Solo 1 May 11

[JohnC]

The 1st event in the 2003 ActionFront Solo1 Series, May 11th at Shannonville will be hosted by TAC. Here is a tentative event schedule :
Coffee and doughnuts will be available at 7:30 a.m.
The concession will be open for lunch.
There will be no BBQ after the event.
- Registration 7:30 am – 8:45am
- Open Practice 9:00am – 9:45am
- Drivers Meeting 9:50am – 10:00am
- Morning Runs 10:15am – 1:00pm
- Lunch/Lapping* 1pm – 2pm
- Afternoon Runs 2:00pm – 5:00pm
- Open Lapping at end of competition if time allows
-- Drivers Meeting 6:30pm – 7:00pm
*Note: Open Practice/Lapping time may adjusted to accommodate more or less entries.
Please ensure that your car is prepped for scrutineering early - you will not be allowed on the track without a sticker. Norm Evans and John Pacysnki are the scrutineers. Open your hood to iondicate you are ready for inspection. Have your helmet available
For registration, please have all your documents ready, and any payment you may have to make. Spectators/friends must also register and sign waivers.
Sponsor decals will be available and must be prominently displayed on your car for you to be allowed on the track. Registration will close at 8:45 SHARP!!!
Novices must display a triangle (tape or shoe polish) on their rear window until signed ofF by a coach. Experienced drivers who will act as coaches will be pointed out at the Drivers' Meeting.
Marshalling positions will be assigned by Malcolm Elston. Everyone must do his/her share of marshalling, or face the wrath of He Who Must Be Obeyed (aka Chris Sorensen).
There will be a TV crew at the track interviewing drivers and taking video for a future program. Bring as many fans & friends as you can to fill the stands!
Check the Weather Network for Belleville for weather conditions, and come appropriately prepared.
I look forward to seeing you all on Sunday for a great start to what promises to be an exciting season of competition!
John Charles, Organiser

[andrew1984]

is it too late to enter the series?

[Rob McAuley]

Not at all.

You can register at the track at 7:30am on Sunday. I'm still taking applications for the Solo School on Saturday, and the price includes 2 competitive events.

To speed up registration, you can fax me your forms or email me with the details. The key one (that will take some time to fill out) is the Car Classification form, so please take a look at that before coming to the track!

We currently have lots of room available, so that means lots of track time. The weather will be great, and we'll have a TV crew out shooting an episode of a new TSN series - High Intake TV.

Looking forward to seeing you at the track!

[andrew1984]

could you possibly explain to me how solo1 works?

my only track experience is one lapping day at the DDT (3 weeks ago) and the 2002 soloII shootout.

the basics please...

- when is it your turn
- how long
- marshalling
- etc...


thanks!

[Rob McAuley]

Are you sure you don't want to do the school on Saturday?

We cover all that in addition to Car Control and Performance Driving!

[andrew1984]

i would, but i dont have the time... i work on saturdays.

[ctenche]

Andrew, the answer to your question about how Solo 1 works could lead one to write a mini novel. However, I'll answer the basics for you.

1. You show up in the morning and register.
2. Your car get's tech'ed by a volunteer to make sure that it's safe
3. There's morning lapping
4. A driver's meeting is held where the rules are reiterated, meaning of flags is reiterated, etc. Then they announce what run group everyone belongs to. You are also told when your group has to marshal.
5. The competiton starts
6. During the day, announcements are made on the PA calling out for the various groups to either run on the track or go marshal.
7. At the end of the event, there is evening lapping if time permits.
8. There is a end of day driver's meeting where the results are read out.

If you've done the Solo II shootout, you're 95% of the way there.