Rod wrote:Denny,

You have way too much free time...

....like someone else I know

Rod, I don't think we've met...but you don't really want to know what I had to interrupt to register. See you at the track!

Steve, yes I did. There will be ample opportunity to share I believe.

Rod, you don't want to meet Steve, and you most certainly do not want to know what sordid activity he had to interrupt in order to register <shudders>.

That was crazy
100 in first 5 min with 60 SM's and 29 SRF's
over 240 in 15 min

SM Full in 25 min and others filling up....

If the madness at the event is anything like this it should be interesting!

If you were thinking about registering, do it now. Like right now.
Currently there are 89 SRF's with 4 cars showing as double-registered.
Max on track is 85. I don't know if SCCA can rescind supps and issue an exception for this event. We'll see.

What an event!

OMG, SRF was full at 1:45 PST...I think I am on the standby list.

Over 500 total entries already. Just... wow.

Somehow I got put into the Spec Miata entry list...Beth said she would fix it later as "She was kind of busy at the moment".

There are several SRF drivers on the ? Standby list as SM's

Over 540 cars now!

The race steward can increase the number of cars allowed on course....after 85 cars and counting, who is going to notice 5-10 more? My first trip to Road America was for this Summer's June Sprints and going into turn 5 four cars abreast was...educational. Definitely holding off on new paint until after COTA.

I included the rules for 6.4.3 below. Would also make sense to allow an oversubscribed qualifying session(s), and then pare the field back if all the field didn't make the 120% rule.

GCR 6.4.1 B: Maximum Number of Cars allowed on Course

A maximum of 25 cars per mile may be on the course or started
simultaneously in any type of session.
The Division’s Executive Steward may increase or decrease the 25
car limitation for any or all race groups.

6.4.2 Establishing the Race Grid
E. Each driver/car combination must qualify within 120% of the qualifying
time of the fastest qualifier in his class to be allowed to start
his race. The Chief Steward may waive this requirement and may
allow non-qualifiers to grid behind qualifiers.

6.4.3 Qualifying for Oversubscribed Classes
When the number of cars entered into a single class race group exceeds
the maximum number of cars per mile, the following qualifying procedures
apply:
A. The class is split into 2 qualifying groups.
B. The grid is determined according to 6.4.2

Per Roger Krebs' memo of Jan 14.

I have mentioned that we will load the track per the GCR. This will be the first time ever that that many cars will be on that track. Because of this being everyone’s first time; entries will be limited to the GCR specific 25 cars per mile. 85 entries per group is the limit, no exceptions.