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[Ray]

From a speccys point of view.

Have reversed grids, fastest at the back with red lids, cover the track in shale how about a round at Odsal??

How about bonus points for style, a backflip over the mountain at Cadwell gets ya 10 points, a stoppie into Redgate 5 points.

Not celebrating a win with a wheelie sees ya docked a place?

Ray.

[Tonio600]

Originally Posted by fil2

Im actually going to stop weighting my arguments in favour of the 583's....im the only person it seems to concern.....................

Sorry mate... we've got work to do here...

[skidlids]

Originally Posted by AK

i thank you

i hope that altho i am not a racer and merely a bike owner that some of what i put could be listened to by the rider reps. but as i dont race perhaps i should get one of my riders to put all this down instead

Skids, opening the licence to national for 620 might wel increase the grid in that class mate

As this is my first post in this thread then you must have known I was at least following it Alan and yes I am taking note of suggestions.
As rep for the 583 class I think of the 30 plus riders that are campaigning this seasons championship and have to consider what best serves the class they race in.
And combined grids i don't believe does, neither does starting them after the 620s have got a head start.
I asked in another thread what do we do about quallifying if we only have one grid next year (NOT something I want to see), so I am taking note of any suggestions that look as though they will increase grid numbers in class A but not at the exspense of class B, so I'm not keen to go back to last years of one class up to 620cc

I think class A needs opening up to attract more entrants, but I want to see Class B remain pretty much unchanged as the formula does work, it attracts entrants that have never raced before as well as those that haven't raced for years and one of the reasons it does this is because bikes can be put on the grid cheaply.

If we targeted race meetings at tracks with smaller grids such as mallory then seperate classes should be possible

[domski]

Originally Posted by skidlids

As rep for the 583 class I think of the 30 plus riders that are campaigning this seasons championship

I think you have very rosey, rose tinted glasses on Kev.

There were 24 bikes in class B at Oulton, 21 at Castle Combe, 11 at Assen, 23 at Brands and 24 at Cadwell.

Where are these 30+ riders that keep on about????

You haven't once had enough for your own grid!!!!

You have a bad habit of making out Class B is brilliant and Class A is the problem - I suggest you look a little closer to home before pointing the finger!

30+ bikes indeed!!

[domski]

Don't forget the people that are leaving Class B to join Class A as well - the grid will be more even next season, with closer to 20 in each class.

We don't need to open up rules to have 50 or 60 bikes, or seperate grids.

It simply won't happen. Next year we'll have 35-40 bikes, on one grid.

[NBs996]

In the absence of separate grids, I recon starting all together in qualifying order like we do now is the best option.

There'll be the occassional pairing of 620/583 holding each other up at different parts of the track, a situation me and phil have found ourselves in a few times this year, but that ought to be less of a problem than those scenarios described above with the delayed start.

As for caps... don't get me started!!!

[Tonio600]

Originally Posted by domski

There were 24 bikes in class B at Oulton, 21 at Castle Combe, 11 at Assen, 23 at Brands and 24 at Cadwell.

There were 12 class B bikes at Assen mate. So you're absolutelly totally fully wrong.

And yes, the B class is a perfect world.

[domski]

Originally Posted by Tonio600

There were 12 class B bikes at Assen mate. So you're absolutelly totally fully wrong.

And yes, the B class is a perfect world.

I do apologise. I was looking at the results which of course don't include Captain Clegg.

All the same, there weren't enough Class B bikes for your own grid were there

[NBs996]

Originally Posted by skidlids

I think class A needs opening up to attract more entrants, but I want to see Class B remain pretty much unchanged as the formula does work, it attracts entrants that have never raced before as well as those that haven't raced for years and one of the reasons it does this is because bikes can be put on the grid cheaply.

Opening up Class A to national licences would be the reason I won't enter next year. How many others would it cause NOT to enter the class, and would that be outweighed by the new riders attracted with a national licence?

I dunno, but needs considering cos by my way of thinking, opening up the class could easily result in lower numbers.

[Dominic Clegg]

it was 13 at assen as kev M had to pull out aswell