Honker wrote:
Hounddog wrote:
All three are not racing in 2015
Jake is working on his house
Dave is planning his retirement and not racing.
Craig is working more hours .
I thought JR had the weekend off.
I hope more T850 guys show up.
We may need to combine the classes because of the boat count!!
So far I see 5 racers in T750 and 4 in T850. I really don't understand why we would be worried about combining classes.
The race schedule is already setup to allow for both classes to race. As long as there is a class present (3 boats) then there is no need to combine the classes. Even if less than 3 T850 boats show (for example), why would we even consider running them in an actual T750 race or the other way around? All that is going to happen is that they are going to blow ahead of the T750 boats, chop the water making it harder to race for the 750 guys in the back and lower the level of competitive spirit of the 750 racers. How would any of us like to start a 100m sprint beside Ben Johnson?
We tried this before in Gravenhurst, running the T-cats with the T750 class. Did it make for some interesting racing? Sure it did. But it also made it extremely difficult for the boats in each class to race the other drivers in their own class.
Racers have paid their dues, worked on their boats, and travel to the races to participate with other racers in their own class. So....unless both classes have less than 3 boats show up, I personally do not support combining the classes.
Jesus F'n Christ Honker, it would be appreciated if you kept your non-racing 'experience' opinions to yourself.
We've worked hard to come up with the current process, this is no place for logic or rational thought.
T's much better at running a tight show than previous years, separate class running should work.
Sat & Sun will run well if Drag course set up Friday as well.
You lads staying @ Marriott? C ya soon:)