drat
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Medford
Aug 7, 2011 15:56:52 GMT -5
Post by drat on Aug 7, 2011 15:56:52 GMT -5
Do we know what our schedule is likely to be in Medford? do we have the track to ourselves? i was wondering you guys were interested in an idea i have. would something like this work?
i was thinking since we lost 2 weekends of cup racing that if we had time and if we were agreement, to make it a double header weekend.
for instance. after a good half day of practice
run normal heat races for as many classes as we can/have (combining the grids if we have to like normal)
then run the points race/s (combining the girds like normal if we have to)
then run the same points race/races later in the day, or the next.
your grid position in the last race is where you finished in the first points race.
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drat
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Medford
Aug 10, 2011 23:03:47 GMT -5
Post by drat on Aug 10, 2011 23:03:47 GMT -5
15 views and not one of you have an opinion on this? hate it? love it? on the fence?
there is no wrong answer. come on now....
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Medford
Aug 11, 2011 12:02:06 GMT -5
Post by Dayn on Aug 11, 2011 12:02:06 GMT -5
Are we racing on the Saturday or the Sunday?
I think that we are not going to have the track to ourselves so I suppose it depends on the number of classes that are going to be run.
Also this date conflicts with a number of other events like the moped rally and the Vancouver rally and it's far away so there maybe some that can't make it, so for them it would be like missing 2 races.
Having said that I plan to go and I like the idea but we should talk/type this one out.
Dayn
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Medford
Aug 11, 2011 12:28:27 GMT -5
Post by j2 on Aug 11, 2011 12:28:27 GMT -5
I do not know of any moped racers who will be going. I will be bringing just my scooter, unless I hear otherwise. I could care less about points, so I really don't have an opinion. I am pretty sure taht last time we made last minute changes to the points structure it just created drama, therefore if I was asked to vote on it I say no.
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Medford
Aug 11, 2011 13:27:15 GMT -5
Post by paddyfitz on Aug 11, 2011 13:27:15 GMT -5
I like the sound of Drat's proposal. Chester says it's Saturday practice, Sunday race. It's true - no mopeds as they are having a big rally that weekend in pdx. Unless you wanna race me on the Grande around that mofo JJ...? Wouldn't be much of a race, though I'm toying with the idea of renting a van or larger truck to make the haul. Thoughts? Joiners? Wanna caravan?
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Medford
Aug 11, 2011 13:30:55 GMT -5
Post by j2 on Aug 11, 2011 13:30:55 GMT -5
I will bring my moped if there is someone to run against, so it is on! Maybe my Moby will be ready by then too and someone can borrow it. I will probably need to ride with you in the van, as I am not confident my suburban is up for the trek.
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drat
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Aug 12, 2011 12:25:13 GMT -5
Post by drat on Aug 12, 2011 12:25:13 GMT -5
I hear ya JJ, but this isn't changing points structures without telling all the members. This is just adding a race and using finishing as a grid decider instead of an extra heat race and a race, which we probably wouldn't have track time for. So the only thing we need to figure out to make this work would be to sneak our heat race in...
I understand if some decided to not make it because they thought it was just one race, that that would be lame. That's why I am trying to feel it out this early. I assume that if your not in the hunt though it's not gonna hurt your standings at all. What it does allow for is for those just out of reach of the top 3 to make up for a bad race or 2 to get back in the hunt. Also it allows us more racing, and with californians in the mix that sounds like more fun. I heard about the suburbans problems..... Lame sauce...... Noji blew his truck motor going to canada as well....
I will mostly likely be riding with victor so If Patrick wants he can take my truck. ..It's ugly but has air and cruise control and bitching tunes.
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Medford
Aug 12, 2011 12:31:14 GMT -5
Post by Dayn on Aug 12, 2011 12:31:14 GMT -5
I'm going to say no to the idea if we have to run heats on the Saturday, that's always been an optional day and changing that up now doesn't work for me. If we can do it all in one day great, but to officially spread it out over 2 days has not been done before and is not good in my books.
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drat
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Aug 12, 2011 12:45:58 GMT -5
Post by drat on Aug 12, 2011 12:45:58 GMT -5
Ok I modified my post. I understand Dayn. So if we could do it all race day you are in? Not trying to force this, and if it doesn't work then that's cool. Just a thought.
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Medford
Aug 12, 2011 13:10:23 GMT -5
Post by Dayn on Aug 12, 2011 13:10:23 GMT -5
Yeah one day is cool with me. But who is running the show down there? We should find out if it's possible before we get too excited about it.
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Medford
Aug 12, 2011 15:48:54 GMT -5
Post by Angus on Aug 12, 2011 15:48:54 GMT -5
Hi guys, Sorry I haven't piped up until now, things have been crazy for me lately. I support Dayn's opinion on this. I'm not sure i will make the practice but am shooting for the race day for sure. Would be nice to have someone confirm the schedule. Will most likely make a camping trip out of this and mosey down the coast for a bit of vaycay.
Here is my race bike as of Aug 12 @ 1:30pm. Those pieces of my new banded clutch were too hard to digest. Hopefully will be back together before Sept. If not will bring back up racers.
I know things have been a bit loose this season but we have also had some great races. This one could be super cool and i hope we will represent in style (or at least with numbers).
A
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Medford
Aug 12, 2011 15:51:31 GMT -5
Post by Angus on Aug 12, 2011 15:51:31 GMT -5
Try this again with photo... Attachments:
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Medford
Aug 14, 2011 1:42:45 GMT -5
Post by society on Aug 14, 2011 1:42:45 GMT -5
Assuming y'all can work this out - the guy you might want to check in with is Mike Welch. He's running the miniGP series. From my prior history with him, he's fairly open. The Saturday practice days are quite active, but around 5pm - people are pretty tired, so that might be a good time to ask for your Xtra PSRA race time. (outside of the sunday races). Just dont blow that motor on Saturday!
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Medford
Aug 15, 2011 12:12:14 GMT -5
Post by Dayn on Aug 15, 2011 12:12:14 GMT -5
So when are people heading down? Is there camping at the track? What are we looking at for fees, racing & camping if there is any?
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Medford
Aug 15, 2011 15:30:04 GMT -5
Post by paddyfitz on Aug 15, 2011 15:30:04 GMT -5
I'm thinking of heading down Friday day-ish. Unless I hear from others wanting to caravan at a dif time. Still looking at renting a truck/van if anyone wants in on that... Chester says he's planning on camping at the track, so I figure that's a go. Fees are supposed to be the same as @ MAC or PARC, so I'd figure on $120ish for the weekend. Some sort of pre-register was also mentioned. I'll take a look & see if it will benefit us & forward the appropriate info to this thread. I have a hunch it's actually a means to verify how many people will be in attendance.
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