Winter 2015-16 Winter Driver Training Schedule and Info

[94boosted]

I'm in for the 26th, the 27th is a maybe though.

[Reijo]

No prob ... whatever you can make ... no pressure!   

[94boosted]

What's the limit of students we're allowing to sign up for the schools? Seems to be something fishy on Motorsports reg.

WDT3 - 13 confirmed + 2 waitlisted
WDT4 - 28 confirmed

28 would be a very large group of students. Are we capping it at 15? 20?

[Reijo]

No, capping at 30.

We were toying with the idea of capping it below 24 or 20 even but charging more.  The problem I saw with that was that it was becoming an exclusive thing that ordinary people could not afford easily and we were losing our target audience.  Just depends on who you want to cater to.  I would like to have as many people as possible take these schools but still maintain the quality at a reasonable level.

We had 32 or more in previous years before with no problem. 

One time a few years back we had 42 and that got out of control.  Quality, seat time and overall structure fell apart.  It was just too much for the way we were running it back then.

Since those earlier years, quite a bit has changed and I'm doing more changes for this year to the course, etc. ... although a little more subtle this time.  Had an off-season to conjure up new stuff!   

R

[94boosted]

Sounds good Reijo if that's the case then "WDT3" (January 3) needs to be fixed on Motorsports Reg as it looks like it's capping max participants at 13.

[Reijo]

Sounds good Reijo if that's the case then "WDT3" (January 3) needs to be fixed on Motorsports Reg as it looks like it's capping max participants at 13.

Jan. 3 is overbooked ... bunch of gift certificates were sold and do not show up on the registration list.

R

[94boosted]

Ahh I see, ok.

[Reijo]

Jan. 10 is full too .. closed registration for it too. 

[Reijo]

Sounds good Reijo if that's the case then "WDT3" (January 3) needs to be fixed on Motorsports Reg as it looks like it's capping max participants at 13.

Jan. 3 is overbooked ... bunch of gift certificates were sold and do not show up on the registration list.

R

CORRECTION:  There are plenty of spaces available on Jan. 3 -  14 entries as it stands right now.   For some reason people are buying a single entry but some of them are being recorded on Motorsportreg as 4 entries!   I can't seem to figure out why this is happening and I'm working on it ... have to get a hold of tech support because everything looks good until the final counts where extra entries (not paid for so the monies are ok) show up.   Very odd.

Anyway, there are 16 spots still open Jan. 3.

R

[Reijo]

Instructor training for Dec. 26 is cancelled and I will combine some of it on Dec. 27 and perhaps other dates.   This is due to an insurance that I won't get into here.

Thanks,

Reijo

[Reijo]

Jan. 10 is full too .. closed registration for it too. 

Due to the same issues as the Jan. 3 registration, I opened this one up again since there are another 2 spots open.

Cheers,

Reijo

[Reijo]

Went out to Ghost Lake this afternoon and there was 11-12" of ice.  11" of blue ice is good enough for a 3/4 ton truck.  There was a 1-ton parked next to me out on the ice as per the photos on Facebook.  The expansion crack is a bit sketchy still but relatively flat ... so I figure another week of cooler temps as forecast and we should be good to go for the 27th.  Might do one  more trip out there to be sure next week.

[Reijo]

Looking good for tomorrow ... ice is good:  minor soft drifts that break apart with smooth ice underneath.

A number of trucks and other vehicles out on the ice today.

R

[Reijo]

Twas a good day on the ice on Sunday ... photos posted on the SASC FB page.

[Reijo]

If anyone would like to help setup on Saturday afternoon, send me a msg. or a text.  I'm wondering how the snow drifts will be ... we might have to do a few laps or so?

Thanks!

Reijo