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Originally Posted By: Matt VastineI may disagree with decisions made by officials now and then, such is life, but going to a WERA race reminds me how well run CMRA races are.
And you came up with that opinion having never raced WERA before??? I would be happy to pass on your ideas on how to run a better event, as they are always open to constructive criticism.
The Wera race was run very smoothly ( I left after race 13 or so.)
Seemed just as good as our Cmra days.
I've got to agree with Matt on this one. I wanted to give Walter, Ryan, Nancy, and all the other CMRA officials a BIG hug after the NOLA race weekend. Minimum practice time on Friday, very early Race Calls, poor grouping of combined grids, and mass confusion didn't impress me much at all. Overall it was a great weekend, but I would love to see CMRA run a great event there.
We didn't see any of the problems most of the folks are complaining about, but I guess we were on the wrong side of the pit.
If anything, the calls were VERY consistent and the program ran smooth.
I am glad they chose the format they did...ultimately, the schedule ran on-time and no one was seriously hurt. For a first time event, it was good.
Marcus
The calls were consistant, but they were WERA style calls. We are used to 3rd call being at the time the bikes are released. Not a big deal just different. I thought it ran smooth especially since they had a skeleton crew. I hung out in the tower for a few to observe and soak up some AC. They run a great program, just like us.
I thought race day ran smooth and no problem with the calls. The PA there is excellent just wish it was everywhere not just in the pits.
The run groups for the trackday were questionable. They were way too long and way too far apart.
Some of those groups could have been combined.
I think there were 5 bikes in my run group and maybe only 2 or 3 at a time were out on track.
I really had no one to follow for a good line. lol. I guess this particular event was low on attendance but the org. should be flexible to combine run groups like they did the races. Other than that it was a great event and the 5 minute board was awesome. CMRA should use the 5 minute board.
In regard to airfence...
Racers and Trackday Dudes:
We are hosting another NOLA Motorsports Track Day on the 21-22 July. Yes, we heard you and will host the full weekend. We have also known there is a need for AIRFENCES. So NOLA MSP will DONATE the proceeds for the up-coming track day to the Roadracing World Airfence Foundation. In turn, we will eventually begin receiving sections of airfence for the North track. As you have seen the track has plenty of run-off but we see the need for airfence to INCREASE the safety measure of our customers.
The price for one day is 220.00 but if you book the full weekend the price will be 400.00 (tax included). You can register by clicking on the link below.
http://www.motorsportreg.com/index.c...0F2542356EBDE9
Please keep in mind the 225.00 or 400.00 dollars will go to increase the safety of the North Tack at NOLA.
Ryan and I deployed 22 30 foot sections of Airfence inflatable soft barriers at NOLA for the AMA Pro test (660 linear feet of coverage). 12 of those sections (360 linear feet) were deployed along the Armco on riders left at the exit of T16 coming onto the front strait. It is my understanding that NOLA plans to acquire at least enough Airfence Evo II sections to cover the T16 Armco.
Hats off to NOLA for stepping up and donating to the "Roadracing World Action Fund". Good people there I look forward to working with them in the future.
A couple of corrections to NOLAs email.
1) Airfence is spelled the same both singular and plural.
2) Donations go to the "Roadracing World Action Fund" not the "Roadracing World Airfence Foundation"