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Successful Club?
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Lots of good info/ideas posted here, but I will list a few of the things that out local area clubs have adopted over time.

We run on 10 /12 local area wood tracks and 2 Commercial type track with 30/40 total members,...although over the last year, circumstances have put a major hold on any real race meetings.

A few of the things we do.............

1/We have eliminated season long points championships for the club tracks............the reality is that the same folks tend to win most of the races/championships, and there are those that once it becomes mathematically out of the question to win,.....attendance wains, so we treat each race as a standalone.....while this does not make it easier for the bottom half of the grid to win,....there is no points table for one to see how far down the list one actually is.

2/ On the commercial tracks we do have season point totals, but, we have adopted a "A" vs "B" class of racers.............while we all race together, equal points are collected by both groups based on where you finish within your group, so, we have had instances where the "champ" has come from the "B", base on consistent high place finishes within the respective groups.
At the end of each series the winner of the "B" group is promoted to the "A" group, while the tailender of "A" is demoted to the "B" group.......this can lead to some good natured ribbing  Bigsmile

3/ All members have an equal vote in determining classes and rule sets by class........we normally have an annual/biannual meeting to choose classes/rule sets.

4/ We have a variety of "low cost" vs. "high cost" classes......from tyres, weight, and blueprinting in the "low cost" classes to more liberal rule sets in the "higher cost" classes.

5/ At the end of every race the top three finishers must remove the body from the car, and all are invited to have a look/ask questions

6/ We hold rather frequent "Clinics" on various aspects of tuning from gear ratio choice/set up to tyre prep, to chassis construction.

7/ Like most all groups we do have difficulties attracting new members, so we do our best hang on to the folks we have.......decency, a sense of humour, passing on some knowledge, etc. all seem to work !!

Cheers
Chris Walker
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Successful Club? - by Racegamer - 30th-Mar-21, 09:29 PM
RE: Successful Club? - by slotloco - 31st-Mar-21, 01:30 AM
RE: Successful Club? - by woodcote - 31st-Mar-21, 08:12 AM
RE: Successful Club? - by Scuderia_Turini - 31st-Mar-21, 09:06 AM
RE: Successful Club? - by slotloco - 31st-Mar-21, 09:11 PM
RE: Successful Club? - by chrisguyw - 31st-Mar-21, 10:13 PM

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