2007 MAC Event Schedule [Archive] - Minnesota Autosports Club

MNbiker

02-01-2007, 12:01 PM

Minnesota Autosports Club
2007 Event Schedule

April 21-22 Novice school 1 (Dunwoody & Midway)
May 5-6 MOWOG 1 & 2 (Valleyfair)
June 3 MOWOG 3 (DCTC)
June 16-17 Novice School 2 (Dunwoody & Midway)
July 1 MOWOG 4 (Midway)
July 8 Test & Tune (DCTC)
July 14-15 Evolution School (Midway)
August 5 MOWOG 5 (Midway) - tentative
August 19 Test & Tune (DCTC)
Sept 16 MOWOG 6 (DCTC)
Oct 6-7 MOWOG 7 & 8 (DCTC)
Oct 14 MOWOG 9 (Midway)

psundberg

02-01-2007, 02:09 PM

Very cool. Thanks Steve.

larry200

02-01-2007, 02:30 PM

Steve,

Do you have an educated guess as to when the Met Council dates might be posted? Thanks.

-- Larry "and what about Milwuakee Region SCCA?" B.

MacDubois

02-01-2007, 03:28 PM

Looking forward to another great season. Hope to make it to all 9 :D events this year. Thanks.

SmokingTires

02-01-2007, 03:32 PM

Looking forward to another great season. Hope to make it to all 9 :D events this year. Thanks.

Your going to skip the awesome Test and Tunes we're going to put on? Come to those also!

-Mike

MNbiker

02-01-2007, 03:36 PM

Steve,

Do you have an educated guess as to when the Met Council dates might be posted? Thanks.

-- Larry "and what about Milwuakee Region SCCA?" B.

The 2007 Met Council Schedule (http://www.met-council.org/calendar.html) is now online. :)

FOCUS_ST

02-01-2007, 04:12 PM

No more central parking. Just curious what happened there? But I like all the DCTC dates!

stoooo

02-01-2007, 04:17 PM

If the meeting minutes were still being posted, you'd know why. I'm sure one of the club officers will chime in with the official party line. I think it was mostly down to safety concerns and public relations.

Stuart.

MNbiker

02-01-2007, 04:18 PM

No more central parking. Just curious what happened there?
Safety concerns.

austinpike

02-01-2007, 04:20 PM

Will it be best 5 or 6 for series points?

MNbiker

02-01-2007, 04:23 PM

Will it be best 5 or 6 for series points?
Best 5 finishes.

ada///M

02-01-2007, 04:34 PM

awesome! even managed to avoid my birthday weekend (21 :D )

larry200

02-01-2007, 04:36 PM

The 2007 Met Council Schedule (http://www.met-council.org/calendar.html) is now online. :)

That link takes me to a 2006 calendar.

-- Larry B.

phile

02-01-2007, 04:43 PM

That link takes me to a 2006 calendar.

-- Larry B.

That link takes me to a 2007 calendar.

MacDubois

02-01-2007, 05:39 PM

Your going to skip the awesome Test and Tunes we're going to put on? Come to those also!

I just meant points events, I'll be to anything where I'm sanctioned to terrify cones...

Just noticed evo school is the weekend after my Birthday...it must be fate.

weidnerpaul

02-01-2007, 05:44 PM

That link takes me to a 2006 calendar.

-- Larry B.

Refresh?

Darryl

02-01-2007, 06:27 PM

MNbiker

02-01-2007, 06:49 PM

I was looking forward to doing the Test n Tune at DCTC... But it the same weekend as the National Tour in Milwaukee... I assume a good 30 uf us will make that trip... Might want to reconsider that date... OH, I see one on the 19th of August too...

I'm not too worried about having one Test & Tune opposite a National Tour event. We have plenty of members to fill a limited-entry event.

Mikes GT

02-01-2007, 09:48 PM

MNbiker

02-01-2007, 11:18 PM

That is an awesome schedule,:rockon I am excited to see a total of 6 events at DCTC!! That is My favorite location. I am going to get My brother into the Novice school this year, Will sign-up be 30 days prior to the event??

Glad you like the schedule. 8)

Registration for most events will open 30 days in advance. Registration for the Novice Schools and Evolution Schools will open a bit sooner. We won't know exactly how much sooner, until some MyAutoEvents upgrades are completed.

