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[Scooter916]

Originally Posted by uteboy

Would be interested to know the format of the "free" practice warm up regarding whether its loads of different classes all mixed up. Horrible if it is.

Yea but it would be no different to a trackday, and it is exactly what it says on the tin.... A warm up.

[faith-healer]

Originally Posted by chris.p

The rules are for the New Era Club as whole, DD are the only class within New Era that do not use tyre warmers.

Chris

All the more reason for having tyre warmers they are not that expensive....

.....over to you DSC committee

[couchcommando]

Originally Posted by faith-healer

All the more reason for having tyre warmers they are not that expensive....

.....over to you DSC committee

You can't just have tyre warmers tho, you also need a generator and paddock stands as a lot of circuits don't have power. If you trailer your bike to a track you then need a vehicle big enough to carry the genny and stands as well as all the other stuff.
No warmers has never been an issue in dd so why make it one ?

Back to the original post I like the idea, my 1st 4 years of racing were done this way with the first race postions done on the time your entry arrived and the 2nd on your finishing position from the first. It encouraged people to get their entries in earlier which is good for the club knowing they have the entries. If you draw pole you can always ask to be moved.

[Imola Duke]

Keep it simple keep it cheap

I'm for the extra race, gives me time to learn the circuit and maybe but a fast one (ish) at the end

After seeing the pace Matt T achives on his first Lap i reckon tyre warmers
are not needed just a better rider on my bike

[paynep]

It all sounds good to me.
I'll be able to spend time adjusting forks right up until the qually race gets called with none of the pressure of queuing up to be first out of the gate.

[jimbers45]

"I'll be able to spend time adjusting forks right up until the qually race gets called"

that made me giggle that did!

[skidlids]

After todays meeting between Riders and officials the race format for next year is currently undecided, after several points were raised the Merits of a Quallifier race Vs a Timed Quallifying session is now being discussed futher by the officals of New Era.
The original decision to go for the race format was in response to rider requests for more racing laps. Also thrown in to the discussion mix was two timed quallifying sessions with the best lap time out of both sessions setting your grid position.
The meeting was made up mainly of seasoned racers many riding 1000cc bikes and being able to use tyre warmers and wets and these guys have a pretty good idea of what they would like to see.

One thing that did come across was the positive attitude from some of the officials towards Desmo Due classes.
There was also a few other good suggestions
Such as Fewer calls to the holding area, possibly only One call and possibly a max of 3, no doubt they will discuss the ideas and come to a decision, I think one call once the last lap flag goes out followed by a second and final call when the chequred flag goes out would be the best option at that point you would have 3 minutes to get to the holding area before it was closed, after all what did the Final, Final, Final, Final, Final, Final call actually mean.
Also discussed was the awarding of New Eras Saturday trophies in the club house on Sat evening to try and bring a proper club feel back to the paddock, bit like Saturday evening at the Dave Holland Cadwell meeting.

Another couple of things that are likely to happen are
Credit card payments although still needing to be in with your entries 2 weeks before the meeting will not be drawn on until a week before the meeting, probably the Monday, as such late entry fees will be done away with apart from those for riders entering on the day.