All, just a quick note to explain how I'm going to be arranging the schedule over the coming months.
OK - We now have 3 events per week for GTL, Tuesday (Club), Thursday (Club) Saturday (Car of the Month - CotM)
Also - we basically have about 5 type of events in GTL that "work":-
Now, I know some of you prefer the enduros, some prefer the sprints, some prefer multi car events...
With regard to all of the above, I thought I should just let you know how I will be deciding upon events & formats, especially with the league on the horizon.
CotM will stay on Saturdays, and will stay as an enduro event.
The League will take place on alternate Thursdays, and that is effectively an enduro event as well.
What I'm thinking about is:- making Tuesdays a dedicated Sprint night so we have the Saturday enduros being balanced by Tuesday sprints, allowing Thursday to be a "wild card" event, sometimes League, sometimes sprint, sometimes enduro.
We won't have an entire week of sprints, nor will we have an entire week of enduros. The thing about GTL is it's variety, so why limit ourselves?
In addition, I will be trying to balance the vehicles and classes so we don't have overkill on any one model / class.
The League will be GTC65, the CotM will be a months worth with a single car, so the sprint events may be biased "against" the classes and/or models involved.
I want to try and get everyone into some unfamiliar driving seats, as there are still some unearthed gems buried in those classes.
As for the Sprints, I will be making the Practice & Quali lengths shorter and the race lengths longer. These are fun events, and if you lose out on a Quali lap, but get a longer race out of it without extending the event to an unmanageable length, then I think that's a loss that is worth taking.
I'm looking for a 3-race Sprint night to be 2.5 hours maximum, meaning 50 mins per event, of which 25 mins should be race. Of the 2 sessions there, I'm thinking 20 Prac and a 5 min Quali. As we don't have Superpole in GTL, making the Quali session very short (5-10 mins) we should see some funky grid lineups, which will be more interesting, and, yes, Fun!
Please give me any feedback you wish on the above, as I don't just whack these evnts up there for me, I try and work out what will be good, what will be fun, for us all.
Thanks
Stu.
OK - We now have 3 events per week for GTL, Tuesday (Club), Thursday (Club) Saturday (Car of the Month - CotM)
Also - we basically have about 5 type of events in GTL that "work":-
- Single car / Single track / Enduro
- Single car / Multi track / Sprint
- Multi car / Single track / Sprint
- Multi car / Multi track / Sprint
- Specific themed "Specials"
Now, I know some of you prefer the enduros, some prefer the sprints, some prefer multi car events...
With regard to all of the above, I thought I should just let you know how I will be deciding upon events & formats, especially with the league on the horizon.
CotM will stay on Saturdays, and will stay as an enduro event.
The League will take place on alternate Thursdays, and that is effectively an enduro event as well.
What I'm thinking about is:- making Tuesdays a dedicated Sprint night so we have the Saturday enduros being balanced by Tuesday sprints, allowing Thursday to be a "wild card" event, sometimes League, sometimes sprint, sometimes enduro.
We won't have an entire week of sprints, nor will we have an entire week of enduros. The thing about GTL is it's variety, so why limit ourselves?
In addition, I will be trying to balance the vehicles and classes so we don't have overkill on any one model / class.
The League will be GTC65, the CotM will be a months worth with a single car, so the sprint events may be biased "against" the classes and/or models involved.
I want to try and get everyone into some unfamiliar driving seats, as there are still some unearthed gems buried in those classes.
As for the Sprints, I will be making the Practice & Quali lengths shorter and the race lengths longer. These are fun events, and if you lose out on a Quali lap, but get a longer race out of it without extending the event to an unmanageable length, then I think that's a loss that is worth taking.
I'm looking for a 3-race Sprint night to be 2.5 hours maximum, meaning 50 mins per event, of which 25 mins should be race. Of the 2 sessions there, I'm thinking 20 Prac and a 5 min Quali. As we don't have Superpole in GTL, making the Quali session very short (5-10 mins) we should see some funky grid lineups, which will be more interesting, and, yes, Fun!
Please give me any feedback you wish on the above, as I don't just whack these evnts up there for me, I try and work out what will be good, what will be fun, for us all.
Thanks
Stu.