NASA NorCal published the schedule for the April race weekend, and I have to say, it’s pretty lousy. Each day, there’s a 10-minute practice, a 20-minute qualifying session, and a 20-minute race. And those times are TOTAL, including pace car laps, cool-down laps, etc.
The SCCA weekends have 30-minute practices, 20-minute qualifying, and 30-minute races — and those are the actual durations of those events. SCCA includes a buffer between each race group to get one group off the track and another one on. NASA includes no such buffer so the published times have to include those group setup times.
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The schedule did indeed suck, though the races ended up being 25 minutes. The 10 minute practice session was as big of a let down as I expected it to be.
The races, on the other hand, were excellent
Thanks laz. I did check out the results. Looks like a decent turnout, but none in my class (PTC).
But the way it appears from Saturday, you all got 3 laps during practice, 5 laps during qualifying, and a 9 lap race. Glad I skipped it.
For reference, at the SCCA race a couple weekends ago, group 5 got 15 laps in practice, a 10 lap qualifying, and a 15 lap race, at Infineon, same track.
But I’m glad the racing was fun. Racing is almost always fun, no matter how short the session.