Hello again guys.
Ah, sorry Paul, we won't be having a pre-entry system for CD6, unlike the necessity to pre-enter for HBBB.
Indeed, you might like to question why HBBB is pre-entry only...does that mean that things like Dirt Track will be canned if they don't get sufficient numbers?
One thing is for certain, MA are taking on a big logistical problem in offering all the disciplines. They will have to have people like flag marshalls and first aid crews growing on trees to manage what they are attempting to do! They have one major advantage over us though - they don't have to pay the track hire at Broadford.
Oldschool, while we appreciate that it's a tough call not to have dirt track at CD5 the reality is that the numbers that actually turn op don't go anywhere near the amount required to justify the cost. At CD4, where there was a very vocal demand on this forum for us to run the dirt track prior to the event (and we ran it as a result of the requests), we had a total of 12 people register to ride the Dirt Track (and this was prior to the weather becoming a problem), and it cost us nearly $1000.00 to have the venue available for the Dirt Trackers. Needless to say, they didn't pay $84 each to ride... so hopefully you can see why Dirt Track is not going to be a regular inclusion at Classic Dirt, unless the cost of running it is negligable (not likely). The reality is that talk is cheap, and when the money is on the line, the numbers that register are pitifully small. Maybe if the dirt trackers are prepared to pay more, we could review our stance on this.
Also, we hear the people who continue to tell us that the tracks are not pre-65 friendly. In an ideal world, we will have a pre-65 friendly track AND a evo friendly track. But as everyone seems to have noticed, such a venue hasn't been found yet. Also, please remember that pre-65s are now turning up in smaller and smaller numbers, and often they are brought to show anyway, not to be ridden. But of course, that is great anyway!
Guys
PLEASE do not continue to make comments on how CD should return to Barrabool. Until Barrabool's future is cast in concrete and camping is allowed, we cannot go there, no matter how much we may or may not want to!
To be honest, our utopian ideal for Classic Dirt would be this:
Natural Grass Tracks
Camping on site
Located in tourist area (for more accomodation for the non-campers)
Near a major city
All amenities on site.
Cheap food and drinks on site.
Good weather
So far we haven't found utopia. But you can be rest assured, we're working on it
