Good questions Graham...
Graham Jagger wrote:
What is a realistic amount of time you need people to sign up to be comfortable? Realistic, not wishful.
I think it's not unrealistic to have people sign up no later than 4 weeks from the date of the event... I'd at least like to have 80% of attendees signed up by that point. And I was nowhere near that number for this event. (Like I said, I take much of the blame for this) since we really only opened registration in January. Plus, these new tracks popping up where no one really has a relationship with them yet, they are now starting to want the bulk of the rental fees well before the event weekend (and I'm talking months, not weeks.)
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I'm horrible at procrastinating this stuff. Heck I haven't even started on the maint on my car to get ready... By the same token I don't want to register, and pay for an event 6 months ahead of time. Every group I know of bills your CC as soon as you sign up, except some of the PCA groups. I guess the cheap bastage in me hates pre-billing like that.
Would it help if you knew that I DON'T charge credit cards immediately? One of the benefits of being a premium account holder with MotorsportReg is I can defer credit card payments and charge them at a later date. I have also been known to offer early registration discounts, but honestly, they don't seem to do much good.
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I'm interested in your late Sept event, advanced clinic. Btw, running both directions was an added plus to me.
Also I'm not entirely clear on your requirements for the schools if you have track time but never took your schools. I think your offering is interesting and would like to try one.
And we're constantly trying to clarify our message and our goals and our requirements. Often, it depends on the facility as to what we can offer. Right now, NCCAR is the only facility where we can offer driving in both directions for example. As far as requirements, I'm pretty consistent with THSCC and others when it comes to grouping DE students. When it comes to Chuck's clinics, it's a little different. If I don't know a driver, I'll ask for solo qualifications and/or previous instructor references. The clinics are somewhat structured, even though there is no in-car instruction. So one doesn't necessarily NEED solo/open lapping experience. In fact, the clinics are an excellent primer for open lapping/open passing as many of the exercises involve traffic management, offline driving, etc. etc. If you're familiar at all with BMWCCA novice race schools, you'll find some familiar things at our events.
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