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All I know is what we were told at our meeting about missed patrols. Feel free to straighten us out about that. I think maybe you got a pair of noids.
I belonged to an Elmo club for 5 years, 2008-2012.
I worked 4 patrol sessions.
I did about 10 course walks and picked up a lot of debris.
One time my foot was swollen to double it's size and purple. The first doc said I was fine. Later it was found I had a broken shinbone. Yeah, that was painful but I did it, and found glass and pieces of metal on the track.
I put reflective tape on the barriers after someone drove through them. Nobody could make a decision, so I did it because it was needed.
I was asked to wind Bville wire, so other than a 30 min break, I worked hard at it and pulled my weight.
I did a course prep when asked.
I pickup up cones twice. Once when not asked, another when I was asked.This exceeds the "one duty a year" by over double.
But in October, after the race patrols, I did not pick up cones, but I worked 2 patrol duties. Nobody told I was going to be picking up cones before Sunday, or Sunday morning, or at the patrol meeting, nor was it printed on the patrol instructions. We found out at the end of the race, but there was no way to haul the trailer 30 minutes after the event. So I made a stupid decision to leave. I apologized profusely to multiple people, and asked that I could make up it.
Apologies aren't accepted. Repair is not accepted.
I've picked up thousands of cones in the last 13 years of "cone" type racing courses, and laid out courses. Elmo has just a few cones.
When a very dedicated and well-liked SCTA member publishes that I don't work, it hurts.
Even though I've tried to make up for it, that's not going to fly. I'm sorry again.
It appears that the story has been spread to other clubs, so now I guess I'm out of the game. Nobody wants a lazy racer who won't work.
That's not who I aim, and never have been. I've organized complete events, set up schools for new racers, and worked hundreds of events in my racing hobby.
I'm told I'm not the kind of person that LSR is a good match for. Yeah, I can accept that. But I'm not lazy, I'm a very good (and safe) racer, and I have always helped other racers of all kinds when needed.
So I guess this is goodbye. No clubby, no raccy.
I don't mind that, but I do mind people who say I'm unprofessional. The racing community is actually under 1% of car guys. It's a small world.
I screwed up, but it was not something I could fix that day after the race. Both of us had to abandon important work to attend, and both had problems afterwards because we did not have 12 hours free, but worked our duty because we promised we would.
Again, if someone would have mentioned the cones at any time before the race, we would have done it.
PS - I apologize for hijacking this new racer's thread, but perhaps this is important to all racers. Ask a LOT of questions prior to leaving to attend any events. And I apologize ripping Jim a new one, that was immature, I don't think well when I'm hurt.