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Originally posted by Jools
Actually Phil, I think that it's the other way around with DD.
It seems that, for the most part, it's going to be the dealer entries that are squabbling for the top three slots. I talked about DD with a lot of ordinary DSC members at the BMF over the weekend and without any exception whatsoever they couldn't give a stuff about the dealer entries. Even after the first round they almost seem like an irrelevance having their own championship within a championship.
What the ordinary grass roots DSC members seem to care about is the scrap that's going on between the guys that this series is supposed to be about - namely, other grass roots DSC members who are competing in this series in the spirit that it was intended. People like you, TP, Skildlids, Ali, NB, Psychlist, Rattler, Dickie, Antonye, CK & AK, (to name but a few). In other words the people you will also meet on rideouts, down at Popham, helping out at the BMF, even working as regional organisers, people who have been a part of the club for a while and make a contribution and commitment back into the club...and that includes people like Domski who's making a big contribution to the life on this board.
The people who nobody cares about and who are instantly forgotten are the people that are only in this club for the race series. People who have no passion or commitment to Ducatis, never post anything, never take part in anything else, never put anything back, just turn up, race, go home
And before anybody starts wittering on about how much such and such a dealer does for the club you have to ask yourself what sensible dealer wouldn't see the DD series as a huge amount of very cheap publicity or treat a large customer base like the DSC with some sort of respect and a few favours now and then. It's intheir commercial interests to do so. |
I agree 100%. Good post Jools.
Incidently, if I had the money, I'd buy a road bike and join rideouts too. One day I will
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Originally posted by Jools
Quote: Originally posted by domskidue
I don't think it matters at all what people on the 'outside' think and more what your fellow riders think, coz they know what you're up against, what you're riding, how hard it is. Nobody else has a clue, |
Nah mate, if the racers ignore the ordinary punters that make up the bulk of the DSC and who made this race series possible, you might all just as well go and form the Ducati Racing Club now |
When I said "people on the outside" I was more refering to people outside of DSC
