FAST Duel 2013 Invitations

[Loren]

Being a limited entry event (only 48 entries), we'll start by inviting all of those who qualify as "members". (we sometimes miss one or two, if you think you qualify as a member and you aren't on the list, let me know and I'll look into it... a member is anyone who competed in at least 5 events in the 2012-2013 season)

I'll post that list here first, and give it until November 10th. If you're on the list and don't intend to register, please post here or PM or email me. On the 10th, I'll be personally emailing any members who have not registered or stated that they aren't going to register, and I'd like to keep that email list as short as possible. Then, I'll give it a few more days before adding the first group of non-members to the invitee list if there are still openings.

THIS POST will be the invitation list and will be kept updated. If you're not on this list, DO NOT REGISTER. It ain't gonna fly. You're not gonna sneak in, you'll just end up getting deleted.

Initial Invitation List
(these people have all attended 5+ events in the 2012-13 season and are "FAST Members")
Albin Santiago
Alex Ross
Andrew Scoda
Anthony Briody
Ben Pickhardt
Ben Wheaton
Bob Tamandli
Brian Kollar
Carlos Velasco
Charles Stowe
Chris Meier
Chuck Ray
David Oneil
Doug Adams
Doug Buckheim
Dustin Tatem
Ed Courtemanche
Elizabeth Swayne
Eric Born
Eva Chang
Evan Nedav
Evan Warner
Gerry Hernandez
Greg Antonyants
Greg Rojna
Howard Sharf
Jamie Sculerati
Jason Ball
Jeremy Damico
Jeremy Williams
Jesse Olsen
Jesse Switek
Jim Reid
Jim Ross
Jim Swayne
Joe Brannon
Joe Vance
John Evans
John Partin
Kelly Young
Kevin Bonitz
Kurtis Clauser
Liz Swayne
Loren Williams
Luis Colon
Mario Knis
Mark Jones
Matt Brooks
Matthew Sullivan
Michael Murdoch
Michelle Horwitz
Nathan Williams
Nils Winberg
Richard Brillhart
Rob Ledwell
Ron Horwitz
Ron Rice
Ryan Sihanath
Scott Wheeler
Steve Seiter
Steven Frank
Tim McArthur
Vivek Krishna

Second Round Invitation List
(FAST regulars, recently active, non-novices)
Aaron Reinhard
Alicia Hess
Andrew Lloyd
Austin Curry
Bill Obrien
Brian Heintzman
Carl Wagenfohr
Chris Nelson
Christianna Kretschmann
Christopher Tillett
Chung kuang Chen
David Aoun
David Scott
Derek DePante
Donald Hoffman
Eric Gwatney
Gregory Riching
James Groh
Jessica Arce
Joe Buckley
John Lambert
Juan Rodriguez
Kyle Sokol
Les Davis
Mark Pickhardt
Mary Wheeler
Michael Horn
Miroslaw Wojceichowski
Quoc Pham (big Q)
Rachel Hoffman
Randy Lamb
Richard Polczynski
Sean Schenck
Tony Davis
Wai Chan
Walter Shockley


(bold = registered, strike = not coming for sure)

[Loren]

Registration is now open (for those on the Invitation List only):
http://www.myautoevents.com/pls/mae/frm ... t_id=13526

[Loren]

Members have a week to claim their spot before we open it up to the next wave of invitees.

[snookwheel]

Surely will be a great time, but unfortunately I won't be able to make this one.

[Loren]

Thanks for the notice, Scott. Hope someone else can show up to challenge Howard! (besides last year's champion, Chris, of course)

[impalanut]

As those who have been out to the barn can attest, my car is still apart. If I am lucky it will be back together by the Dec event. At that point I will have not driven since March, I have tires from last season, no shake down of the changes to the car. So far I still need to replace a bad wheel bearing, fix the cracks in the body, redo the front wing supports which are cracked, replace the throttle cable, do an alignment, and a few other things. It's been so long since I drove that I will have to borrow Scott's excuse generator

[Loren]

Patented FAST Duel reverse-trash-talk. It's like verbal sandbagging!

I'm gonna suck so bad y'all just won't believe it!!!

[Jamie]

I'm out...was informed today I'll be away that weekend.

[twistedwankel]

I'll have to pass on this one.

Have an xmas dinner party to attend that afternoon with Mrs.

Doug

[Loren]

Yep, it's hard to coordinate things around the holidays. That's why we normally do a "non points" event in December.

[BigBlue]

I'm in. Looking forward to ringing in the holidays at a FAST event.

[Loren]

I went ahead and emailed all of the members that I hadn't heard from a couple days ago. They have until the 10th to register before we open the door a little wider.

[Loren]

Second Round Invitations have been posted, see first post above. This time we're going for FAST regulars who have been recently active and are not novices. If you think you fit that bill and I missed you, lemme know.

[AndrewLloyd]

I'm pretty Psyched. Checking with family now to see if they'll be able to come. I might finally get to take my dad for a ride along!

[Loren]

Carrying a passenger in the Duel is either the sign of a driver who is either certain that he will win, or certain that he will lose. Neither is certain.

[Lava Speed 05]

Carrying a passenger in the Duel is either the sign of a driver who is either certain that he will win, or certain that he will lose. Neither is certain.

I get some of my best runs with a passenger... I need to get a proper suspension set up.

Sent from my DROID RAZR

[Charles]

You can cross me off the list.......

[matkub]

I'm out for this one, have fun!

[Requiem]

I think I have done 4 FAST events this year but for some reason I was listed as a novice. Could have clicked it on accident during registration. Would that be keeping me off the secondary invitational list?

[Loren]

The answers are here:
http://drivefast.org/results/championship-points/
Plus the between-season August event. (that I often forget about)

Looks like you competed in August, October and November. That puts you in the current group of invitees.

I should probably go back and see how many other people did August that I didn't count.