[Swan217]

Ben,

Great idea scoring the Thursday Practice Rounds, if you can make it work. It would definately help the teams who haven't competed yet.

At Finger Lakes we had 12 matches as well. I can't speak for the pits, who will probably say it is a pain if you have bots that break down often. From a spectator point of view, it seemed as if our team barely had enough time to go sit down before they had to jump back up for the next match, but it was exciting to keep the pace as it was. I personally liked 12, and it was also great from a ranking point of view, because it dilluted the effects of a loss on a team's record. Plus, drivers got a LOT more practice. With only 33 teams, I would say 10 or 11 Matches if other people say that 12 is too many.

From a volunteer point of view, 20 min lunch is too short.

I'd also like to hear what other teams who have actually played 12 matches think about the time in between.