| id | Are you a member of Northwest Region SCCA? | If you answered no above what organization do you belong to? | Primary area of interest: | Would you be interested in a Double Regional event at Pacific Raceways at a cost of around $400.00 per entry? | Would you like to help get sponsors to reduce the costs of a race at Pacific Raceways? | What venues other than Pacific Raceways and Bremerton would you be interested in? [Oregon Raceway Park (Grass Valley)] | What venues other than Pacific Raceways and Bremerton would you be interested in? - comment | What venues other than Pacific Raceways and Bremerton would you be interested in? [Mission] | What venues other than Pacific Raceways and Bremerton would you be interested in? - comment | What venues other than Pacific Raceways and Bremerton would you be interested in? [Monroe (road course configuration)] | What venues other than Pacific Raceways and Bremerton would you be interested in? - comment | What venues other than Pacific Raceways and Bremerton would you be interested in? [Oval] | What venues other than Pacific Raceways and Bremerton would you be interested in? - comment | What venues other than Pacific Raceways and Bremerton would you be interested in? [Spokane] | What venues other than Pacific Raceways and Bremerton would you be interested in? - comment | What venues other than Pacific Raceways and Bremerton would you be interested in? [Other] | What venues other than Pacific Raceways and Bremerton would you be interested in? [Other] - comment | What other changes do you think the region must make to improve the race program? If you have a problem it would be appreciated if you suggest a solution as well. | Time Submitted |
| 1 | Yes | Driver | Yes | N/A | Yes | Yes | Yes | I have no idea what Monroe's road course configuration is like (I didn't even know there was a road course configuration), but it has the huge advantage of being much closer to Seattle than the other options. | No | Yes | Bremerton | As long as Bremerton's available, I'd be willing to race there. | Figure out a way to hold joint events with Conference. For better or worse, Conference has achieved much higher participation levels than NWR-SCCA has. "If you can't beat them, join them." | 11/22/08 12:54 PM | |||||
| 2 | Yes | Driver | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | I think it's pretty necessary to find other venues than Bremerton. I know many others who share my view that Bremerton isn't really worth racing at, especially when the possibility of rain exists. | 11/22/08 02:23 PM | ||||||||
| 3 | Yes | Driver | Yes | N/A | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | 11/22/08 02:50 PM | |||||||||
| 4 | Yes | Driver | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | 11/22/08 09:59 PM | |||||||||
| 5 | Yes | Driver | Yes | N/A | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | 11/22/08 10:15 PM | |||||||||
| 6 | Yes | Official | N/A | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | 11/22/08 10:44 PM | |||||||||
| 7 | Yes | Driver | N/A | N/A | No | No | No | No | No | Speaking only for myself, I won't race at Bremerton (I do autocross there, with NWR and other WWSCC groups). I aim to do 8 or 9 race weekends each year, and, between NWR, Oregon Region SCCA and Conference, I can fill that up with races at PR and PIR, so I don't need to race at Bremerton to get my racing fix. I suspect most area road racers feel the same way. I think that the imperative step for NWR to improve its road race program is for them to have more races at a "real" road course track. I might be willing to tow out to Spokane, if it were both dry and a reasonable temperature, but I won't race in Spokane in July or August (and June is mostly suspect). | 11/22/08 11:02 PM | ||||||||
| 8 | Yes | Driver | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | Although I've been following motorsports for many years, I'm just not getting really involved. It amazes me just how few opportunities there are to drive against other drivers. Maybe I'm biased by the east-coast magazines and their easy access to head-to-head racing. But it seems especially hard to accomplish here. I know this isn't really a suggestion, but (as an observation) it may help further the cause... | 11/23/08 12:58 AM | ||||||||
| 9 | No | Unaffiliated, but will be soon. | Driver | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | 11/23/08 02:16 AM | ||||||||
| 10 | No | CACC, BC affiliate to ASN Canada FIA | Official | N/A | N/A | No | Yes | Best option | No | No | No | 11/23/08 08:20 AM | |||||||
| 11 | Yes | Official | N/A | N/A | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | 11/23/08 09:25 AM | |||||||||
