AJ, Mark, and I are very happy to announce the date and details of our 7th annual practice tree race!
The 7th annual Steel City Practicee Tree Shootout practice tree race, presented by Pittsburgh Raceway Park, is set for Saturday, March 8, at New Alexandria Fire Hall, 8370 Route 22, New Alexandria PA 15670. Coming from the west, it's on the left side of Route 22 about 1/4 mile past the Sheetz at the 22/981 junction. Coming from the east on 22, it's on the right about 1/2 mile past PRP.
Saturday, March 8, 11:30am, $5 cover charge to all, which gets you lunch (menu will be fried chicken plus donated dishes from participants), 12:30 little race ($5 entry) starts, big race ($20 entry) starts after little race is completed. Double entries allowed in both. No reentry or buybacks in little race. Big race will have reentry for first round losers (win reentry round to get back into round 2). Last year, little race paid $225 to win, $100 runner up, $25 semis, $10 quarters. Big race paid $1000 to win, $300 runner up, and paid back to the 1/8ths.
Sponsors wanted! Food dishes wanted!
We thank our returning presenting sponsor:
Pittsburgh Raceway Park -
http://www.pittsburghracewaypark.com/And the great support from Carmen Tedesco, Carmen's Cafeteria, and Ionadi Auto Sales -
http://www.ionadiautos.com/Rules:
* Race 1, first round only, will have 1 time trial hit. There will be no time trial hits in round 2 through final round
* There will be no "time trial" hits in Race 2. There will be desktop/pocket trees available to practice on.
* Rollout will be able to be set for each racer by adjusting the delay.
* All rounds with the exception of the final will be best of 3. Final round is best of 5.
* How to enter: "Tech cards" will be sold at the door. Buy your "tech card" for each race you want to enter. Write your name CLEARLY on the ticket you hand in. If you are double entering, write #1 after your name on the first entry, #2 on the second.
* Pairings will be randomly drawn.
* Bye runs will be randomly drawn at the beginning of each round.
* Racing is off of the handheld button only.
* Racing is off of the bottom bulb only.
* The tree is full sized, with LED bulbs.
* Tree will be in time trial mode, or, as if both racers have the exact same dial in.
* The christmas tree decides all winners, ie, if 2 racers in competition have identical reaction times, the winner is the one whose lane is flashing on the tree.
* Double entries WILL be allowed in BOTH races!
* IF - IF!!!! - there is time and interest, we will have a top bulb race AFTER the 2 bottom bulb races. Entry and payout TBD, rules above apply
Pics from last year's event:
2013 6th annual tree race pics
