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[chris.p]

What a waste of time, Big Up to Mallory Park for a full refund.
New era , I am astounded .

Got there at about 9.30, good crowd of spectators already there, frost on the track, marshalls stood doing nothing, would have thought they would be sweeping the frost off the track & salting the ice patches that would be in the shade around the hairpin & the bustop( before anyone jumps in, that was standard practice when I used to marshall the Plum Duff meeting 8 years ago) but no, by 10.30 a few marshalls/officials & circuit vehicals where driving around the track trying to disperse the frost ,
Tannoy chirps in at about 11.15 to say that there will be a final track inspection at 11.30 ( practice should have started at 10.am), 11.30 the tractor with the big rotating brush now appears onto the track from the pits & starts brushing the track around the hairpin( bright sunshine temp now up to 4/5%) most of the frost patches now gone & the track was nearly dry. 12.10 & the cars come out to practice, tannoy said practice time would be cut, 20 mins later? first car practice finishes, next car practise comes out, 20 odd minutes later thay go in, marshall put the big bales onto the old track so the bikes have to use Edwinas, tannoy chirps up saying that there would be no bike racing only car racing.
So most leave to go home, Got money back though, well pleased aboutb that as twent quid is a lot of money to watch 2 car races, so a big up to Mallory for the refund & what the hell has happened to new Era organisation, good lick to the desmo due racers next year.

Chris.