[MetroMPG]

I've never organized one, but have gone to a few...

See also: http://ecomodder.com/forum/showthrea...3-a-24143.html . Organizer nerdboy is an EcoModder member.

Also, GGP: http://ecomodder.com/forum/showthrea...9-a-24524.html

My random thoughts on some of your questions:

Originally Posted by xntrx

-What time of the year is best?

For best results, the shoulder seasons where it's not so hot that A/C is required (not that any serious competitor would use it!)


The GGP is run too early in the year for my liking. Cool & not enough prep time/weather to get "this year's" new mods ready.

Grouping, Should the cars be allowed to:

Depends on fleet size. At GGP & SMCC, the vehicles went out 1 minute apart. "Clumping" will result at that interval.

Should there be a amateur classification?

That might lessen the intimidation factor of a long-running event.

Minimum Speed rules

SMCC does this, with a time/speed/distance rally format. You actually have to drive quite hard to make each checkpoint without getting penalized. I think it's a bit too hard... for the car I was driving, anyway. (Winning the event with the worst ever fill-up I'd done in my 2000 Insight!)

But I think a maximum course time is a good idea to keep people from hindering traffic.