The Maryland State Police training center at Sykesville made it clear they did not want our business by requiring increased insurance coverage that makes it cost prohibitive. FedEx did the same thing to us. The large national clubs like SCCA and BMWCCA can afford the increased insurance coverage because they have a much larger membership base over which to amortize the cost. The NCCBMWCCA has over 6,000 members with a treasury balance of ~$100k. Once you factor in the support available from the parent organization and it's clear they have much deeper pockets then we do and can afford to run a loss on certain types of events in order to provide them to their membership (I have no clue how successful their auto-x program is or whether they actually do run at a profit or loss). I can't remember all the details of the Waldorf lot but I think it was a combination of availability, cost, and head organizer willing to host the event.Jim Harris wrote:Not sure which lots you struck out on, but what about Maryland State Police/Sykesville and Regency Furniture/Blue Crab/Waldorf? BMW Club uses both.
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The HG event was odd because of how dirty the lot was. I consider the Bowie event a fluke. I really don't expect to take Index anymore. Although this year I may have a shot at placing higher due to Fred breathing down my neck and pushing me harder than ever before. We are really improving eachothers driving, Fred mentioned he's drivig his cobra harder after running his miata. The only thing that helps me score high in Index is running street tires. If anyone wants to give me a nice new set of r-comps to bump me down in rankngs I'll gladly take them
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We usually set up tighter courses early in the season, especially at Bowie with the limited run-off room and loose surface. Plus, everyone's a little rusty at first. I expect the courses will open up a bit more later. I'd like to rent a jack hammer and remove the divider to that lower lot at Bowie.
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look we have raised $0 so far in renting what ever costs a million dollars WHOO!!!!!
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I think you would get lots of donations for that jack hammer, If only we could.
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I've run on the lower lot. It's dirty, and the pavement is worse. You aren't missing much.JoeTR6 wrote:We usually set up tighter courses early in the season, especially at Bowie with the limited run-off room and loose surface. Plus, everyone's a little rusty at first. I expect the courses will open up a bit more later. I'd like to rent a jack hammer and remove the divider to that lower lot at Bowie.
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I think there is a you're mom joke some where in there.gimp wrote:I've run on the lower lot. It's dirty, and the pavement is worse. You aren't missing much.JoeTR6 wrote:We usually set up tighter courses early in the season, especially at Bowie with the limited run-off room and loose surface. Plus, everyone's a little rusty at first. I expect the courses will open up a bit more later. I'd like to rent a jack hammer and remove the divider to that lower lot at Bowie.
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I've run it once, and agree. The AWD guys might like it (until they see all the gravel chips on their fenders). For the rest of us, it's an old, disintegrating surface, heavy sloped and didn't add much to the event, IMO.gimp wrote:
I've run on the lower lot. It's dirty, and the pavement is worse. You aren't missing much.
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I've run it a couple times and it's not that bad as long as you avoid the third of the lot that is closest to the BJs. BMW ran there last month and it wasn't bad; and having a 50+ second course at Bowie is not necessarily a bad thing.