Gspot

02-02-2007, 12:16 AM

Why is Evolution always at Midway?

wannabfast

02-02-2007, 12:51 AM

did i miss something? why arent we at central parking this season.. not that im complaining.. good riddance.. glad to see more consistant sites, however it also means we are losing sites..
oh well, glad to see the test and tunes are at a nicer location

larry200

02-02-2007, 12:58 AM

I was looking forward to doing the Test n Tune at DCTC... But it the same weekend as the National Tour in Milwaukee... I assume a good 30 uf us will make that trip... Might want to reconsider that date... OH, I see one on the 19th of August too...

Here's the Milwaukee SCCA schedule too... Click Solo II at the top, then the 07 schedule...

http://www.scca-milwaukee.org/

Milwaukee WAI...

http://www.waiautox.org./2007/2007.html

Thanks, Darryl. I had the WAI info already, but I couldn't get to the SCCA schedule until you posted the link. (I had no idea I was so inept with computers.)

I was hoping for more two-day events in Milwaukee this year, but I can understand why they wouldn't be all that popular with the locals.

-- Larry "two-day" B.

stoooo

02-02-2007, 01:06 AM

did i miss something? why arent we at central parking this season.. not that im complaining.. good riddance..
Look at posts #8 and #9.

Stuart.

Darryl

02-02-2007, 08:05 AM

Thanks, Darryl. I had the WAI info already, but I couldn't get to the SCCA schedule until you posted the link. (I had no idea I was so inept with computers.)

I was hoping for more two-day events in Milwaukee this year, but I can understand why they wouldn't be all that popular with the locals.

-- Larry "two-day" B.

They have 4 weekend events listed... But the Chicago region will have a few events at Miller Park too... I think those events will fall on a Saturday of a WAI or SCCA event making yet another weekend event... Maybe 6 weekend events total...

I'm sure KC will have a couple too, including a couple weeked events at Heartland Park...

Back to our schedule... Nice overall MET council schedule... Full season right here in MN and just over the border... Yep, if you like DCTC you'll get your fill...

Well done guys/gals...

washburn

02-02-2007, 08:14 AM

Why is Evolution always at Midway?

Evolution has certain course requirements. The course is pre-designed and must fit into an approriately shaped space. Midway is the only place we can find that can accomodate it.

washburn

02-02-2007, 08:24 AM

That is an awesome schedule,:rockon I am excited to see a total of 6 events at DCTC!! That is My favorite location. I am going to get My brother into the Novice school this year, Will sign-up be 30 days prior to the event??

I wish I could share your enthuseasm. This is in no way a slight to anyone...you guys worked your butts off getting this schedule set and I appreciate it very much. I'm just extremely disappointed that we are a DCTC club again.

Yes, I understand....The problem is lack of sites, not lack of effort or willingness on anyones part. I can't make it clear enough that I'm not at all unhappy with the club or anyone in it...just the whole site thing. I will bias my events elsewhere, and will probably not make the minimum number of events for like the 5th year running. Sucks to not pick up any hardware at the end of the season because you didn't do enough events to qualify. (Well, it's not that big a deal, but you get the idea.) :)

I guess I'll "let" Randy take the top Pax driver of the year thing. ;) ;)

weidnerpaul

02-02-2007, 10:23 AM

Pat,
You more of a parking lot kinda guy :question:

jediracer

02-02-2007, 10:26 AM

only two sites (besides vf)? what happened?

rdub

02-02-2007, 10:28 AM

Hey Pat...I have a long way to go for PAX this year.....LOL
I sort of agree with your DCTC thing...but its a good surface anyway

StevenMosley

02-02-2007, 11:37 AM

I think DCTC is the best option we have at the moment. VF surface is horrible and everything else is to small. I'm not sure why Central is a safety issue since I have not been back in a few years, but maybe we were just a hair aggresive there.

stoooo

02-02-2007, 11:52 AM

I like DCTC a lot. It's like having a 3D site, whereas Midway and Valley Fair are a bit two dimensional. As a spectator, I really like being able to see the whole course at the flatter sites, but DCTC is such a blast to drive on. Then again, I'm still a n00b, so what do I know ?

Stuart.

austinpike

02-02-2007, 12:11 PM

DCTC did get a little old last summer, esp. with the COM events all stacked up there toward the end of the season. It will just be a challenge to come up with different ways to use it.

Losing Valleyfair as the "finale" is too bad, I really enjoy that site, despite the pavement. Their calendar doesn't show them being open in October this year, is that just something they decide later in the season?

http://www.valleyfair.com/public/information/calendar/index.cfm

MNbiker

02-02-2007, 12:15 PM

I'm not sure why Central is a safety issue since I have not been back in a few years, but maybe we were just a hair aggresive there.
Too many hard objects (walls, fences, bridge supports, light poles) too close to the driving lines. There's simply no way to design a reasonable autox course at Central that adheres to generally accepted course safety guidelines. In addition, there were some noise complaints last year that could have become a long-term PR issue with the City of St. Paul.