| 12 | Yes | Driver | No | N/A | Yes | No | No | No | No | As a longtime racer, but one who is cutting back as I get older, the increased cost of safety equipment needed to satisfy SCCA regs is getting out of hand. I don't personally know of anyone injured by seat belt failures, but now we must replace our very expensive belts every two years. My first racecar in 1967 had surplus WWII aircraft belts. Most of my belt sets look essentially brand new when removed from the car. The car is garaged so UV is not an issue. A couple of years ago, you could get Simpson to re-web them, but no more. How likely is a quick release mechanism to fail after 50 uses? I also find Bremerton both boring and hard on tires. We had the same tire problems at Port Orford when TC had their races there. Old airports runways are hard on tires, and tires, like everything else are more expensive each year. I remember getting 6 plus weekends on old Comp TA R-1s. If I get two+ out of Hoosiers, I'm lucky. | 11/23/08 11:18 AM | ||||||||
| 13 | Yes | Driver | No | N/A | Yes | Who doesn't want to try Half Pipe? | No | If we had a thriving regional series I would go to Mission. | No | I ran there - it was interesting (could only breathe deep on back straight). Maybe Sat roadrace and Sun oval? | No | Yes | See comment below about travel costs. | Portland | To be frank, I consider PIR my home track | I have not answered the PR sponsor question, as I don't believe there is any strategic benefit to be gained by most potential sponsors. These are really just donations, cloaked as sponsorship, so the potential pool is more or less limited to SCCA members with thriving businesses. I'm interested in ORP and SRP, but in these economic times it might just be one-off entries. The cost of travel to a race was just a blip in family budget/checkbook in the past, but no more. Logistical costs are very much on my mind as I think about how much I can run, and where. If we had similar turnouts as OR does at their PIR regionals, I would be content to race in NWR at Bremerton, Pacific, Monroe, Mission, Spokane and Rose Cup, maybe an ORP race. That would give me 4 venues with manageable logistical costs and two or three longer tows. As things stand now, I'm more inclined to race as much as possible in OR with other S2s. I'm loyal to SCCA for now, but Conference is looking attractive with all their venues. In then end, even in strong economic times there are not enough racers to support three series (NW, OR, Conference). NW should be looking for a partner. | 11/23/08 12:30 PM | ||
| 14 | Yes | Driver | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | I raced there several years ago. NOT SAFE | 11/23/08 02:22 PM | ||||||||
| 15 | Yes | Official | N/A | N/A | No | No | No | No | No | Potland International Raceway | This is my home track | 11/23/08 02:29 PM | |||||||
| 16 | Yes | Driver | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | I honestly do not know what you could do to increase participation. I know that most drivers want to race at PR, but this is somewhat cost prohibitive. I hear the question repeated over and over, how can Conference afford to race there and only charge what they do? Answer is more participants, I guess. Will any of them ever come back to SCCA? I doubt it, althought some race both SCCA and ICSCC, seems to me that they are content with the number of races there. From observing this past season it doesn't seem that they are any more or less accomodating that SCCA. Perhaps a bit more heavy handed with rules compliance, fines etc. I honestly do not know if there is anything you can do to change the situation, perhaps some sort of cooperative effort with OR Region or Conference, but I see too much parochialism to let that happen. You have always put on great events and I thank you all for that. Please keep the Vintage in July. | 11/23/08 07:33 PM | ||||||||
| 17 | Yes | Driver | N/A | N/A | No | No | Yes | No | No | For volunteers I think better "advertising" in terms of direct needs for help.... A list we need 2 - people to do xxxxx 3 -- people for xx hours on xxx day to do xxx 1 person to xxxx 1 person to yyy etc... Quantify if someone needs experience or age limits...I bet there are people who have teenagers in their world that would help (or be paid to help -not by the club but that teenager's member) if they know that they can help.... This might help the current volunteers who do so much be able to delegate certain specific tasks and not feel so overwhelmed... For New Drivers... Again better advertising for newbies or wanna be's better help and assistance in terms of mentoring for newcomers...Easier entry into the sport... For Existing Drivers... Track time for the $....everyone want's their own run group but lets face it when everyone's budget is tight it comes down to how much time you get ON TRACK for the cost...One way to do this is fewer run groups with more cars and more time OR a better way might be combined practice groups with longer race times (6 run groups =3 practice groups)...there might be other ideas but that's all I have... :-) .. | 11/23/08 10:13 PM | ||||||||
