Ducati Sporting Club UK > DesmoDue Race Series > DesmoDue - General Questions and Chat > 2007 - Thoughts/suggestions

[Dominic Clegg]

Originally Posted by CK

• Rules for bike to be unchanged- Yes
• Rules for riders: take a look at the rider eligability please & the need to MAKE the top 3 in the 583 'move up' as at present - not good for encouraging some to try for top 3 in their 1st year on limited funds!
• NO 695's - Agreed
• 6 UK rounds - 12 races - yes
• 1 Assen round - no points - yes again (get prizes instead, I did offer to do that for this year)
• No 'long' race - totally agreed
• ALL points to count - no, drop one race, will encourage new riders to come out and play again next time in this club series.
• 1 person to run the series - yes (can we ask someone like Jools to do this?) but keep 2 rider reps.
• Trophies - yes please
• Confirmation of rounds: Get NE to put in writing that we do CLUB rounds ONLY, and therefore they ensure a 10 min untimed practice at each & every round.
• Voting: If really necessary, then ONLY done at prizegiving by a show of hands, not by email in a very small time frame (usually 3 - 5 days) as at present, though email to be sent out with time to think on forthcoming vote.
• Rider Reps: To be confirmed by the 1st of Jan

This is from us both, as have been giving this some deep thought in the last few weeks.

hay thats good i like it. i think we got the basics here. i think the prizes for assen need to be something bike related like a new set of tyres.

[Zimbo16]

Basically, wot CK/AK said. I accept we're unlikely to get split grids, doesn't bother me, I'll race with the 620s or with CB500s, not got a problem.

Number of meetings - 6 plus Assen sounds good, start in April, one a month to October. All points scoring or drop one, no preference.

Rules unchanged, no 695s for 2007, if anybody really wants to race a 695 they meet all the entry criteria for minitwins, where they should be competitive. I don't believe the series can support three classes, if a 695 class is introduced which class is axed to make way? If 583 is axed there'll be a lot less riders in the series, and fewer new entries to the series. If 620s are axed there'll be some very unhappy competitors who've invested heavily in their bike.