Hawaii Island SCCA Solo Event #12.....12/22/2013
Hilo Drag Strip/Pana‘ewa Drag StripAbout this event
Aloha and welcome to the Big Island of Hawaii Region SCCA! Please join us for a fun day of autocrossing, on December 22nd. We are located at the Go Kart Track, at the end of the Hilo Dragstrip.
SCCA Members Pre-Register $25.00
SCCA Members Day of Event $30.00
Non-SCCA Members Pre-Register $40.00
Non-SCCA Members Day of Event $45.00
You can register now, and not pay until race day.
You can get your SCCA membership at http://www.scca.com , just click "Join Now" and indicate you want to be an SCCA Solo Racer....... or you can come and race as a non SCCA member.
As always, spectating is FREE ~ Bring your friends and family for a day of FUN!
We are pleased to let you know our Race schedule for 2014 :
Jan 26 will be our annual Test and Tune, with 2013 Awards Luncheon
Feb 23, March 29 & 30, April 13, May 18 , June 15, July 20, Aug 10, Sept 6 & 7, Oct 12, Nov 23, Dec 21. ( more info on the 2 weekend dates in the future )
Event requirements
Aloha!
Sunday, Dec 22nd, is the last race of this season! Come on out and race and you will be smiling for Christmas. We are continuing to keep to our changes that we established a few months ago, which means 8 runs for you, so please try to get there on time, Registration will close at 09 AM Congratulations to Brandon Wilk 2013 Driver of the Year..... it is still a tight race to see who will take the next top places!!
Considering these changes to the way we run our autocross:
Start earlier!
Registration closes at 09:00 am
Course set up by 8:30 am
Tech closes at 9:00 am
Driver meeting at 9:15 am
Course walk at 9:30 am
First car out at 10:00 am
Design shorter tracks that fast drivers can complete in 40-45 seconds
Run two full sessions. All drivers in the morning and again in the afternoon for a total of 8 runs each. Change direction of the course for the afternoon session.
Drivers running in heat 3 and 4 work heats 1 and 2 with no change of position. Tie work location to order eg. If driver is running 1st in heat one they will work corner 1 in heat 3 and 4 etc. This amounts to two heats working, one heat driving and one heat off. Take a 5 or ten minute break between heats 2 and 3 for worker change. Also suggest that we have a separate staging area for cars running in the upcoming heat. Drivers should be at or near their cars ready to go.
Add an additional course worker along the fence on the back straight bringing the total to 6 workers plus timing. This will save time and avoid the worker having to run from the infield every time a cone goes down out back.
How it looks on paper….
10:00 first car out, 45 seconds plus righting cones per car. If we round up to 2 minutes per car, heat one is over at 10:30.
If we have properly staged, heat two begins immediately afterward but let’s say it takes 10 minutes…
10:40 first car of heat 2 on the track. Heat 2 completes at 11:10.
10 minute break to change out workers and get heat 3 drivers to their cars and on the grid. Also have heat 4 starting to stage.
11:20 Heat 3 first car out.
11:50 Heat 4 first car out.
12:20 lunch and pointer cone changes, timing light move to reverse the track.
1:00 start it all over again and be done by 3:30
Driver Heat Run Order Worker Heats Assignment
Amy 1 1 3,4 station 1
Billy 1 2 3,4 station 2
Charlie 1 3 3,4 station 3
Denise 1 4 3,4 station 4 (tbd) Evan 2 1 3,4 Starter
Frank 2 2 3,4 Grid
Geraldine 2 3 3,4 Float
Henry 2 4 3,4 Float
Ida 3 1 1,2 station 1
Judy 3 2 1,2 station 2
Kevin 3 3 1,2 station 3
Lima 3 4 1,2 station 4 (tbd) Monte 4 1 1,2 Starter
Neil 4 2 1,2 Grid
Opie 4 3 1,2 Float
Paul 4 4 1,2 Float
(This section written by Roy Whitney, Assistant RE, SOLO Chief)
Mahalo, Brian Dorr(RE,) Roy Whitney(Ass.RE,) and David Smith(Secretary)
