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[domski]

Originally Posted by skidlids

Well I can't see one long race being any different to the long race at Assen.

It was only 8 laps Kev, which was reduced to 4 laps in the end. We raced for 6 laps if you combined both parts.

Before the season started it was decided that there would be two meetings which had only one points scoring round. These being Assen and Snetterton.

Now people want to change the rules half way through the season.

Not at all mate, just noted that the regs don't match what we were expecting.

I for one have planned the season based on the original race calender, not one that was based on two points scoring races at Snetterton.

Have you been drinking? You planned your season on having a 20 lap race at Snett, and not two 10 lap races? I can see how that would disrupt your planning!

Still unless we get more than 40 entries in for the next couple of rounds Expect DD classes to be sharing the grids with either each other or CB5, Hornets etc.

Agreed. I think that there will be more people doing both classes too - providing they're not combined grids of course!

Even if the Assen race had been run over the full 8 laps, that would have been approx 17 mins.

A 20 lapper at Snett will be approx 27-28 mins.

So it's not anywhere close to being like for like.

Will be interesting to have your opinion should you not get around the first lap, having made all the effort. You'll have to pack up and go home, rather than having a second chance in race 2.

Look at Clint last season. A long old way to go to not get a race. He would have got out for a second race though, had that been an option.

Just one good reason to have 2 races.

[Scooter916]

£220 entries , HMM this really is cheap racing..........

[NBs996]

Why are we touting £220 in entries?
I thought it was £110 for first two races, then £25 per additional race - that would make it £135 wouldn't it?

[domski]

Originally Posted by NBs996

Why are we touting £220 in entries?
I thought it was £110 for first two races, then £25 per additional race - that would make it £135 wouldn't it?

It's £110 for the first 2 races per day not per weekend

[Grib]

Originally Posted by domski

It's £110 for the first 2 races per day not per weekend

Count me out of Saturday altogether then

[phoenix n max]

Cant see why we've been given 2 x 10 laps non points on the Sat. Who's going to bother entering that ? Other than for practice of course. So we're having to pay for free practice now ???
I was under the impression that it was going to be a 20 lapper for one day only. My Confirmation of Dates email says Snetterton 3rd Sept only ( long race )
also Feb update confirmed :

Option A was chosen and therefore there will be one long race at snetteron on the sunday.

So - when was that changed then ? Because I don't have any emails telling me it had!

[NBs996]

It'd be so much better to do a trackday before the meet than it would to enter the saturday races.

The original plan said snet was one long race, so that's what I'll be entering. I'd be a bit miffed if there was no practice/quallifying on the sunday!

[skidlids]

Originally Posted by phoenix n max

I was under the impression that it was going to be a 20 lapper for one day only. My Confirmation of Dates email says Snetterton 3rd Sept only ( long race )
also Feb update confirmed :

Option A was chosen and therefore there will be one long race at snetteron on the sunday.

So - when was that changed then ? Because I don't have any emails telling me it had!

Exactly, this gave a overall look to the season with two longer races one at Assen and one at Snetterton, as such these are the two races I hoped to drop, providing DNFs could be avoided.
My engine is now in its second season of racing still in its original state bar a few oil and filter changes. As such I was going to choose to not try and kill it at Snetterton by avoiding doing a 20 lapper. By not entering and both Assen and Snetterton I could give my engine a easier time, stick to my budget and hopefully score reasonable points in every other round.

So No Dom I haven't been drinking as nowhere in my plans did a 20 lap race figure, I found Sneterton last year the least enjoyable DD round that I did.

[phoenix n max]

Ditto Skids - Max is hardly in his youth either and I was thinking along the same lines as you.

Why have to pay for 2 other classes on the Sat when they were'nt in the line up for this year anyway? Surely if they have all that free time spaces then it would have been better to allocate 2 slots for 583's and 620's to have a seperate grid for each rather than 2 classes not many will enter.
Or just give us 2 races mixed x 10 lap one sat one sunday.

Where's the wall so I can bang my head against it! All this uncertainty and changing is doing the series no favours whatsoever!

[domski]

Originally Posted by skidlids

nowhere in my plans did a 20 lap race figure, I found Sneterton last year the least enjoyable DD round that I did.

OK, if I understand this correctly (and please correct me if I'm wrong)...

You don't want to go to Snetterton coz you're not keen on the circuit and also don't want to do 20 laps on your bike?

That's fine. You don't have to go.

BUT, you can't then try to influence what happens at that event, just so that it doesn't affect your championship.

It's not the Kev Ellis Trophy you know. There are 40+ people going to Snett, and if anyone should decide what format the meeting runs to - it's them!

I will be making a 600 mile round trip and spending £300+ to attend the Snetterton meeting. If I can get 2 points scoring races on Saturday, or one on Saturday and one on Sunday (or even 4 combined races), then I will campaign for that. It's a long way and a lot of cash to turn up Sunday morning to do 20 laps - which like last year (and at Assen), could turn in to far less.

If you're not going, I don't think you have a voice.

The point of dropping races, isn't so that you can drop Assen and Snett.

You should be rewarded for making the effort and spending the time and money to race in the series - not punished.

Just my 2p.