newbie
Posted: Wed Mar 13, 2013 6:51 pm
Our club is hosting a race for the first time. We bought a new 4 lane track, a Champ time, Grand Prix Race Manager software. I took over the planning. I have the software running and the timer hooked up for testing. I've created a .cvs file of racers and I've imported it and played around. I'm very confused by the different methods of scheduling. (I'm pretty sure I found and read the bulk of resources so I know the background). I think Perfect N is the way to go.
We group our kids in to 4 groups. So far it looks like I have 26, 8, 7, 9 but I'm waiting on 4 more clubs to report in. It will probably end up looking like 40, 18, 17, 19.
We traditionally award 1st, 2nd 3rd place or each age group.
I anticipate a Perfect N but run group by group but I'm not wrapping my head around how the software will score it all.
Maybe I should do 4 unique rosters, one for each group and just "start over" before the next group begins?
We thought we could do it by having each car run 3x (not once/lane for the sake of time). Average those times (or total) and voila.
Doesn't seem to be quite that simple though.
I'm not opposed to running each car 4x if it makes my life easier! I'm worried about how long it will take to run the larger group though. I'm committed to really having this thought out to maximize efficiency. We're having a test run Friday night, play around a bit Saturday and Monday night is go time.
I'm worried if 40 racers run in a group, each car 4 runs it will push an hour until their done. That's probably too long.
We group our kids in to 4 groups. So far it looks like I have 26, 8, 7, 9 but I'm waiting on 4 more clubs to report in. It will probably end up looking like 40, 18, 17, 19.
We traditionally award 1st, 2nd 3rd place or each age group.
I anticipate a Perfect N but run group by group but I'm not wrapping my head around how the software will score it all.
Maybe I should do 4 unique rosters, one for each group and just "start over" before the next group begins?
We thought we could do it by having each car run 3x (not once/lane for the sake of time). Average those times (or total) and voila.
Doesn't seem to be quite that simple though.
I'm not opposed to running each car 4x if it makes my life easier! I'm worried about how long it will take to run the larger group though. I'm committed to really having this thought out to maximize efficiency. We're having a test run Friday night, play around a bit Saturday and Monday night is go time.
I'm worried if 40 racers run in a group, each car 4 runs it will push an hour until their done. That's probably too long.