Re: OT: The 2024 Collapse of SCCBC Formula F racing

On 11/26/2024 1:49 PM, Alan wrote:

On 2024-11-25 10:05, Tom Elam wrote:

Alan B. refuses to answer a question about why so few drivers, including Alan, failed to even show up for races this year. Here are some statistics:
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Season Championship Statistics, 2018-2024 SCCBC Formula F Racing
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https://www.sccbc.net/racers/club-championship/
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Season Totals/Counts    2018    2019    2021*    2022    2023    2024
Total Entering**    9    10    13    13    14    10
Total Points Awarded    887    896    459    667    1028    454
Points/Driver        98.6    89.6    35.3    51.3    73.4    45.4
Count of Points Awards    98    108    53    79    121    50
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*Only 5 of normal 7 race weekends and no points awarded in June - COVID
** All drivers entering at least 1 race during the season, even if no points were awarded.
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Points were not awarded in 2020 - COVID
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The last item is a count of all instances of points being awarded for all FF class races, all drivers. Does not include instances of DNS, DNF, DQ. The low 2024 and 2021 numbers indicate a sparse matrix of race results by points awarded, thus inconsistent driver participation across the season's races.
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2024 is comparable to 2021 when first 2 races were canceled and the first one held in June had no season points awarded.
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Particularly notable is the 2023-2024 drop in total points and count of all season points awards.
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I have statistics for all open wheel classes and they show a similar pattern, but not as extreme.
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2024 compared to 2023:
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Drivers entered 37 drops to 35
Total points awarded 2530 drops to 1954
Points per driver entry drops from 68.4 to 46.9
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Of course the total includes Formula F so the other classes in total did no drop as much as Formula F.
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So Alan, what is it? Economic malaise? Drivers aging out? Mission Raceway management causing issues with SCCBC? General lack of interest? Other? All the above?
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Here's a guess on the answer, if there is one - Alan will defame me and refuse to answer.
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Of course, since he rarely shows up to race anymore he just may not even know the answer. Given this year's lack of participation I think he just does not care or has some major personal issues going on. This was a season ripe for Alan picking up a club championship.

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You believe whatever you need to believe.

 Again, Liar Alan dodges anything substantive.