Hi Guys, I am putting this up here purely as an idea to see how much interest there might be if we were able to get it up and running.
If there is enough interest, then I will put it to the committee to see what can be done.
At the first meeting of the year at Lake Glenbawn, we had racing on the Saturday so there were 3 races for each class at this round, one Saturday afternoon and two on Sunday. On the Saturday night, at a club meeting, as some riders work Saturday or have their Kid’s school sport, some members said they couldn’t make it to the Saturday race for each event so it was put to a vote. Three rounds over Saturday & Sunday against two rounds Sunday only. Two rounds Sunday only won.
I understand this decision; no rider should be at a disadvantage because they can’t make it to race on the Saturday due to life's commitments. It is a democratic club and I agree with the decision for this reason.
There are quite a few of us in the club though who can make the time to come up Friday afternoon or early Saturday morning and would like some racing Saturday. Many share my view that if I am going to put all the effort I do into preparing the bikes & the riding gear, packing the gear up, travelling to the track, setting up the tent etc, I only get to ride once a month and would like to get as much racing in as I can for the weekend.
I would also like to see some longer races more like the Motocross I raced back in the day, and this view also seems to be shared by quite a few other members but the practicality of fitting longer races into a full race program on the Sunday is not good.
Speaking with some guys last weekend there seems to be quite a few who share these views and an idea evolved which might be fair to all.
The idea is a Saturday Cup. A separate series, with a separate points score, for those who want to race Saturdays. The format could be something like two x 15 minute plus 1 lap rounds run on the Saturday afternoon, perhaps at the end of each of the last two practice sessions. It could be a multiclass race, scored separately by class, and if we had more than a full grid, it could then be split by age group or spit by Classic and Post Classic.
There would obviously be more organising and work to be done by the committee to make this happen, but at the beginning of the year the committee was planning to run racing on Saturdays, so it can obviously be done if enough of us want it.
A solution like this preserves the current format to suit those who want to race Sunday only and adds to the format something for those of us who want more out of our weekend.
If you are a Heaven member and you think you would sign up and race a Saturday Cup please vote for the race length you would like. Hopefully the voting on this post would give us an indication on whether there is enough interest to formally take this proposal to the next club meeting.
Before you vote for the race length though, remember, Motocross back in the day was an endurance test where you could settle into a race and find your rhythm; you could make a mistake and had time to recover from it. We are older but we go out and practice for 15-20 minutes straight. What’s the difference?