Contrast SCCA to FRP at Road Atlanta
Friends,
If we truly want to save open wheel racing and Formula Continental in particular there needs to be one simple change. We have tried split starts with limited success. For example at the Road Atlanta Super Tour last month we had only 2-3 green laps in one race and not many more green laps in the other race. The split start works in the beginning separating FC from FE2. However after the inevitable FCY the FE2s catch up to the back of the FCs and carnage breaks out during the restart. We have begged the SCCA stewards for a separate run group but they say there is no time. Fair enough. We also asked them to simply put the FCs in the same run group as the FFs, F600 and FVs. This run group has coexisted for decades with favorable outcomes. It was tried a few years ago at Homestead at a Major with great success. We have asked for this run grouping many times in the last few years with negative stone faced replies. There have been many accidents in the past few years because of this impossible pairing of FC and FE2. Is SCCA waiting until someone is killed? I have an idea, can we get a showing of support to change this run grouping? Just simply show your support with a ‘like’ to this post. Another idea, lets document all these requests to SCCA that have fallen on deaf ears and when someone is killed we all join in as witness’ in a lawsuit. We can name the president of SCCA, the chief steward, and any one else associated with the tragic event for their negligence. If we all show support now for this inevitable lawsuit idea maybe we can wake someone up.
I mentioned the word contrast in my opening. Here are some videos only 2 weeks later at the same track at an FRP event. I will spare you watching 20 plus laps following a pace car at the SCCA event. But here is some exciting racing with only one local yellow unfortunately caused by me in the second race. There were 10 cars and the first 5 qualified within .7 of a second and a little over a second between the top 8. I have never had more fun racing in fact in a word it was thrilling! Actual wheel to wheel racing going through turn 10 side by side and nary a scratch in the paint. Those of you with an FC car who could not make it my sympathies! Some might say it is more expensive to race at FRP. Yes that is correct. However when you divide the $$ by the number of green laps it is actually cheaper. Don’t believe that? Do the math yourself. My apologies for the length of the videos as I have not learned how to edit. Maybe the next pandemic I will have time!
Here are the video links:
Race1
https://youtu.be/CJae3KfJbQI?feature=shared
Race 2
https://youtu.be/8hSLcJr6R3g?feature=shared
Mid-Ohio HST this year!!!
Vote with your feet!!!
Has no-one noticed that the Mid-O Super Tour this year in May has a separate run group for FC???
Probably not - turnout for all groups is relatively low yet... but there area already 4 FCs signed up.
Hope to see you there...