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Originally Posted by Evan55
Thats the event. 2 timed full track sessions, 3 (or 4? I dont remember) sessions of "track cross" coned sessions.
Solo1 is not autocross. Solo2 is autocross. Solo1 was SCCA's now defunct on-track time trial program. Which was real time trialing, on a full track all the time. (Same as redline time attack, nasa tt, etc)
Which is not what this new time trial series is.
I feel like this is just another instance of SCCA desparately trying to get Autocrossers to the track. Its not working and probably never will, since they are fundamentally different in logistics and time investment.
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Here in north Texas we've got a flourishing 4 year old Time Trials program that has a year long points series and gets autocrossers to the track at high enough numbers to have been profitable the last 2 years (we run 9 events a season and most are standalone events with a couple run in conjunction with the club racers).
The key to our success was reusing autox classes and keeping the rules as simple as possible. Our 'rule book' is 9 pages long and if you know your autox class you know your Time Trials class. Most autox people either only have one car or only have one car they want to use for motorsports, so we had to make a rule set that worked with the solo classes.
When they announced the national program they originally contacted our region for input and even sent a representative to an event. Then they put all new people in charge, quit responding to our emails, and set a program that would have killed ours if we hadn't lobbied hard to allow regional supplemental classes.
We've got a formula that works, is fun, and easily replicated, but who would want to just use something easy and proven when you can create Club Racing light.