Darryl

02-02-2007, 12:26 PM

Looks like we need to start a new thread… I’m not a fan of DCTC because you don’t learn the things you do on a wide open parking lot… Looking ahead doesn’t seem to come into play as much… Harder to look ahead 3 of 4 elements… Not as many line choices and the runs are longer then they need to be… But it better then 8 events at Midway… And much better then nothing local at all…

Yes Pat, we need to continue our search… A few have but without success…

StevenMosley

02-02-2007, 12:53 PM

Too many hard objects (walls, fences, bridge supports, light poles) too close to the driving lines. There's simply no way to design a reasonable autox course at Central that adheres to generally accepted course safety guidelines. In addition, there were some noise complaints last year that could have become a long-term PR issue with the City of St. Paul.

I can see the noise being a problem. It was central not the best site for safety, but I have autox'd on worse sites and felt safe. The options were very limited at the site.

phile

02-02-2007, 12:54 PM

Losing Valleyfair as the "finale" is too bad, I really enjoy that site, despite the pavement. Their calendar doesn't show them being open in October this year,

Look harder:

http://www.valleyfair.com/public/information/calendar/index.cfm?calendar_id=3

AlexL

02-02-2007, 01:10 PM

Let's have a November 3/4 event at VF then.:evil:

Ivan

02-02-2007, 01:19 PM

Let's have a November 3/4 event at VF then.:evil:

For sure! With the global warming and all, November is the new October.

washburn

02-02-2007, 01:26 PM

The thing I have to be careful about is giving the impression I don't like DCTC. I actually enjoy it quite a bit. Like Randy said, it's a great surface, and it *is* fun. I've never not had fun there, put it that way.

I guess I am a parking lot guy. That's what I started on and that's what the big events are run on. I'm glad we have a nice full schedule, and it will be a great season. Given any conflicts though, I'll be on a parking lot if possible.

rdub

02-02-2007, 02:01 PM

I think the Nationals bound guys are more Parking Lot oriented
Me included.....DCTC ,being similar to a road course,guides you around the course too easily....also runoff isn't as good as a PL
it tends to favor cars with HP too(hill climbs)
but its still Ok with me

MNbiker

02-02-2007, 07:40 PM

I was trying to move all the site acquisition-related posts to a new thread, and I accidently deleted all the posts. :(

Sorry!

I do encourage these discussions, and would ask everyone to post them in the "Potential sites" thread under General Discussion.

-Steve

SUV-ETR

02-03-2007, 10:21 AM

larry200

02-06-2007, 12:53 PM

They have 4 weekend events listed... But the Chicago region will have a few events at Miller Park too... I think those events will fall on a Saturday of a WAI or SCCA event making yet another weekend event... Maybe 6 weekend events total...

The Chicago Region SCCA schedule is up and they have just one Miller Park event listed, July 28, making one more two-day event at Miller Park.

http://www.scca-chicago.com/solo/index.html

Two-day events at Miller Park (not counting the WAI driver's school):

July 7-8, National Tour
July 28-29, Chicago and Milwaukee Regions
Aug 11-12, WAI
Sep 8-9, Milwaukee Region

-- Larry "long drive for a one-day event" B.

Darryl

02-06-2007, 01:42 PM

The Chicago Region SCCA schedule is up and they have just one Miller Park event listed, July 28, making one more two-day event at Miller Park.

http://www.scca-chicago.com/solo/index.html

Two-day events at Miller Park (not counting the WAI driver's school):

July 7-8, National Tour
July 28-29, Chicago and Milwaukee Regions
Aug 11-12, WAI
Sep 8-9, Milwaukee Region

-- Larry "long drive for a one-day event" B.

...and June 9th (test and tune SCCA members only) and 10th...

So, 5 weekends in Milwaukee...

austinpike

02-06-2007, 01:55 PM

How many runs does one typically get at MKE and/or Chicago region event?

MNbiker

02-06-2007, 02:53 PM

How many runs does one typically get at MKE and/or Chicago region event?
5-6 per day, except for the National Tour, which will be 3 per day.

larry200

02-06-2007, 03:13 PM

...and June 9th (test and tune SCCA members only) and 10th...

So, 5 weekends in Milwaukee...

Wasn't thinking of the T&T, silly me. Thanks!

-- Larry "Tuning? We don't need no stinking tuning!" B.