Saturday practices at FSF are now being reserved for those people who do more than is required in working, volunteering, and pre-event obligations. More often than not, these people who arrive at 0700 and who leave at 1700 (5pm) have usually NOT gotten to walk the course other than lining the cones or ensuring its safety, rarely get the time to carefully prepare their car or concentrate on the line they'd like to drive.

an example:
Me, I show up, start people to working on registration (God Bless Katie), then get help creating a course... by the time the course is finally safe it's 830. There is always the guy who needs me to hold his hand so he can register because he is late and registration is closed, or there is some other issue... not that I mind, but I never get a free second. Luckily in Gainesville I put my race tires on Thrusday usually so I am ready to rock.
The last Gville event I couldn't even compete in MY run group because I was fixing a problem.
My first TRUE look at the course is usually from the drivers seat on my first run, slow ASS.
Before I started doing all this extra work, my run times would decrease by 5 seconds over a series of 4 runs, now I'm lucky to drop 2 seconds.
BUT, you may say people like me KNEW what we were getting into. True, but no-one asked for this reward... it was just given to us.


SO... Why exactly is this being done?
-To reward the few behind the scenes people for diligent work.
-To allow these people to get some seat time where they can actually LEARN instead of worring about ensuring the guy at the gate gets relieved.
-To give an incentive to OTHERS who want this reward.

HOW do you get invited?
-Impress one/a few of the people who are already invited by
a> volunteering to stay around and help alot.
b> learn how to work some ofthe tougher equipment, like the timing box.
c> become a CO-CHIEF to one of the CFR Solo2 chiefs or fill in an empty position (i dunno what's empty, but hte positions are stuff like, Timing, Registrar, Merchandise, Trophy, Safety, etc)
d> bust your ass

To quell some worries, the course on Saturday was pretty damn wide ass open. VERY DIFFERENT FROM SUNDAY'S. On Saturday it is safe to assume that the more experienced drivers (Leonard excluded, LOL spinboy) are there and higher speeds are safe. Sunday, novices have to be accounted for and thus the track is slower. I know that Sunday's course was DRASTICALLY different from what we ran Saturday. No-one will ever get an advantage by driving on the course more than someone else, it will not be allowed.

I am also seeing if the Saturday Practice can be opened to a few more people, just to get more cars there... we were actually STOPPING on our own because we had driven enough and our cars were overheating. We DO need more cars for Saturday.
I do not know whether we will just let more people attend who would not normally be invited to this "reward day" and charge them regular price OR if we'll just lower our standards for receiving the "reward" and keep the price low.

I will address ANY questions or concerns, and if I cannot supply a reasonable answer I wil lrefer questions to the CFR Solo2 Chairman.

I hope more of your will try to earn this reward, the more people working hard the better it is for EVERYONE.

-Shawn