MSPERBER’s concern is also one that I was sharing behind the scenes. First of all, I do think it is a great idea to have a Pro IT race on the ARRC weekend. It’s also particularly useful for people coming from other regions in order to get valuable track time before the ARRC sprint. The only drawback I see is the *combination* of two separate factors: one, is that it is for points, and two is that it is scheduled before the ARRC sprint. I think that eliminating any one of these two factors may satisfy most people’s concerns. I also realize that addressing the second factor I am sure would be very difficult to solve due to scheduling issues.
I did not run for points this year in the Pro ITs, so it does not hurt me skipping this Pro IT to save the car/tires/brakes for the sprint on Saturday and enduro on Sunday. However had I been running for the points, I would have had to run the Pro IT. The points problem is a non-issue for anybody from out of the region, so in a way this takes the hardest toll only on the local drivers who ran for points. Again, I think this is a great idea to have the Pro IT on the ARRC weekend and if we weren’t planning to run the enduro on sunday, I would run this Pro IT even if it precedes the ARRC. And if this were a points event for ’05 then we would also be “forced” to run it and source up the additional tires and brakes needed to run all three races. So, I definitely do see MSPERBER’s concern.
Finally, I’m really looking forward to the ARRC weekend, as well as running the Pro IT races next season!!
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Alex
#90 ITA