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NEAR is the mailing list for New England Area Racers.
Degs
So, I guess no-one knows who info@lrrsracing.com goes to or when/if it will get checked? That's pretty lame.
I'm not usually one to bad-mouth publicly but I have to say the LRRS web site need some serious work and the fact that the mailto email address does not even get checked is a disgrace. We should have race signup online, it can't be that complicated to add it to the web site.
While I am in complaining mode, I will say that I timed the practise sessions last race weekend from start to finish (while sitting in the grandstand in turn 1) and someone is definitely not being fair to the amateurs, I will leave it at that for that subject.
Also, what kind of engineering genius does it take to get a PA system working?
Our race team (6 riders) spends at least $3000.00 per race weekend at LRRS and I have to tell you that the feeling is that we don't feel we are getting a very fair deal. It's an insult to have to pay $10 for electricity in the grand scheme of things and I seriously doubt the accounting accuracy involved in that operation.Our race team has 6 bikes all with tire warmers, we pay $10. The poor bloke pitted next to us has an EX500 with no tire warmers and he also pays $10 DUH!!
Most of our riders are Amateurs, and every one of them has felt that their first weekend is like being herded around a cattle market in order to be "processed" instead of being welcomed to a club and made to feel part of that club.
We are a small-name race team at Loudon, yet we regularly give a cash donation to the Karen Hornbecker Memorial Fund, we provide cornerworkers every race weekend (who also donate their pay to the same fund). I wonder how many of the big-name teams in the garages do that? Not many I bet as there always seems to be a shortage of corner-workers.
I just get the feeling that there are too many people at LRRS who are getting their racing kicks on the backs of some of the amateurs, who provide a large financial shot to the club but get pretty much nothing in return. Out in the infield we can't hear race announcements, practice session announcements or any other announcements, we actually have to watch for the previous race to end so we know that it must be about time for 3rd call.
If LRRS needs people to operate a stopwatch so that everybody gets a fair practise session, then we will do it.
If LRRS needs someone to fix the PA system, then we will do it.
If LRRS needs to pay for the electricity at the track, then add $1 to the entry fee.
All I am saying is that we ALREADY PAY for a decent racing club, why SHOULD we pay a bit here, a bit there for every little thing. Let us pay once at the door and enjoy ourselves for the weekend.
PLEASE don't attack me, offer your rebuttals as neccessary but let's keep the arguments sensible and don't think I am a lone whiner, my views coincide with those of many others around the club. I LOVE racing at LRRS, I live for it and I always enjoy myself at the track, win or lose (mostly lose), crash or finish I have fun, and I am proud of the LRRS I belong to (particularly our great safety record) but there are improvements that could be made to enable us to be an even better club.
Rant over, back to normal scheduled nonsense.
Derek Sinclair
www.nesrracing.com
LRRS Jun #105