Welcome Daniel! I apologize for not replying to your post earlier, I've been doing a really lousy job of monitoring the forum this winter. I wanted to introduce myself, I also race SM, and I'm really glad to see a new person join the class! I started racing back in 2009, the same time Jon did, but I...
Maybe we should give the 6:30 start time a try and see if it makes a difference. Also, can people show up early? Maybe we can promote it something like: "dollar beers and popcorn starting at 6:00, trophy presentation to begin at 6:30". If people thought other people were going to be there early they...
This may not be an option, but maybe moving up the time a little closer to the end of racing might help attendance? For people who have a long drive ahead of them an hour can seem like a long time to wait - especially if they are in earlier run groups who are done racing for a while before racing is...