| 18 | Yes | Driver | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | How about a joint OD NW region championship? It seemed to work a few years back. | 11/24/08 10:09 AM | ||||||||
| 19 | No | SCCA | Driver | No | No | Yes | The new track looks exciting | No | Border crossing difficulties? | No | No | No thanks | No | Distance | Work to make the drivers feel more welcome at the events. | 11/24/08 12:40 PM | |||
| 20 | Yes | Driver | N/A | N/A | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Continue the Time Trials program as best as possible to provide a path for new drivers to climb the ladder to club racing. | 11/24/08 02:12 PM | ||||||||
| 21 | Yes | Official | N/A | N/A | Yes | No | Too far | No | Too dangerous | No | Boaring | No | Too dangerous Ask drivers who have been there | 11/24/08 05:14 PM | |||||
| 22 | Yes | Driver | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | PIR | My thought are that in order for NWR SCCA Race to survive better venues need to be offered. National SCCA HQ needs to influx NWR with the finances to do. They are the ones who were primarly responable for the decline of SCCA Racing in the Northwest and now need to come to the plate and help get its feet back on solid ground. If not, it will surly cease to be a viable asset to NWR SCCA and may disapear all together. | 11/25/08 01:04 PM | |||||||
| 23 | Yes | Driver | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Thunderhill | one points event in conjunction... | 1. Attract and retain more NW region racers. We need to take a hard look at the local program. Perhaps doing a 20min Qualifying race at Bremerton instead of a 15min Qual session. Lets try a 30 min fun race where the cars are released based on lap times where they would all finish at the same time. ( one for closed wheel and one for open wheel) We need to recruit more heavily from Solo for workers and drivers. Flyers, handouts, a person at a few of the bigger Solo events to answer questions. We need to attend more car shows with a display car and flyers to attract new people in. 2. Sponsorship: Lets break the groups down and put each race group on finding a sponsor for the season. I have $500 for the PCA grid for the season....anyone want to outbid me to have it be the " your name here" PCA and IT group 3? | 11/25/08 08:23 PM | ||||||
| 24 | No | PCA, BSCC | Driver | N/A | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | Looking to get a Novice racing license in 2009.Either SCCA or Conference. Would prefer SCCA but school is in Portland...but like the fact that SCCA uses Bremerton on occasion. Interested in Time Trials as well as Spec Miata (which I am putting together). The local SCCA race calendar is a bit sparse judging from 2008. Really prefer Pacific and Bremerton. Not interested in long hauls... | 11/25/08 11:20 PM | |||||||
| 25 | Yes | Driver | Yes | N/A | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | If they have improved runnoff areas | 11/26/08 11:10 AM | ||||||||
| 26 | Yes | Also a dual member with Oregon Region | Driver | Yes | N/A | Yes | ORP looks fun! :-) | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | I wish there were a way that I could get the large Portland-area group of SRFs interested in making the trip up here to the Double Nationals and any of our other regional races. Perhaps we could convince Oregon region to give double (OR Reg Championship) points for one of our events? I'm hearing that lots of guys are going to make a Runoffs bid next season now that the track is no longer Topeka, so hopefully that means they'll head up to Seattle for the double national, but there's always the possibility that they'll head down to Miller or some other 'competing' National event(s) instead. Giving them an incentive of some kind to go to Seattle would most certainly be helpful. I've tried in the past to drum up interest in the Bremerton races among the OR SRF crowd, with mixed results. I'm friendly with Todd Butler (OR Road Race director and SRF driver), so I'd be happy to help pitch any ORR / NWR collaboration ideas to him and the other SRF drivers. The key to the SRF drivers is convincing ProDrive and Flat Out to make the trip. One other small ORR/NWR collaboration idea would be to advertise our races in Loud Pedal (the ORR newsletter), even if we don't end up with any other cross-region deals. | 11/26/08 12:09 PM | ||||||
