OK, This is speaking just as me, John, Not for the RCPFA BOD. I think some of you are taking this event too seriously. This is NOT an ECORS Race, it's Grass Roots Motorsports. The idea is to keep the cost of entry low, and the safety risks low through good course design. Because of that the rewards are going to be low, (Think T-Shirts or plaques/small trophys) The entrants expected are people who might not have ever been in a competitive event before, and might not compete in another until the next CCTC, So a firesuit is not something they're going to use a lot.
If you come out with the intention of beating your junk as hard as you can to get a T-Shirt, and you break it in the first 200 feet, do you know what that makes you? one of the losers!
If it looks like your rig is gonna catch fire and burn to the ground when you tap a tree, you probably won't even be allowed on the course, do you know what that makes you? one of the losers!
If it looks like you are driving so recklessly on the course you are a danger to yourself or others, you will probably get taken off the course and disqualified, do you know what that makes you? one of the losers!
If you accept the event for what it's meant to be, an off road version of the 24 Hours of Lemons (Read about that here;
http://www.24hoursoflemons.com/ ) You'll come away with the idea of just coming out for the fun, and maybe to win some bragging rights (But count on that being the most valuable prize you can get!)
To get the maximum value out of the event, you should also be trying to keep your vehicle alive as long as you can. I personally won't care about my bodywork at all, but I will be trying to protect my drive line to try and get thru the whole thing, so I don't have to have the the dreaded DNF loser tag.
