AZ Coupe Jason Posted May 4, 2005 Share Posted May 4, 2005 SO who is running I will be there Saturday only Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
944-Spec#94 Posted May 4, 2005 Share Posted May 4, 2005 Darren Griffith called me yesterday about final prep to run this weekend. He should be there. I will be AWOL again.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AZ Coupe Jason Posted May 4, 2005 Author Share Posted May 4, 2005 glen is going to be gone again right? blew his transmission? Is Steve Sap still broke too? What about Jonny Cocktial ? Jason Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HC-AZ Posted May 4, 2005 Share Posted May 4, 2005 (edited) What happened to all the 944's? When I started running the 944 field was huuggeee.. They must have heard Honda Challenge was coming and all quite because they didn't want to see their Porsche get passed by a Honda. J/K guys!! I do want to see you all out there running again though. See you all this weekend. Edited May 5, 2005 by Guest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
944-Spec#94 Posted May 4, 2005 Share Posted May 4, 2005 What happened to all the 944's? When I started running the 944 field was huuggeee.. Well in all seriousness..... I don't really know. Well maybe I do. Lack of growth When we started this 944 spec in Arizona was growing like gang busters. Now 944-spec in Az is not attracting new drivers. Not 100% sure why. Competition in places to run The spec 944 group is another place to run with SCCA any more than a few folks have been running there. This does impact the NASA car counts since alot folks don't have the time/money to run with both SCCA & NASA. Money.... I started racing 944-spec because it was "cheap". Racing in 944-spec is not terribly expensive, but still costs money. I have not been running much in the past year simply due to money. It is not that racing a 944 is expensive, but racing anything is expensive. Just look at costs for entry fees and pump gas and you are looking at over $350 per month. Then add in the costs for tires (even you get alot of life from them) and other incidentals and racing gets expensive. You are racing in high dollar class and need to cut your racing spend you can go to less expensive class. If you are in the lest expensive class and need to cut racing $$ then you stay home Field size. When you start getting tight on $$ and pick and choose your events you want to pick the ones with larger fields. Well even with this forum it is hard to get the 944 masses to agree to race all at one event or another. The result is 2-3 944's at 2-3 events vs 10-15 at just one event. I think what is needed is a growth campaign and effort to pull all folks racing a 944 in to 944 spec with NASA. The class is not dead by any means, but 944 spec leadership needs to push harder in the promo department. Steve S has spent alot of time working to mend the rift between 944-spec and spec 944. I think he has done a fine job in doing that. The next step is promote NASA as place to run. This requries some effort from 944-spec leadership and also some from NASA Az leadership. NASA in general needs to be seen as not just alternative to SCCA, but as a strong place to run. It is not a matter of being cheaper, but must provide better value. The HPDE link is critical to getting folks started and building there skills for racing. Also needed is stable and predicatable yearly calendar of events. Also needed is top notch corner working and event managment. So if NASA Az is promoted as Strong place to run and 944-spec leadership promotes the hell out of 944 spec then we can get more 944's on the track. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HC-AZ Posted May 5, 2005 Share Posted May 5, 2005 Just want to re-emphasize that I am joking around. We have had the same problems getting more drivers out for Honda Challenge. I think we all need to get together and get more people racing in AZ (944, HC, any form I don't even care what class). We should try to get our race cars out to other car events or meets to see if we can spark any interest. If anyone has any other ideas throw the out. I'm more then willing to try and get all these classes bigger! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
944-Spec#94 Posted May 5, 2005 Share Posted May 5, 2005 Just want to re-emphasize that I am joking around. We have had the same problems getting more drivers out for Honda Challenge. Hey no offence taken... I hope I did not give that impression. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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