by chappy » Sun Jul 08, 2018 4:37 pm
Proxies are a lot of work , just ask any organizer. So its not just getting the cars and racing them, not just fixing those with issues, not just paying little extras. It is a real organizing nightmare at times. Cars with the same numbers , ensuring equality in qualifications and racing , keeping notes to answer questions , sorting through specific cars notes to ensure it is set according to the owners specs. Finding a date that works for all the drivers and marshalls, recording and phototaking , record keeping , ensuring all the cars get run in proper order, , no missed laps , no added laps. Doing the reports for qually results then race results then repacking just as it was unpacked , reporting on problem cars, and then the post on the forum and then the post to the next host. All the while as the host you likely didnt even get to drive the cars . And thats just the host , The organizer has even more to do , setting up the proxy, the fina ces the entries the dates receiving the entries , perhaps the concours , prizes , shipping addresses, maintaining the schedules , boxing up all the cars in the transportation crate, making sure all your cars are carefully wrapped and packaged for the start of the trip around the proxy curcuit.
All for the love of the hobby and to help it thrive.
No gold medals , no rewards , just that of having the pleasure of seeing the running all of the entrants cars .
Money usually dosent even enter the equation beyond the entry fees.
But it is a love affair of the hobby.
Bob