90 after qualifying race. No need to cap the amount of entries.

Since I'm out of the top 85 who registered this am (first on the damn waitlist)...I'm all for this. Let quals (top 85 or 90 whatever the number is) determine who races and who doesn't but let us all in.

[Danny Steyn]

49 users lurking on this thread .... brings back memories of some of the really unhealthy threads of the past

[Jim Drago]

Not to change the subject.. But if we could get this race on ESPN.. We would have an audience for life! Throw in a full Runoffs tear down with cameras in the tech shed and post race wrap up show like Beverly Hills housewives.. Man we have would have a hit on our hands!

[Brocodile]

Frank the Lawgiver is correct. Though not "official", the registration list which still can be found on dlb should be used to prioritize the entries. People obviously knew about it well in advance and acted in reasonable reliance upon it. Alex's point about the problem of coordinating registration for racers travelling together is sound. It wasn't easy to do and it would be unfair to require them to do it again. In addition, many people rearranged their schedules just so they could hit the button at 12:01, and would be placed at hardship to do so again. I can see why it may be necessary to require everybody to re-register (legal technicalities, etc.) but don't restart the registration "race". If necessary, give us time to re-register withina reasonable time, knowing whether we are in or out. The legal maxim, "diligence is rewarded" is based on centuries of tried-and-true experience with human nature and generally accepted principles of fairness. This applies to PR as well.

BTW, Mike's suggestion of a quaifying cutoff is fair in an abstract sense, but not very practical, IMO. Ironically, once the entry list is finalized, drivers will look it over to assess their chances of qualifying vs. time and expense of travel. A large number will drop out, and the race stands a good chance of being undersubscribed.

[zoomzoom22]

Or use a qualifying races or a qually session (or something like that) on Friday (instead of double practices which seems very odd) to determine top 85 racers for SM and give a partial refund or something to someone that doesn't make the show. I don't get why Friday is a practice day anyhoo. That's odd to have a day of practices only anyway and certainly not better than a qually on Friday and a qually on Saturday for Sat afternoon race.

This is of course unless I read that notes wrong thus far that Friday was practice sessions only?

[Jim Drago]

Turn one is getting tighter and tighter and tighter!

[Chris Taylor]

Or use a qualifying races or a qually session (or something like that) on Friday (instead of double practices which seems very odd) to determine top 85 racers. I don't get why Friday is a practice day anyhoo. That's odd to have a day of practices only anyway and certainly not better than a qually on Friday and a qually on Saturday for Sat afternoon race.

Your questions are answered in the GCR. There are required practice minimums for National events, and the way all Regions in the Southwest Division have taken care of it for Double Nationals has been with a Friday practice day. In the last year or two some have finally gotten creative, but dating back 15 years, this is the way it was always done.

[Danny Steyn]

When I refresh the entry list for the COTA (event 5207) it still shows 203 registered entries

[Czarny]

Is the registration panel related to Florida's voting supervisors?

[Chris Taylor]

Is the registration panel related to Florida's voting supervisors?

It did say Central Florida Region on the entry page...........................

[Caveman-kwebb99]

When I refresh the entry list for the COTA (event 5207) it still shows 203 registered entries

Hey rainman i think you already said that to many times

[zoomzoom22]

Your questions are answered in the GCR. There are required practice minimums for National events, and the way all Regions in the Southwest Division have taken care of it for Double Nationals has been with a Friday practice day. In the last year or two some have finally gotten creative, but dating back 15 years, this is the way it was always done.

Try again webmaster. The GCR doesn't specify you have to have a full day of practice, nor 2 sessions of practice. The region can (as you mentioned) do whatever they want as long as it is a min of 45 mins and 2 sessions. Choosing to do it like you always have is a great answer, particularly for this race and conditions of selling out a group, race entirely etc. If we apply the same logic "do it like you always have" registration was opened and I registered. Therefore I don't understand why I am sitting here 3 hours later and a group somewhere is trying to figure out how to fix anything.

If the slate gets wiped clean and I am able to get in again fast like I did today (9th overall), I am going to register 2 cars in SM taking advantage of my multiple 10 gig network pipes at work. I will sell those 2 slots for $1800 each + entry. Sorry Blake, this is capitalism at its finest

B. Practice/Qualifying
1. All practice and qualifying shall be by race group.
2. Practice and/or qualifying sessions for each race group must
total a minimum of 45 minutes.
3. Each race group shall have at least 2 sessions before their
race.
4. National practice may be combined with Regional practice
and qualifying; however, National qualifying may not be
combined with Regional practice or qualifying.

Double nationals:

a: The practice sessions, if any, for both Nationals may be combined
into a single session.


b: The total time available for all practice and qualifying must be a
minimum of 70 minutes, exclusive of “hardship” sessions. If the
event is a Super Tour event, a shorter total practice and qualifying
time may be used subject to approval by the National office.

[scott sanda]

Your questions are answered in the GCR. There are required practice minimums for National events, and the way all Regions in the Southwest Division have taken care of it for Double Nationals has been with a Friday practice day. In the last year or two some have finally gotten creative, but dating back 15 years, this is the way it was always done.

Chris,

This isn't a double national, it is a Majors. majors don't follow the GCR in terms of practice/qual times. They are a world unto thier own.

I'm not an SM driver, but it would be beyond incorrect to not take the SM list as already entered.

[Czarny]

It did say Central Florida Region on the entry page...........................

LMFAO!!!

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