| 27 | Yes | Driver | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | The region needs to have a few options for low cost driver training to meet the novice permit requirements. It is hard to get a comp license without any regional training except the professional drivers schools at Pac Raceway and PIR (budget killers). Need lower cost events at Pacific Raceway and more variety of venues. Thank you. | 11/26/08 12:45 PM | ||||||||
| 28 | Yes | and SOVREN | Driver | Yes | N/A | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | I have no problems. I have few solutions to the woes of NWR, but I sure wish the region could be successful! | 11/26/08 04:16 PM | |||||||
| 29 | Yes | Driver | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | I've not seen the track, so it's hard to judge. | No | Yes | I think we need to expand to broader tracks than the Bremerton focus or we will lose racing. I think it's tough to get people to tow to Bremerton, since it's not a great venue. Unfortunately, the tracks listed above are not SCCA sanctioned, so it leaves us in a tough position. We raced Mission this year and it was a wonderful experience. | 11/26/08 06:32 PM | |||||||
| 30 | Yes | Driver | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | I generally run national races only so that should be taken into account. As a FV driver, I love a good Vee race. I generally look for good races and am willing to travel to find one. FV was supposed to be an inexpensive class and there fore the drivers attracted to Vee's are more cost sensitive. There are FV's in garages all over the NW ownered by people that don't think they were getting the "bang for the buck". Our numbers are dwindling and I'm sure the cost is a major reason. I belive, my opinion only, that the NW Region and Pacific Raceway has priced inself out of national FV racing. | 11/26/08 07:14 PM | ||||||||
| 31 | Yes | Driver | Yes | N/A | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Holding more club trial events would be great. I'm not sure why there isn't more events, they are way fun. If it costs to much to run more events I dont think many would mind paying a higher entry fee to help with the track rental costs. | 11/27/08 12:43 AM | ||||||||
| 32 | Yes | Official | Yes | N/A | Yes | No | No | No | No | 12/02/08 04:54 PM | |||||||||
| 33 | Yes | Driver | Yes | No | Yes | New track, I definitely want to try it. | No | No | Seems like it would be too-tight for a road course. I also do not like the idea of concrete walls in the turns. | No | No way. | No | Restricted regionals that without a sports racer (SRF) class cut me out. I had been disappointed in the past when there have been restricted regionals at Pacific- I would otherwise have attended. Can't the sports racers be accomodated some way... This year is likely to be tight on budgets, but I still plan to race at least enough to keep my national license. I loved the double regional added to the double national last year. A lot of racing value and the schedule was well-run. About the only thing you might consider is run only one regional qualifier and use the race results to set grid for the second. I found myself racing from impound to pregrid with no real time to prep at least once in the weekend. (I run solo- no crew) Still, I would do it again even if the format/schedule were the same. | 12/03/08 01:35 AM | |||||
| 34 | Yes | Driver | Yes | N/A | No | Yes | No | No | No | I have been thinking about this for a long time and as for the NWR we do a very good job of running an "SCCA" race program. we are the friendly region, we make almost everyone feel welcome and we do pretty much everything by the book. there really is not a whole lot more we can do within the "SCCA" guidelines. if you want to see what makes other race programs such as NASA successfull I suggest you research their program and see if there is anything that can be adapted within the "SCCA" guidelines | 12/03/08 09:53 PM | ||||||||
| 35 | Yes | Driver | Yes | N/A | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | I know that NWR works with SOVREN, but could it reinvent the Vintage class. I know that Oregon region has had a large class at each of its events. I also know that there vintage group also travels to other tracks. It will be harder for follks to attend events this next year due to economics, so adding a run group for vintage could help the head count. Thanks for all the time you give for the region. | 12/06/08 09:57 AM | ||||||||
