RTTA Lessons Learned

[Finch]

Either everyone had the equipment to run in the "full out" group or they let them slide because there werent 80 + cars out there to run.
It was a road course only event and after a couple lead + follow sessions, it became a "point by, pass on the straight" event. (except for one guy who seemed to really like passing in the tighest turns on the track).
My only experience on a road course before this was RTTC2, so it was an education for me. With one of the slower cars at the event, I found myself constantly looking back and just trying to stay out of the way of the others. (The DSE peeps were really awesome and never tried to run me over, thanks, you guys rock).
You basically went out whenever and came back in as you wanted, or to gas up, in some cases. I don't think anyone felt cheated on seat time that's for sure.
The only way it could have been better is if the weather had been good, which of course is not something ASCS had any control over.
All in all, had a great time but wonder how the new rules will work at an event with a full field, like RTTC3 in a couple weeks.

We will assess the conditions at every event and determine if we need to enforce the class break. There are several factors with the main one being the amount of trouble one can get into on that particular track. For instance if there are hard barriers/walls to hit at high speed where correct and accurate breaking is required then we will want to slow the cars down that do not have the required equipment. At the RTTA event the speeds were so low due to the wet conditions it was not necessary to slow anyone down.