June 2011 SOWDIV Divisional #2

[edj]

Thanks to Ricky and the rest of the SASCA gang for putting on a great event.
And two excellent courses by Vivek.

ps. sorry about beating the car owner. i'll try not to let it happen again... 

[boxster_rs]

+1 on the big thanks to all the guys that work their behinds all week end long to make this possible.

great job everybody!!

great courses and the organization was flawless

[John Patterson]

Thanks, especially to Ricky, for putting on a great event! Everything seem to go very smoothly, especially the Shiner Bock! I thought the course designs were great also.

[rickm]

Awesome Divisional!  Great work Ricky Crow and thanks to all the volunteers that helped out all weekend.  Excellent event.

[Ricky Crow]

There were a number of folks I owe a lot of credit to (and I'm sure I will forget some names)...

- John Patterson for arranging to have the street sweeper clean our lot prior to the event, the tent/tables/chairs setup, and the Friday night dinner.
- Thanks to both of our tech folks, Dalton Wall and Eric Poyer -- they probably spent more hours at their work assignment than just about anybody else this weekend.
- Thanks to Craig for picking up the blower on Friday that I reserved, as well as taking it back on Sunday afternoon.
- Thanks to Eric Yee for letting us use his E46 BMW for sweep car during 1st heat both days.
- Thanks to Vitek for handling timing and scoring over the weekend.
- Thanks to Sherman Chang for doing a great job with heat splits and worker assignments
- Thanks to Jason Minehart for doing a great job with grid -- only one minor complaint I heard during first heat on the first day with regard to unbalanced delays between drivers, but I think that got resolved -- this isn't an exact science!
- Thanks to Vivek Goel for two great course designs, and for putting in 5 more hours of work the weekend before the event to lay out the courses and mark them in advance.
- Thanks to Chris Leclair for helping with the course testing and lending the use of his S2000 for the safety/speed testing of the courses.
- Thanks to my neighbor, Tony Estes, that came out on Friday afternoon to help with collecting tickets at the start line for about 4 hours, even though he doesn't actually run with our club.
- Thanks to my wife for organizing our trailer over the last couple of months, labeling where things go, helping me with trophies, and many other details as well as helping to keep people hydrated over the blistering hot weekend.

I am sure there are some folks I have missed, but thanks to all that helped contribute to making this event a success.

[RavynX]

Excellent event!  Thanks to everyone that contributed!  Mine and Jason's runs from the event...

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ak05TQx0IaY" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ak05TQx0IaY</a>

[dwall]

- John Patterson for arranging to have the street sweeper clean our lot prior to the event, the tent/tables/chairs setup, and the Friday night dinner.

Except for the time he and Stamman were being disrespectful and dismissive of other BMod drivers, John also spent a lot of time at and was very helpful with Tech.

[John Patterson]

D, wouldnt have taken much for you to beat me last weekend as poorly as I drove!

[danscanlon]

Here is what Eric Yee posted on my blog about last weekend's SCCA SW Divisional #2 at Retama Park.  Great job, Eric!   

http://racingready.com/2011/06/23/2011-sw-scca-divisional-retama-park-by-eric/

ENJOY!  Thanks... 

[Speed3]

Here's a link to the photos I took at the event:  http://www.flickr.com/photos/mr-panec/