| a lot of words about freedom of choice and they know the score, -as long as that is the case, ok run it, but it was not long ago when riders were very obliged to go there, - read some of James Whitham’s report on the year of many deaths including Mez Mellor; those boys were forced to muscle ill handling powerful bikes around on poor tyres. That is not freedom of choice, and if that ever returns, scrap it.
If you look now at who runs well, I would say that whilst they are clearly great riders they are not able to earn the big money at racing "safe" tracks, - perhaps Rutter is the exception. - Oh and Irish road races have to be worse, they are races not time trials on road circuits, - scary stuff.
I also think that whilst some of the "white coats" and “chalk boards” are nice, they are out of place with 21st century racing, the setup is too casual, marshals should be posted on both sides of the road and told not to cross whilst racing is on. The year David Jefferies died the bikes still did not have oil catch tanks. Whilst I agree that air fencing would be out of place on all of the circuit there is a case for taking away some of the risk in places, - or at least helping. I fear that perhaps the event is run by people opposed to change.  |