Round #1 - Qualcomm - January 27th

[billcox]

The 2008 SDKA Championship Season kicks off this Sunday, January 27th at Qualcomm Stadium on the West Course #3 - Reverse (CCW). We ran this same layout last September.

Registration and Pre-Race Safety Tech open at 7am.
Track Setup will begin 7:30-8am. Members are required to perform two (2) track setups and two (2) track teardowns to qualify for year end awards.

Driver's Meeting - 8:30am
Practice - 9am by groups: Kids Karts, Juniors, Senior Pipe/Cans, TaG, and Shifters; 5-minutes each; two rounds. TaG and Shifters may be split into smaller groups, if the numbers warrant.
Qualifying (AMB Transponders required) follows practice around 10:30-11am. Qualifying and race order will be posted during practice but always begins with the Kids Karts.

We're expecting a larger than normal turnout as the SKUSA WinterNationals Rounds #3 and #4 will be racing on the same West Course #3 (CCW) the following weekend; February 1-3. TaG and Shifter classes should be full.

Come prepared with the Registration and Pre-Race Safety Tech Forms completed, and your check filled out. Send me a private message to [e-mail]; I'll email you the forms, if you don't have them.

Sorry, SDKA does not have preregistration.

There is no fuel vendor at SDKA events. I can also email you the SDKA fuel program, if you aren't familiar.

Eagle One Motorsports will be providing complimentary hot coffee and fruit in the morning; hamburgers, hotdogs and chicken on the barbeque for lunch.

Pit Area will be inside the Ring Road in the customary spot; however, we will be arranging the pit configuration differently because of the large turnout. Watch for and follow instructions of the officials helping in the Pit Area.

[Doug Ring]

Just a reminder, for 2008 SDKA is now a "rain or shine" club. Looks like Sunday may be a mixed day - damp in the morning, then clearing in the afternoon.

[R Giffin]

If it rains, are rain tires required? or can we use our slicks in the rain?

[billcox]

Read the bottom of page 6 from the December Inside Line.

If the Race Director declares a Rain Condition, the qualify and race tire rule is waived. Commercially produced rain tires or legal dry tires then become a driver option. Only one set of legal dry tires (slicks) may be used; however, rain tires may be replaced at driver's discretion. Hand grooved dry tires are not allowed.

[billcox]

Due to the flu bug, the Eagle One team will not be on hand to provide complimentary hot coffee and fruit tomorrow morning; or hamburgers, hot dogs and chicken from the barbeque.

They plan to be with us at the February 10th Qualcomm race on the Southeast track.

Plan accordingly.

[Mike Campbell]

What happened, I went down to watch and nobody was there. I was not prepared to race yet but wanted to watch the racing in the rain.

[billcox]

At 6am it was a downpour; the wind blowing so hard I watched the porta potties skoot along the pavement. Wondered how long before they began to turn over (none did that I saw)!
By 7am the rain was intermittent but still lots of wind.
By 8am we had 15-16 drivers but only 5-6 had tires/equipment to race in the wet conditions; still raining on/off and some wind. The Race Director and SDKA President made the call to cancel the event for financial reasons. It would have been a serious financial blow to SDKA to turn on the race day machine for only 5-6 drivers; eventhough it did turn out to be a nice day...until 3pm or so...no one on slicks could have taken the track until late morning.
February 10th on the Southeast track is up next for SDKA.