| 36 | Yes | Driver | Yes | N/A | Yes | No | No | No | No | Portland | 12/07/08 11:13 AM | ||||||||
| 37 | Yes | Driver | Yes | N/A | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | 2008 was my first year of racing so I'm somewhat new to the aspects of race organization (and politics). I was dissapointed to have spent considerable time an money getting prepared and then only have two races in my home region. I will continue to support the double nationals at PR even though it's not that great of a deal financially for regional only drivers. I'll race Bremerton anytime but my ITS 944 is suited to that track. I fully understand why others won't race there. I did race with Oregon Region all last year at PIR. They have _sponsors_, reasonable entry fees and lots of track time. Maybe those folks could help NWR figure out the sponsor portion of the equation. They seem to do a good job with that however with the recent downturn in the economy it will be interesting to see if Nick has the funds available to continue that. | 12/09/08 08:49 AM | ||||||||
| 38 | Yes | Driver | Yes | N/A | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | 1. Work with other regions to have a combined points series. 2. Print schedules and work to stay on them. 3. Find a better means of communication with your members other than just the internet. 4. Racing at Pacific will bring your customer base back if you treat them well. 5. Trophies are an inexpensive way to reward participation. 6. Do not over officiate your events. Stewards and grid people need to be courteous and pleasant to be around. 7. Give drivers a reason to become involved offer credits toward drivers that hold positions or are willing to work at your events. (we offer worker perks already to workers) | 12/10/08 09:10 AM | ||||||||
| 39 | Yes | Driver | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | more track time and seperation of faster open wheel classes from slower classes. The speed differential at times is unsafe. | 12/10/08 10:09 AM | ||||||||
| 40 | Yes | Driver | Yes | N/A | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | 12/10/08 10:19 AM | |||||||||
| 41 | Yes | Driver | N/A | N/A | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | I'm actually a time trialer living off the scraps of the race program, so I don't have a lot of input. I try to make the time trial events when they occur. Unfortunately I don't have a lot of answers to improving the performance of the race program. Racing is so expensive I don't really have much success trying to recruit people into it. | 12/10/08 10:55 AM | ||||||||
| 42 | No | Oregon Region SCCA | Driver | Yes | N/A | Yes | No | No | No | No | 12/10/08 11:32 AM | ||||||||
| 43 | No | Oregon Region SCCA | Driver | Yes | N/A | Yes | No | No | No | No | The overall cost of racing needs to become a bit more affordable somehow. I understand that that is essentially like asking for a Slick tire that lasts 100,000 miles, but I thought I'd ask anyway. The number of participants for many classes (like mine) are basically zero aside from myself. Racing against myself gets very boring. | 12/10/08 11:33 AM | |||||||
| 44 | Yes | Driver | Yes | N/A | Yes | Maybe start with one 'long distance' event, either OPR or Spokane, then try both if enough participation in the first trial event. | No | No | No | Yes | Don't have a lot any input,yet. Just starting racing this year. Coming from Autocross background. Happy to see the 2009 schedule includes several Bremerton dates! | 12/10/08 12:07 PM | |||||||
| 45 | No | oregon Region, SCCA | Driver | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | 12/10/08 01:25 PM | ||||||||
| 46 | Yes | Driver | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | Portland or Thunderhill | My suggestions would be as follows: Have fewer overall events in the next couple of years. Don't use Bremerton more than once per year. It's not a great venue and even though the entry fees are cheaper than at other tracks, the overall cost for a racer to run a race weekend don't change much even if the entry is cheaper. I'd rather spend a bit more to run on a better track with many more entrants. Partner with Oregon and possibly even SF region to run joint series. I don't believe that NWR is viable on it's own in the short term and this will help increase entries in all associated regions. Put on an enduro event or two during the year. It's a unique event that will bring entries from other series and expose them to NWR SCCA racing. Have region officials who are responsible for overall strategy contact and meet with region drivers on a 1 on 1 basis to get their input on the direction of the region and to increase the relationship between the region and the drivers. | 12/10/08 02:08 PM | |||||||
