Deb
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I was disappointed yesterday when I jumped on Discord and found that we were missing 24 Hours of SPA. I hold myself accountable for that because I was thinking it was not on the schedule this year, but that was LeMans, not SPA. But then I thought even if I had put up a thread about it, we probably could not have fielded a team there anyway. Why not? Because some folks only want to drive a certain car, some folks only want to race with people with a certain iRating, etc., etc.. When I came to B2O, I thought it was such an amazing place to learn to race. We had league races every week where we could practice our racecraft without being concerned about losing iRating. I know, you say iRating doesn't matter, but actions speak louder than words, and it clearly does, particularly now that everyone's iRating counts on an endurance team. Several of you have said you don't want to race in the lower splits, which is understandable. So, yes, iRating does matter.
What I loved most was how endurance racing brought us all together. We all got to know each other, learned from each other and I think we all developed an incredible bond. It was not so much about the racing, as the fun we had with so many of us sharing in the same event. If you think about all the hilarious and sometimes painful things we went through during those races. But we aren't encouraging that anymore. I know schedules change, lives change, but if we want to encourage a team spirit, we need to have a place where drivers of all skills feel welcome. But that means we have to be available to race together, mentor each other and laugh at each other. The idea of racing once a week in a iRacing series race doesn't work for being together or for those trying to build their iRating. We end up in different splits and for those working on racecraft, there's the fear of losing iRating. I would propose we go back to Friday night league racing. Can be a simpler format and why would we be concerned if any given week 20 people show up or only 2???? I just think we need to get back to being a B2O team, and can't think of another way to do that.
What I loved most was how endurance racing brought us all together. We all got to know each other, learned from each other and I think we all developed an incredible bond. It was not so much about the racing, as the fun we had with so many of us sharing in the same event. If you think about all the hilarious and sometimes painful things we went through during those races. But we aren't encouraging that anymore. I know schedules change, lives change, but if we want to encourage a team spirit, we need to have a place where drivers of all skills feel welcome. But that means we have to be available to race together, mentor each other and laugh at each other. The idea of racing once a week in a iRacing series race doesn't work for being together or for those trying to build their iRating. We end up in different splits and for those working on racecraft, there's the fear of losing iRating. I would propose we go back to Friday night league racing. Can be a simpler format and why would we be concerned if any given week 20 people show up or only 2???? I just think we need to get back to being a B2O team, and can't think of another way to do that.
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