Ducati Sporting Club UK > DesmoDue Race Series > DesmoDue - General Questions and Chat > number of rounds for next year?

[Tonio600]

I don't understand why you all speak about keeping the X best results out of Y meetings... Is that done in other series as well?

A good racer must be as fast as regular. I'm a good exemple of a bad racer: I'm slow and I crash once every 2 meetings. But look Geoff, he's fast, he rides clean and he's regular (ok, it may be easier when you're the fastest...).

Anyway, I really can't see why the worst result must be forgotten, I think it's not racing in the reality.

[dickieducati]

tonio, i think the idea is that it allows for someone who may have to miss a race due to holiday or family commitments, bearing in mind we are not proffesional racers. i actally think it is quite a good idea and voted for it. it also allows someone to miss a race that may be a long way for them to get to or if they are short of cash for a while. all good reason in my book.

[Edited on 17-8-2005 by dickieducati]

[phoenix n max]

Bemsee run 18 rounds best 16 count this year.

[Tonio600]

Message original : dickieducati
tonio, i think the idea is that it allows for someone who may have to miss a race due to holiday or family commitments, bearing in mind we are not proffesional racers. i actally think it is quite a good idea and voted for it. it also allows someone to miss a race that may be a long way for them to get to or if they are short of cash for a while. all good reason in my book.

[Edited on 17-8-2005 by dickieducati]

fair enough Dickie, I didn't think about this. I think the reason "we forget I couldn't do this meeting" is a lot better than "we forget I was crap at this one". Cheers for the explanation

[Tonio600]

Message original : phoenix n max
Bemsee run 18 rounds best 16 count this year.

ok ok... I didn't know (and I won't tell you I have no idea of what is Bemsee).

[phoenix n max]

A big uk racing club Antoine. We have a few. We race with New Era but there is North Glos. Bemsee. Derby Phoenix and a couple of others. I think Bemsee are the biggest club though.

[skidlids]

BMCRC fondly known as Bemsee they run races at club level and the MRO racing you see on TV.
Also in the R6 cup rounds are dropped

[Tonio600]

Cheers Lin and Skid for the information. Last question and then I stop hijacking Dickie's post: are professionnal riders (like Toseland) coming from club series (like Bemsee or New Era)? Because in France we don't have this kind of series, most of the time race classes are managed by the FFM (the French ACU).

[psychlist]

You may well have done your qualifying with some up and coming "Toselands" on their CB500's Antoine

[skidlids]

first I remember of JT was the CB500 series at national level, especially the Thruxton round when he had a good battle with my mate Chris Hook, incidently Chris Sherring of the CSS won the Novice class that year.
Shakey I remember from the Bemsee club days where he was usually on the front row along with Danny Beaumont (BSB privateer) and Steve Wallaston (retired due to serious injuries)