| 47 | No | oregon, big island | Driver | No | No | Yes | No | No | where is that? | No | No | Pacific raceways..nice facility..but too dammed expensive..its more than Portland or Thunderhill or Laguna or Infineon! | 12/10/08 02:56 PM | ||||||
| 48 | Yes | Driver | No | N/A | No | Yes | SCCBC Solo 1 | No | No | No | Race not so early in the Spring and later in the Fall. We seem to have great racing weather through Oct. Whatever it takes to get the tracks I don`t know. But we need to co-sanction. Tell that to the National. IRDC has a track day late at Bremerton? And CACC has late race at Mission? | 12/10/08 04:11 PM | |||||||
| 49 | Yes | Driver | N/A | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | 12/10/08 05:25 PM | |||||||||
| 50 | No | Oregon Region | Official | N/A | N/A | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Tom, since I'm not a driver, it's hard for me to suggest problems or changes. I know that putting on races at PR is really expensive. Wish I had more input for you. | 12/10/08 06:07 PM | |||||||
| 51 | Yes | Driver | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | 12/10/08 11:26 PM | |||||||||
| 52 | Yes | Driver | Yes | N/A | No | No | No | No | No | Stream the race results with live data and webcams. | 12/11/08 05:01 PM | ||||||||
| 53 | Yes | Driver | Yes | N/A | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | 12/11/08 08:08 PM | |||||||||
| 54 | No | I just volunteer at any car racing weekend to help | Official | N/A | N/A | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | 12/17/08 10:51 PM | ||||||||
| 55 | Yes | Driver | Yes | N/A | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | 12/19/08 11:34 AM | |||||||||
| 56 | No | Oregon SCCA | Driver | Yes | N/A | Yes | definitely!!! | No | too far away | Yes | maybe, I'd have to see it. | Yes | I'll try anything once | No | too far away and sounds dangerous from what I heard | Put simply, more Regional races at Pacific is what the region needs in my humble opinion. Everyone loves racing there but with only one national with limited regional there normally per year that is why drivers have not been showing. If it costs more then charge more. Why not have a school and single regional early in the year so newbies can get their licenses between the two schools at PIR and PR? Nobody likes Bremerton. ORP sounds fun too. | 12/28/08 05:28 PM | ||
| 57 | No | Oregon Region SCCA | Driver | Yes | N/A | Yes | No | Yes | This is a maybe,I would have to see the track layout before I would commit. | Yes | One time for fun and allow bump drafting!! | No | It sure would be nice If the NW Region and OR Region could somehow work together so that we could use or share PIR and Pacific. In other words it gets boring down here in Oregon racing for the championship at one track. It would be nice to have a few of the races at Pacific and visa-versa for the NWR racers. I have often wondered why the two regions do not merge and become bigger and stronger. This way we could have a chance to run at several tracks for the points chase. Maybe another way to do this would be to allow 2 or 3 out of region races as substitutes and see what happens. | 12/28/08 09:48 PM | |||||
| 58 | Yes | Driver | Yes | N/A | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | 12/29/08 12:22 AM | |||||||||
| 59 | Yes | ICSCC & CACC have their race and Solo licences | Driver | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | I have just run your TTs at both PR and Bremerton over the past 5 years or so. It would be nice if there were some events a little later in the year at Bremerton. And maybe the same for PR. ( I know this is a scheduling issue for you, depending on what else is going on ). | 01/02/09 07:40 PM | |||||||
| 60 | Yes | Official | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Gotta try it once. | No | My understanding is that this track is VERY unsafe. VERY BIG rocks to collect cars. | I can understand the pre-season fee for a special Annual Tech. But charging at the track is insane. The annual process is beneficial to both competitor and officials. Folks will simply have their annual done in a friendly Region. Ooops, that's supposed to be you. | 01/03/09 12:35 AM | ||||||
