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Attn: Novice Race Licence Holders
Apr 26^th, 2013 at 4:28pm

A reminder that you are eligible to enter a Practice Day with a current Novice Licence. Your next opportunity at Mission will be on Friday, May 24th. This is the VRCBC's Practice Day prior to the BCHMR weekend. It is open to all OW and CW racing cars, not just Vintage and/or BCHMR entrants. Registration is through MotorsportReg.com. http://www.motorsportreg.com/index.cfm/event/event.advert/uidEvent/CD6742CD-D5FB...

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Bob_Williams Pro Circuit Offline SMILE !!!! Life is a BLAST!!! lUVYABYE Posts: 406 Canada	Re: Attn: Novice Race Licence Holders Reply #1 - Apr 27^th, 2013 at 7:05am What a great opportunity for a test and tune day before the next race w/e June 22, 23, that does not have a Friday practice attached. Thanks BCHMR for opening this May 24th. up to the masses.
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Reply #2 - Apr 27^th, 2013 at 9:52am

Hi I am registered for the practise day in time attack , but my car is full race prepared i run cw1 and cw2 on race weekends .In the practise schedule it shows open wheel closed wheel and time attack I was just wondering wich run group for practise i would run and also i am sure some of the novice drivers would also like to know which run group for practisse as well. I would like to run with the open wheel guys as there is only 1 time attack car registered for the practise {me} and would seem to be unfair to alternate ow , cw and then time attack for just my car { if in fact i am the only car registered by practise day} Thanks So much Todd #124

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PRO3 Spectator Offline SCCBC Forum Member Posts: 18 North Vancouver	Re: Attn: Novice Race Licence Holders Reply #3 - Apr 27^th, 2013 at 10:37am Todd, On practice days they usually put all CW and all OW together, regardless of which "sub group" you registered for.
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Vintage Bluenoser Senior Racer Offline Road racing, not street racing! Posts: 163	Re: Attn: Novice Race Licence Holders Reply #4 - Apr 27^th, 2013 at 3:19pm We just realized that the only entry options we have provided on MotorsportReg.com for the May 24th Practice Day are the actual BCHMR entry groups. Soon - probably tomorrow - we will be adding two more options for racing cars: 'Open Wheel-Other' and 'Closed Wheel-Other'. That should work. Thanks for the interest.
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2muchfun247 Novice Offline Road racing, not street racing! Posts: 72 Richmond B.C.	Re: Attn: Novice Race Licence Holders Reply #5 - Apr 27^th, 2013 at 5:55pm Thanks so much Todd #124
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Reply #6 - Apr 28^th, 2013 at 6:29pm

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What a great opportunity for a test and tune day before the next race w/e June 22, 23, that does not have a Friday practice attached. Thanks BCHMR for opening this May 24th. up to the masses.

correct me if i am wrong bob but the Next CACC race is June 8,9.

also... just curious why we dont have a practice every weekend?

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Reply #7 - Apr 28^th, 2013 at 7:57pm

There are several reasons why we don't have practice days every weekend.
1. Track availability
2. Cost vs. attendance - if we run more than a couple practice days per year we don't get enough turnout to cover the costs
3. Staff - practice days are put on by the RDC, and it's tough to get enough members out to man the corners if we have too many days

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Bob_Williams Pro Circuit Offline SMILE !!!! Life is a BLAST!!! lUVYABYE Posts: 406 Canada	Re: Attn: Novice Race Licence Holders Reply #8 - Apr 29^th, 2013 at 6:57am Ya.....what he said.
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Bob_Williams Pro Circuit Offline SMILE !!!! Life is a BLAST!!! lUVYABYE Posts: 406 Canada	Re: Attn: Novice Race Licence Holders Reply #9 - Apr 29^th, 2013 at 7:01am And yes...you are correct....June 8/9 is CACC #2. My bad June 22/23 is Driver Training.
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Reply #10 - Apr 29^th, 2013 at 7:22am

Perhaps more practice days could be discussed at a club meeting , I am sure there are a few people out there that would like more practise days . How many cars do you need to make it viable ? If we could get some type of idea of cost that would help the decicsion process for drivers , as what to expect for cost and how many drivers we need to make it affordable . Thx Todd #124

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Reply #11 - Apr 29^th, 2013 at 8:24am

Its almost irrelevant how much it costs to participate on a practice day for the participants when you can't get enough RDC members to man the track for you. The RDC is made up of volunteers who are taking days off work to come out and volunteer to man the track so you can practice and not many of them/us can do that too many times a year. We used to have more in a season and it was hard to get the volunteers and also the participation level waned to the point of un-profitability

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Reply #12 - Apr 29^th, 2013 at 9:02am

What if it was mandatory for all attendees to be flag workres and such alternateing when they are on and off the track or must they be rdc members ? Thx for the info I understand that volunteers are essential to all of the track operations and i did not think about what it takes to run a practise day . Sorry .Thanks for the heads up and for taking the time that you all do so we can have those practice days. Todd #124

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Reply #13 - Apr 29^th, 2013 at 10:20am

I think the logistics of getting guys out of their cars and out on the track would be near impossible and would likely cut your on track time in half to say nothing of the fact that many of those drivers do not have the experience and expertise to be able to man a corner (sometimes solo) and keep things safe and smooth running for you participants

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Reply #14 - Apr 29^th, 2013 at 11:10am

bunracer wrote on Apr 29^th, 2013 at 10:20am:

I think the logistics of getting guys out of their cars and out on the track would be near impossible and would likely cut your on track time in half to say nothing of the fact that many of those drivers do not have the experience and expertise to be able to man a corner (sometimes solo) and keep things safe and smooth running for you participants

I think that as a concept it's worth discussing.

Yes: it would cut into track time, but if a good system could be worked out, I don't think it would have to be that much. If you're alternating run groups with no break, then you can get about 3 sessions an hour and you've got about 3 hours before lunch and 3 hours after. If each session was stretched apart by a 10 minute break to get new crew out to the turn stations, you could get 6 sessions in with 4 turnover breaks in 2 hours, 40 minutes.

If that meant that you could schedule a couple of additional practice days each year...

And, yes: the first thing that would need to happen is that people would need to be trained and/or mentored to learn how to man a corner before they were allowed to work one solo, but it would give drivers a greater appreciation for the folks who are making it possible for them to drive.

Just thoughts from an admitted-newbie.

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