"but what about the people who didnt get a round 1? do they get their $$ credited for the next event or is it gone?"
I asked that question Sunday afternoon---presently : and I quote
" No, thank you very much for your donation to the SCTA."
Wham bam thank you mam!!
It's all spelled out in the El Mirage Procedures:
http://scta-bni.org/pdf/2014/2014%20El%20Mirage%20Procedures%20Final_C.pdfII. DEFINITIONS & PRELIMINARY MATTERS
B. “Official meet”
A meet shall be considered an official meet upon completion of the timed run of the first vehicle to race.
X. POST-MEET PROCEDURES, MISC.
B. Entry Fee Refund
No refund of the entry fees will be given to any entrant after commencement of an “official meet”.
SCTA loses money on every lakes meet (thank God for Speedweek). A wind shortened event doesn't reduce the cost of the event at all and actually reduces the income a bit because the sales trailer shuts down. They still have to pay full price for the event insurance, fire/ambulance(s), BLM cost recovery fees (
), porta-crappers, generator fuels, etc...
That doesn't change the fact that it's a shitty, no-win situation. In the 10 years I have been doing this, this is the first time I have not seen at least the first round completed. Especially on a 2 day meet. When the wind was already blowing at 6am Sunday morning I just knew that we were in for a long day.