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:
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Originally Posted by xntrx
-What time of the year is best?
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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.
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Grouping, Should the cars be allowed to:
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Depends on fleet size. At GGP & SMCC, the vehicles went out 1 minute apart. "Clumping" will result at that interval.
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Should there be a amateur classification?
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That might lessen the intimidation factor of a long-running event.
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.