Quote from Lizzie, (and not the first time) boo hoo, (no offence Lizzie, honest)
"FFS, this series is aimed at novice racers, not at the WJBs of this world"
Is it really? So anyone that races is not welcome? As someone that has put a lot into this club, I'm not sure how I feel about this. As soon as this is up and running, there could easily be 20 people come out of nowhere, proper racers maybe, that want nothing to do with the DSC, they just want to race. If they get positions 1 to 20, how will this impact on it? As I've said already, I've not decided what to race next year. What I do know is that I still have £000's on credit cards from the last two years, so whatever I do, it'll have to be cheap. If you're even doing the basic one model formula, say goodbye to £6,000 for a season. I would love to race with all my DSC friends, many of whom have never raced, but I have a sneaky feeling are quicker than me already, eg Rattler, Desmondo, JPMercer to name just three. Felix is a prime example, what happens if Chillo enters? I may well be off to join the big boys in 600's, but I might also decide to buy a crappy old Monster and rev the nuts off it for a laugh
Oh and....nobody I know rides the same bike on the road as they race. Some put all the road kit back on and use the bike in the winter or more likely sell it, but to race the same bike as you want to use on the road is a non starter - it's very time consuming and you've simply GOT to be prepared to totally wreck it, or don't bother turning up. When that red light goes out, all bets are off, (thinking of Snatch)
The first few corners and indeed throughout the race, it's elbows, knees, bashing bars and deliberately running people off the track - think of every person that has come under you on a trackday or cut you up, move them 2 feet closer until they're touching you and then multiply them by 40 - if you want to get people into racing on the cheap, you ain't gonna do that on your shiney road bike.
"from what I understand, the fastest racer will win whatever he's riding. "
er...no!!! Corser is the best rider by FAR in WSB. The best rider/driver on the best bike/car normally wins, but there are plenty of examples where the bike wins. There are people in front of me on the GP250 grid that I KNOW I'm quicker than, but they've got 10-15bhp more than me and they're gone. If I had another 5bhp on my CB500, I'd win the championship with ease.
WeeJohnyB
PS - whatever happenned to the brilliant idea of sponsoring MEMBERS that was voted over 50:3 at the AGM?