SPECIALTY "FUN" RACES
To add even more fun and track time to the race weekend, we will typically offer at least one "all-comer" fun race and a 60-minute "enduro" race in addition to class-specific races (at no extra charge). All enduro and fun races are included in your registration for the weekend, but you must declare your intent to participate for timing & scoring purposes. Drivers must sign up for one or both events in Tech on Thursday/Friday.
Happy Hour Bracket Challenge at Roebling Road
How to enter
This is a team race - 3 cars per team. Sign up your 3-car team and list a predicted best lap time for each car.
Sign up your team in Tech Friday before 3pm
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Grid will be "first come, first served."
Finishing position in the session does not matter and scores 0 points.
Scoring is broken down into 3 categories plus a wild-card.
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The Team with lap times closest to their predicted time. *Lap times will also be the tiebreaker for equal team scores.
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Creativity of Team names. All team names must be "Happy Hour" themed. For example: "The beer belly boys" or "racing rummies" (to give a couple of really lame examples).
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Happy Hour- themed decorations. This can be a paddock decoration, car decorations, driver uniforms, crew uniforms-this is only Iimited by your imagination.
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Wildcard points
Bribing the bracket-race director (that'd be Doug!). As you should know by now, Doug's official policy is that all bribery will be given out as door prizes at the awards ceremony (tasty consumable bribes being the exception to the rule).
Hurricane Challenge Race at Roebling Road
Hurricane Sandy struck New Jersey and New York in 2012. Same name as our race registrar. Coincidence? Hmmmmm...
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First landfall in Jamaica
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Then Cuba and the Bahamas
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Became the largest physical storm on record - 1100 miles diameter
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Eventually came ashore in the US near Atlantic City. Dominated the news for several weeks.
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lmpacted 24 states before it was over
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Top speed 115 mph - a Category 3
Winner of our Hurricane Challenge race Saturday afternoon will be the first car to pass Start/Finish in the time it would have taken Hurricane Sandy to run 15 laps at Roebling Road Raceway if we could have kept her on track. Time starts when the first car crosses the start line and trips the timing computer.
Hint; math and good luck required.
Wild Hare Run at VIR
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Limited to 60 Entries
Deadline: Friday Afternoon
You must sign up by the end of the drivers meeting on Friday!
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The Wild Hare Run is a pursuit race that is gridded at the covered False Grid at the top of the hill.
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The cars are lined up in reverse order of qualifying time: the car with the slowest times from Friday's practice sessions takes the poll. Come early because this can be a confusing and involved process for our grid marshals.
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Cars will then be staged single file in the hot pits and released at intervals dictated by their official times. Theoretically, all the cars should cross the finish line at the end of the race at the same time; but, of course, that never happens. Since the number of laps for the race is a closely guarded secret and sandbagging qualifying is frowned upon, attempts to "game" the system are usually futile.
​Road Atlanta "Lucky Dog" Race
For all the hard-core racers who can't get enough track time, you get one more chance to get on track and have some fun. For this event, only one of the competitors will be awarded the "Luck Dawg" Trophy. As far as how you can earn this prestigious award--it will be determined according to a complicated, super secret formula developed by the brain trust of your VDCA Leadership Team. The winner will be announced, and awards given at the Saturday night party. Must be present to win!
Rules!
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​ Have fun!
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There is no rule #2
VDCA 60-Minute Enduro
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The Enduro races are typically scheduled for Sunday mornings. You must declare your intent to run in Tech by NOON on Saturday and indicate any driver(s) with whom you may be sharing the ride. Co-drivers must be registered as drivers for the event.
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You will be gridded based on your best lap in practice, qualifying and race times Friday and Saturday.
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The Enduro must end on time so promptly drive to the grid when called. If the race starts late due to gridding problems, it could be shortened.
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There is a 5-minute MANDATORY pit stop, measured by Timing and Scoring Pit-in to Pit-out. T & S will assess a one-lap penaly if this minimum is not observed.
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The Pit lane speed is limited to 40 miles per hour ( i.e. approximately pace car speed).
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Refueling - if you are going to refuel during the Enduro, the driver must be out of the car and a minimum of two people is required.
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Both people must be fully covered in protective gear including a helmet.
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One person will do the actual refueling while the second will hold a fire extinguisher at the ready during the process.
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The entrant must provide the extinguisher.
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Additional crew must stay behind the wall.
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The Steward will assess a one-lap penalty if any of the refueling rules are not observed.
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You may make as many pit stops as you desire.​
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There is no requirement to change drivers or refuel during your pit stop.​
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If not refueling, any crew member over the pit wall must wear long pants and closed toed footwear.
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The Enduro field inclues a variety of cars with vastly different speed potential.
Courtesy and consideration of faster and slower cars is expected.
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Remember -- there is no prize money or trophy for winning the Enduro, just Fame and Glory.