| New Era do grid positions by qualifying in the Superclub series. They did do some in the Club series by out of the hat - I know, cause one of my first races I was number 1 with 40 bikes behind me - frightened? oh yes!!! I believe they are now all done by transponder and therefore qualifying time, but I'll stand corrected.
Completely agree with CC on the tyre warmers and the mahem of first corner. I've said in another thread that if you seriously want to keep it cheap, then warmers are a fair expense when you add everything up, HOWEVER, I also said 'it wouldn't be me' as I agree with CC, if some muppet on cold tyres were to take me out, I'd not be impressed. Same applies to track days, despite me driving the point home in the briefing, most accidents happen in the first couple of laps on cold tyres, or when people think the sun is shining, therefore it must be warm.
By using warmers, you will reduce the liklihood of an incident early in the race. As CC says, if you've never watched a club race from the first corner or never raced, it's hard to describe.
It's a bit like the worn tyres argument - so you want to keep it cheap and think you'll get away with tyres that are past their best? Wrong! a), others around you will be quicker and b) you'll eventually crash!
One argument for cheap racing is to reduce the chances of crashing, so use warmers.
This could run and run, it's not going to effect me, but I wouldn't race without warm tyres - I might potter around the first lap waiting for the tyres to heat and that's one way to look at it if you're all in the same boat, but it's not racing.
WeeJohnyB  |