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Naturally we were disappointed that Cherokee Trails had been cancelled. We were really looking forward to it and Andy B had been working hard to get the car ready in time. (Man, it's *suh-weet!*)
Instead of being cancelled, we felt CT could have been shortened to just one day and we still would have run it, but we're not in the shoes of John and Kendall. My guess is that they stood to lose even more money than those of us with non-refundable tickets and all the other lost expenses. Each organizer, though part of a series, must still make sound financial decisions, even if it means that we, the competitors, incur signifanct losses as well.
Anyway, with the cancellation of Cherokee, Brian and I talked at length about our options. These options included switching to R-A for the remaining races, running just the "local" events or "favorite" events regardless of sanctioning body, or tackling the seven remaining USRC rallies.
Both sanctioning bodies offer outstanding events and outstanding competition and we will not presume to tell people what events they should pick. We'll say only that made our choice based on our own situation, goals, and geography.
After weighing the various factors including cost and travel time, we have therefore decided to stay with the USRC season.
Further, we felt it important to publicly state our support for the USRC despite the unfortunate loss of CT for '06.
We wanted to go public with our decision because we hope that people will not pull out of New York in a knee-jerk reaction to the CT problem.
It's too bad we lost CT. It's a real bummer that so many people were left holding non-refundable tickets, lost wages, and all the other expense associated with a canceled rally.
Still, let's not make matters worse. We encourage those of you who entered RNY to attend the event. If you were thinking about RNY without any possibility of Oregon, get your entry in soon. The reverse is true as well--get your entries in early to Oregon if you're thinking about attending.
We look forward to the competition.
Rally on!
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[p align=right]John Dillon
John @ WidgetRacing.com
[A href="http://www.WidgetRacing.com"]Widget Rally Team[/a]
[a href="http://www.Perforce.com/wrt"]Perforce Software[/a]
Instead of being cancelled, we felt CT could have been shortened to just one day and we still would have run it, but we're not in the shoes of John and Kendall. My guess is that they stood to lose even more money than those of us with non-refundable tickets and all the other lost expenses. Each organizer, though part of a series, must still make sound financial decisions, even if it means that we, the competitors, incur signifanct losses as well.
Anyway, with the cancellation of Cherokee, Brian and I talked at length about our options. These options included switching to R-A for the remaining races, running just the "local" events or "favorite" events regardless of sanctioning body, or tackling the seven remaining USRC rallies.
Both sanctioning bodies offer outstanding events and outstanding competition and we will not presume to tell people what events they should pick. We'll say only that made our choice based on our own situation, goals, and geography.
After weighing the various factors including cost and travel time, we have therefore decided to stay with the USRC season.
Further, we felt it important to publicly state our support for the USRC despite the unfortunate loss of CT for '06.
We wanted to go public with our decision because we hope that people will not pull out of New York in a knee-jerk reaction to the CT problem.
It's too bad we lost CT. It's a real bummer that so many people were left holding non-refundable tickets, lost wages, and all the other expense associated with a canceled rally.
Still, let's not make matters worse. We encourage those of you who entered RNY to attend the event. If you were thinking about RNY without any possibility of Oregon, get your entry in soon. The reverse is true as well--get your entries in early to Oregon if you're thinking about attending.
We look forward to the competition.
Rally on!
[hr]
[p align=right]John Dillon
John @ WidgetRacing.com
[A href="http://www.WidgetRacing.com"]Widget Rally Team[/a]
[a href="http://www.Perforce.com/wrt"]Perforce Software[/a]