BIG NEWS! Rally America annouces Big Sponsorship deal in Group 2
Posted by john vanlandingham
Dave Grenwis Professional Moderator Location: Minneapolis, MN Join Date: 08/16/2012 Age: Midlife Crisis Posts: 125 Rally Car: '92 VW Golf |
With RA increasing regional license fees and regional entry fees at national events, it seems to me like they are trying to push entries towards national. Or they wanted more money from people that signed up as regional.
If we only look at the 100AW entry list, the first theory is working (or the second theory is failing) They get more $ than last year either way  .
National and N/R entries for 100AW 2016 - 32 of 68, 47% 2015 - 17 of 59, 28% I need to buy tires for this season so its got me thinking. Since NRS is also offering contingency on Maxxis, I could see how a regional team could talk themselves into buying a set of tires to compete with both sanctions and possibly entering national RA if 2wd, seeing that they will get no return (monetary or product) for running other brand tires but some chance with these. Some of us run both NRS and RA events because they are close, so this isn't a stretch. For the record, I'm not sold on a spec tire for 2wd. "Spec Fiesta" if it existed? ok, I could see that. "B Spec" I can see that too. Personally, I wish that RA did something more like NRS and just made National Events national for all entries. One license, one entry fee, one results list. It would be fun to see more 10-30 year old cars getting champagne sprayed on them while $100k fiestas sat by the wayside. Dave Grenwis - DG Rally - www.dgrally.com |
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Did i miss the results posted somewhere in what I would call "Normal Virtually Everywhere in the Whole World Standard Format"? You know the one that lets you follow stage by stage in a simple and clear format--which is maybe why it is the Normal Virtually Everywhere in the Whole World Standard Format? Like this: 
Maybe it should be called Old Folks format since it has been the norm for decades... Oh and congrats on your rally-smoto debut..Hope the bike din't smite you too bad. John Vanlandingham Sleezattle, WA, USA Vive le Prole-le-ralliat www.rallyrace.net/jvab CALL +1 206 431-9696 Remember! Pacific Standard Time is 3 hours behind Eastern Standard Time. |
Anders Green Mod Moderator Location: Raleigh, NC Join Date: 03/30/2006 Age: Possibly Wise Posts: 1,478 Rally Car: Parked |
Nope, you didn't miss it. I think that way IS old and the world is behind. This format is ridiculously more obvious to follow. I know you and I disagree on this.  Hugs!
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We've had that for about five years Grant. Scroll down and find "Graphs of race closeness".Grassroots rally. It's what I think about. |
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What's scrolling? Do you mean swipe down? Grant Hughes |
Anders Green Mod Moderator Location: Raleigh, NC Join Date: 03/30/2006 Age: Possibly Wise Posts: 1,478 Rally Car: Parked |
Apparently, only 33% of people. That's how many clicked through to see the detailed results. So two thirds... just aren't interested. I'm sorry, I know you feel they SHOULD be, but they aren't.
The metrics say the "bounce rate" (which is how many people land on the page... and then within seconds leave) was cut in half with the new design. So yes, it does show up better one smart phones, and that's where a lot of the traffic is coming from. That's not "like, my opinion, man", that's before and after data comparing different presentation methods. If the data said that this new way sucked, I'd change it back, or try something else, but it performs about 50% better on all metrics. John, I can't make everyone go home and sit at a huge computer before they look at the scores. More and more are coming from mobile devices. So I can either make it as engaging as possible so that they can love rally as much as possible... or I can tell them to piss off and that some other way is the way they're supposed to like it.
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