things were a lot more simple when people just went racing.
Yeah, not really sure why non-racers are upset about not being able to book a race practice day (not a track day) until 10 days before.
License holders (the people who help pay the bills) will clearly get first dibs on something like that.
You are way over thinking thisTo be devil's advocate --- Non-racer train of thought:
Annoyed simply because I am being treated as an income source and nothing more.
If SOAR books up, then I can't register and am out of luck.
If SOAR doesn't book up, then yes please, sign up, give us your money and help us break even/profit.
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You are way over thinking this
Can not see SOAR and Grand Bend as the enemy, just look at it from this point of view
If SOAR makes no money, they are gone, if they are gone there will be no registration whatsoever because there won't be a track day
Same with Grand Bend etc
To be devil's advocate --- Non-racer train of thought:
Annoyed simply because I am being treated as an income source and nothing more.
If SOAR books up, then I can't register and am out of luck.
If SOAR doesn't book up, then yes please, sign up, give us your money and help us break even/profit.
SOAR and GB need to make money. Plain and simple. I don't race, and I can understand where they are coming from. I hope it all works out positively.
Unfortunately, I do not agree with the assessment that the Racer5 days were only getting 20-25 riders extra beyond the school.
The pits were always full (even had 6-7 bikes past the main pit area into the dirt lot too) on each of the 3-4 days I went there.
I will wait to sign up for any SOAR/GB day until I hear how it is handled and how everyone is treated. If it's good, then I will sign up, if not, Shannonville, the DDT and TMP (well... maybe if I'm desperate...) will get my business instead.
Also, it's not a race practice day. By SOAR's very own admission it's a hybrid of a track day and a practice day. Gotta love the attitude of those "racers" though.
Sure, and you can wait until the week before to see 80 racers have filled the spots or not for the non race practice day.