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| Originally Posted by trouty Cadwell sunday
mixed grids
all comers 500 had 11 on the grid. 4 of which were dd'ers
all comers open and dave holland trophy had 17 (bear in mind it was billed as the Dave Holland Festival)
supermoto/SoT/Supermono - 21
probike open + f600 - 21
125/250/f400/cb500/sv (5 classes sharing a grid) 18... 5 were dd'ers
single grids
Desmo B - 17
Desmo A - 17 (2 class B)
supermono 18
lansdowne classics had 23
so of the 4 classes that had single grids, each of our class had practically as many, and almost as many if not more than, the mixed grids.
Yes, im sure NE may have lost some money here, but that CANNOT be attributed to the DD classes! |
Lets Just take Sunday, they could have put us all on a mixed grid so in place of 4 races on the entry they could have just put two, yes we would almost have filled it and there income would have been the same, they then could have offered the other two race grids to another guest class someone like the carts and earnt another £2k to £3k, They could also have done that Saturday.
But New Era gave us seperate grids on both days and really it should have earnt them more money, why bother having guest classes if they don't generate the level of income they expect
As for CB500s. I and many NE members think it was daft having a club and superclub championship for them, splitting the 25 to 30 riders in to two groups, one single CB500 championship would have been far better replacing two grids of a bout 15 each with one grid of 25 to 30, no doubt thats what Thunderbsport have done
They have learnt there lesson there and have cut down on the amount of championships and the amount of meetings they run. I wonder what they are learning about guest classes.