>From a personal perspective, when I first got my National License, I made the decision, that while I was going to compete in the MARRS (DC Region regional) series I would come out an play on the Nationals that were being held at my home track (Summit Point at the time). Not because I had any expectations of winning, but to find out first hand what the quick guys were doing. The second reason to run my 'home' National was to meet and come to know who the National Drivers were, as competitors and as people.
To my way of thinking, a Regional driver that does not participate in his home tracks National is doing himself a disservice in perusing his attempts to become a better and more competitive driver. The one thing I found out....National Driver are human and they don't bite. Come on in...the water is fine. Chuck McAbee SEDIV #16 -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Stan Sent: Wednesday, August 23, 2006 12:13 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [F500] Editorial: How did F1000 go wrong? IMO, the best thing that F500 can do for itself is to convince its members to run a few more Nationals. If National racers ran just one more National, and a few of those who run only Regionals switched to Nationals, then we wouldn't be having this conversation. When I was reviewing the race data earlier this year, I looked at a bunch of Regional-National double races, and noticed that in many classes there would be strong participation in the Regional, but that only a relative few of those folks would stick around for the National race. I understand that part of the problem is structural...fees, licensing requirements, etc., but that is not an issue specific to F500. However, if appearance is a big part of reality, then one could argue that F500 "appears" to be in decline. It may be, or the objective reality may be that folks are merely shifting to Regional racing, but whatever the case, National participation is the key to controlling your own future. That's the bottom line. Regards, Stan Jay Novak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:Perhaps Stan knows some of the inner thoughts of the CRB. Stan?? ________________________________ FormulaCar Magazine - A Proud Supporter of Formula 500 The Official Publication of Junior Formula Car Racing Subscribe Today! www.formulacarmag.com or 519-624-2003 _________________________________ _______________________________________________ F500 mailing list - [email protected] To unsubscribe or change options please visit: http://f500.org/mailman/listinfo/f500 *** Please, DO NOT send unsubscribe requests to the mailing list! ***
