Can someone please explain to me the reason registration for races close a week to a week and a half before the event?
I understand that heat sheets need to be printed, I suppose all that time is needed because we still use woodblock printing? I print papers several times a week and I can do it in about 50 seconds. Are these things being mailed by the Pony Express or something?
My next best guess is to give other racers enough notice on whether a class makes it or not. If only 4 guys register then I can understand them not wanting to show up to the lake just to be told they can't run.
But if a class has already met the 5 boat min what harm is there in allowing registration up to the night before the race, even the morning of? No reason a pen can't be used.
So can someone with more NAMBA exp. then myself tell me why racers are sent to the curb instead of the oval when they miss a bogus deadline by a day or two?
I understand that heat sheets need to be printed, I suppose all that time is needed because we still use woodblock printing? I print papers several times a week and I can do it in about 50 seconds. Are these things being mailed by the Pony Express or something?
My next best guess is to give other racers enough notice on whether a class makes it or not. If only 4 guys register then I can understand them not wanting to show up to the lake just to be told they can't run.
But if a class has already met the 5 boat min what harm is there in allowing registration up to the night before the race, even the morning of? No reason a pen can't be used.
So can someone with more NAMBA exp. then myself tell me why racers are sent to the curb instead of the oval when they miss a bogus deadline by a day or two?
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