DD has already got a North/South divide though, Cadwell is the most Northerly circuit the series visits, and most others are far south for say some DSC folks to travel to to spectate let alone compete.
So throwing in a foreign round which is yet further away from any Northern peeps only alienates them further, how many DD racers are currently from and live in the North?
Say DD did a round at Knockhill, would you all go? what about somewhere like Mondello Park? probably fairly convenient for people in the lakes etc to get to, not so great if you sitting in the smoke though?
Expand the series in the UK and generate interest at home, which may get other DSC regions involved.
As I said, going to the northern ones is no different to heading south, so asking if I would travel to Knockhill rather than France is a bit pointless - they're both a long way away and yes I would!
You may not know but the DD places were filled before the tracks we were riding on were announced. For all we knew it could have been made up of all tracks north of Watford.
The point being that maybe it's not the fact that the tracks are all southern based that means there are no northern entries...
Calm down boys, his is all part of the melting pot for options for DD next year.
We have an idea of the tracks that we think that the series wants to use next year and depending on feedback may well run more races next year than we have ths year.
The option of a race on the Continent is an idea at the moment and not ment to divide the Club. However we need to guage feelings from the entrants and spectators to see if it is worth persuing
I may be wide of the mark here, Chris will e-slap me if I'm wrong I'm sure, but in getting this series off the ground the organisers had to rely on a lot of support from the series sponsors to get some credibility so the race clubs would take us serioulsy and host us. I believe this has led to us to the tracks we are racing on this year more than any other factor.
Now that the series has proven itself as not only a full grid for the host club but the excellent support drawcard from all of you supporters I believe there is an opportunity to exercise a bit more leverage on circuit choice.
I don't think that a foreign race would mean that the possibility of a more northern race has been ruled out. But as the other thread showed, the DD racers and others who have suggested what tracks they would like to see in and out didn't include Croft.
You do need to go where the people who are paying cash want to go ... to an extent.
Jon - if you look at New Era's calendar, they don't use either Croft or Knockhill. So as Lily pointed out the other day that Cadwell is further north than Oulton, DD is in fact going to the most northern circuit possible twice this year.
So maybe give this north-south divide crap a rest maybe?
And if any of you know guys who race with Bemsee, their round at Croix is the first to be oversubscribed each year.
It's a nice idea but I'm sure it'd be a no-go for me on the grounds of cost.
Sorry Ant but I couldn't agree less - no way would the cost be similar to travelling to a UK round! Not even going to bother doing the sums.
Also, how many DSCers would make the pilgrimage? This is a supposed to be a club event. Or would the general membership not object to just one round overseas?
deleted bit about licencing cos it was a rubbish thing to say!
Originally posted by lizzie Jon - if you look at New Era's calendar, they don't use either Croft or Knockhill. So as Lily pointed out the other day that Cadwell is further north than Oulton, DD is in fact going to the most northern circuit possible twice this year.
So maybe give this north-south divide crap a rest maybe?
And if any of you know guys who race with Bemsee, their round at Croix is the first to be oversubscribed each year.
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