12/17/2009 Written by SCCA Communications
Recognizing
the need for changes, the Sports Car Club of America ’s Board of
Directors has begun actions based upon the report of the committee it
commissioned to review events at the 2009 Runoffs A Sedan race and to
make resulting recommendations. The committee was not asked to find
fault in individuals, but was to focus on identifying what went wrong
and how our processes can be modified to prevent situations like this
from happening.
The report, prepared by John Bornholdt, Bob
Corbitt , John Nesbitt, Jim Wheeler, and Kent Prather, provided
recommendations regarding operating procedures, policies, facility
design, operating tools and equipment, and organizational functions and
communications. The layout of some of our facilities, the lack of
harmonious working relationships between some of our specialties, the
absence of CRB and staff involvement in determining the tech plan, and
in some cases not following our existing practices all contributed to
the unfortunate outcome.
In addition to actions currently
underway, the Board has directed that the Vice President of Club
Racing, Terry Ozment, the 2010 Chairman of the Stewards, David Nokes,
and the Runoffs Chief Steward, Jim Averett, report at the Board’s May
meeting the results of their initiating actions in response to the
review committee’s recommendations.
