At 8:37 p.m. Eastern on Wednesday, August 5, the SCCA announced the big news via an online town hall meeting: The 2020 Tire Rack SCCA Solo Championships and all associated events would not take place. Blame COVID-19.
The big risk in addition to getting people sick: losing access to what the Solo community considers a one-of-one venue. “The city and site …
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john's datsun so much.
A cornerstone of Solo Nats is all the social events.
the hardcore competitors can claim all they want that the 6 minutes of seat time is the only thing that matters...
but it's NOT, and lots of people were already going to stay home anyway.
Had the event gone forward it would have been a shell of what it's supposed to be.
I personally believe the event would have been unable to survive a PR nightmare of anything related to a covid uptick in the city.. even if it wasn't related to the event.
I went to a event last weekend at mid Ohio that was the size of TT nats.. maybe not even that big.. and it's close to the limit of any event I am going to attend for the near future.
Yes, totally, a big part of the event is the socialization. Sadly we missed last year's event due to a hurricane. Personally, I'm really bummed to not go this year. We can chat over the internet, but there's something about working a corner with a buddy.
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