| Snetterton and Pembrey only have two races, one on Saturday after first having untimed and timed practiceand one on Sunday following a morning warm-up session
The only remaining meeting with 3 races is Cadwell in August, here it is being considered to have all three races as Championship races with the riders two best scores from the three races to count towards the championship.
Yes Phil I did get your email, I haven't discussed it with anybody, namely Trudi as she and Kev have been dealing with other matters.
But as Hugh points out above there are other concerns such as stalled bikes, and the fact that a 10/15 second headstart for Class A bikes would be almost quarter of a lap for someone like Neil putting him and others in among the Class B back markers a lot earlier especially at circuits like Mallory and Pembrey where chicanes and hairpins tend to string the field out.
There is also the possibility of a couple of Class B bikes coming together off their start or on the run to the first corner leaving less time available before the Class A front runners come around again which could change what could be a yellow flag incident into a red flag race stoppage,
For the majority of the previous 6 years of DD where we have had combined grids the start line record isn't to bad apart from Snetterton last year although I and a few others almost ran into Sam West when his chain broke off the start line at Castle Combe
Then it would also be a matter of trying to get Hottrax to accomodate such a start procedure.
You say nobody listens to the riders but when it came to a proposed Qualifier race followed by two championship races at Anglesey the only communication received by the race comittee was against the idea so the idea was scrapped.
Hugh now that you have pointed out the Brands result I agree you should have had 3rd, I see the 10 second penalty dropped Jimbers average race speed to a slightly lower average speed than you and seeing as you were only 7 seconds behind him at the end of Lap 16 then the penalty should have put him behind you and had him getting lapped also. Trouble is under ACU rules you only have a certain time frame to lodge a protest and have the result ammended and according to the race results issued third in Class B went to Jimbers. in my opinion by mistake. Maybe they need to introduce ride through penalties for Jump starts.
Have to see what next years RC do with the rules, who ever they may be  |