| 61 | Yes | Driver | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | This may be very difficult if not impossible, but I think working with IRDC and the rest of Conference may be the only way for NWR's race program to survive. We're in the same tough spot we've been in for years- people don't show up to Bremerton, but Pacific is too expensive. Putting together a co-sanctioned race with IRDC, or some kind of points series that includes both organizations, might be a good way to get more folks out to Pacific races. Also, sponsorship of events or the whole season could obviously help. Sadly, I am not in a position to help with that effort in any organized fashion, with a very busy job and two small children that take up the rest of my time. Good luck, and I'll see you at the Pacific double regional if you guys can put that together. I assume the $400 per entry meant for the whole weekend, not $400 for each day. Correct? | 01/03/09 05:16 PM | ||||||||
| 62 | Yes | Driver | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | The race schedule for NW region Can't conflict with Conference Races in the USA. NEVER. A conflict with a race at Mission is not good but is survivable. The Region needs to focus on it's strong points such as Track Trials and should have a drivers school. SCCA makes driver's schools difficult, and expensive to put on but if a driver is going to ever be interested in SCCA he needs to start with an SCCA drivers school. The bond between the ProFormance Race School at Pacific Raceways needs to be strengthen since ProFormance is an SCCA certified school. The Stewards need to stop doing stupid stuff. When competitors have MINOR rules violations the Stewards must be more lenient at Regionals such as at Bremerton. Hassling someone about a sound violation at Bremerton is STUPID and drives people away. The Regions needs to continue and strengthen the relationship with SOVREN. Building a relationship with IRDC would be helpful too. Spokane is a great venue because it is a real race track and is desperately looking for clubs to rent the track. NW Motorsports is hurting for entries and cash. Make the call and work with them to put on an event that can benefit everyone. SOVREN would be willing to go to Spokane I'll bet. Oregon Raceway Park is interesting. Perhaps a double regions with Oregon Region. Mmmm...sounds like good team building and a profit is possible. Again, play to the strengths such as Spec Miata and offer something good to the huge PRO3 grid from Conference. Hey what happened to our relationship with the Porsche club. Let's get going or the NW Region Race Program will be done. thanks for listening. | 01/04/09 05:35 PM | ||||||||
| 63 | Yes | Driver | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | 01/04/09 08:35 PM | |||||||||
| 64 | Yes | Driver | N/A | N/A | No | I'm not familiar with this track. | Yes | No | I did this once and did not enjoy it. | No | Yes | I have not been here. | $400 would be a tough sell I think. My money for racing has decreased over the last few years, so it would be hard to justify. Is there some way that you could offer another perk for paying that much? An additional day or some instruction on a different day or something? Maybe you could get instruction for super cheap at Bremerton before race weekend at PR. I would gladly go up to MIssion, and I have in the past. I've never been to Spokane, but I would consider it as well. I work full-time as well as doing freelance on the side and I have two houses that I'm fixing up AND I have small children that I would like to see once in a while. Otherwise I would be happy to help with finding sponsors. What I could probably help with is any graphic design services you might need. Last year I made up a race calendar that could be printed up and handed out or set up at stores. I could do that again for this year. thanks! | 01/06/09 07:04 PM | |||||
| 65 | Yes | Driver | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | More races closer to the Seattleland area would be a great benifit to local racers with time/money constraints. It would also allow our friends and family to watch more easily/often, some of whom will inevitably choose to participate. Unless novice racers know experienced racers, they seem to have great difficulty finding information on how to get started road racing. This is not so much in the "How do I get a license?" department but frequently the "I have my license now, what do I need to know prior to showing up at my first race?" Many items experience racers take for granted that novices simply don't know such as: What specialty equipment do I need in my car such as a transponder? How does the typical day proceed trackside such as registration, tech, paddock protocol, drivers' meeting etc. Online information along the lines of a newbies handbook would be useful for many but some clubs I belong to will have a mini-seminar the night before a track event at a local hotel to familiarize new people to the event format and venue. Doing something like that twice a year could be very helpful to new racers. | 01/08/09 12:30 PM |