Kamloops 2009 Fall Touring Car Classic Race info

Gorden · April 07, 2009, 01:17:30 AM

Quote from: FIVE 7

Hey,

Due to us holding the CORCS Final this year on the Labour Day weekend, we will be moving our On-Road race to July 31 to Aug 2 weekend. Hopefully this works for most of you and you can attend.

Thanks,

Brent

Is the Central Saanich Days Race not on that weekend as well?

-=light=-

RC51 · April 07, 2009, 12:17:58 PM

Hi there.

Yes it is. Just check out their website. Always the first weekend in Aug. I have PM'd Brent.

P.

Blake · April 07, 2009, 02:37:18 PM

Yep, Phil is correct. CSD is always the August long weekend, which is Aug 1-3 this year. Hopefully Brent can make a change since it would suck to have to choose between these races.

Blake

haddow · April 07, 2009, 03:00:57 PM

Yes that would suck, well only for the Vic guys since the Kamloops guys dont have to make a choice (ie they dont come here EVER anyway.)

RC51 · April 07, 2009, 06:54:42 PM

Here's a reply from Brent:

"I am really sorry but we are going to have to stick to our schedule. As much as it may impact us on attendance, we are simply not able to move the date. If we move it forward, it will conflict with our "Hot Nite in the City" show n Shine Downtown Kamloops and moving it back will put it too close to our "Kamloops Electric Off-Road Challenge" Race. Two big events within 3 weeks is just too much, especially for our small club and durring the summer months. We did however work our schedule around "Speedweekend" and there is talk of some of us making the trip down this year. We had no idea of the "Central Saanich Days Event". All of our club members voted on our schedule last weekend and agreed it was fine so I tried to work it around the CORCS races as well and even that wasn't easy. "

P.

Gorden · April 07, 2009, 07:50:04 PM

that's to bad that they went ahead and put in on the weekend as I posted last sept that we had a race on that weekend

http://www.rctech.net/forum/4883720-post123.html

BigDawg · April 07, 2009, 08:39:00 PM

who the hell has a fall classic in the middle of summer? cant see why it isnt in mid sept like it has been for the last how ever many years,owell sanich dayz here i come

weekend camper · April 07, 2009, 08:45:43 PM

It simplifies my fall travel plans is all.

Blake · April 07, 2009, 08:46:48 PM

Hmmm, that is a shame.

For the local IROCCers, I will need a "club consensus" decision on this before starting talks with Central Saanich. That is, if a large group of racers is heading to Kamloops, then I can't really promise Central Saanich that we'll be there this year.

As a "double shame", racers from Vancouver will now be faced with a decision of where to race that weekend. And I don't know that we'd win out on that one.

In partial defense to Kamloops, there are only so many weekends to go around, and it sounds like they didn't know about Central Saanich Days which is completely understandable.

Your thoughts all? And keep it clean....

Blake

Gorden · April 07, 2009, 09:00:01 PM

Maybe we should talk about it at our 1st out door race.

WhoDoYouThink · April 07, 2009, 09:30:15 PM

Kamloops who?

I went... once, and for me, once was more than enough!

We should concentrate on running our race(s) and supporting our local sponsors and those that support IROCC year after year after year.
If the Kamloops racers want to show up that's fine, the more the merrier. If not, oh well...
It's not like they've made it to our Speed Weekend or Central Saanich Days races in years past.

As for the Van guys, and the up-island guys, I hope they choose to come visit and race with IROCC here in Victoria again.

Just MPO, for what it is worth.

Gorden · April 07, 2009, 10:24:15 PM

Quote from: WhoDoYouThink on April 07, 2009, 09:30:15 PM
Kamloops who?

I went... once, and for me, once was more than enough!

We should concentrate on running our race(s) and supporting our local sponsors and those that support IROCC year after year after year.
If the Kamloops racers want to show up that's fine, the more the merrier. If not, oh well...
It's not like they've made it to our Speed Weekend or Central Saanich Days races in years past.

As for the Van guys, and the up-island guys, I hope they choose to come visit and race with IROCC here in Victoria again.

Just MPO, for what it is worth.

I agree. Supporting our local sponsors and those that support IROCC is important
Stay with our race if we pass on it this year what happens to the race in 2010?

Gorden

haddow · April 07, 2009, 11:07:37 PM

I'm sorry but Saanich days is also well established, it HAS to fall on a certain weekend, and that weekend is pre-determined and the same each year. I can tell you what day it will be four years from now.

In addition we often make a up significant number of entries at the kamloops race, more than from any other single region that attend the Fall Classic. That said our schedule, planned a year in advance, should have been weighted much heavier in their decision.

Furthermore we have had two major races back to back (within three weeks of each other) without a problem (last year) so that argument is a lame duck in my opinion also.

We shouldnt even be asking "who might go to kamloops" since we have race here.

We do as much as we can do accomodate everyone and kamloops has never made an appearance at one of our races.

And now they schedule a race on the same weekend as ours. Unacceptable, sorry but that is my opinion... especially considering the support we have shown them!!! not impressed.

Jody

weekend camper · April 08, 2009, 12:46:17 AM

While I for one won't speak badly of Kamloops, their club or their track ....

beer gardens, shade trees, a clean lacrosse box and multiple flush toilets have an undeniable appeal.

I would really hate to lose the goodwill of the Lions by missing one year of Central Saanich Days.

Gorden · April 08, 2009, 12:50:58 AM

Quote from: weekend camper on April 08, 2009, 12:46:17 AM
While I for one won't speak badly of Kamloops, their club or their track ....

beer gardens, shade trees, a clean lacrosse box and multiple flush toilets have an undeniable appeal.

I would really hate to lose the goodwill of the Lions by missing one year of Central Saanich Days.

I don't think any one is speaking badly of them. Just the dates they are going to use. I for one also like
beer gardens, shade trees, a clean lacrosse box and multiple flush toilets