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[Prior to issuing we always send it to all Championships attending for their comment. The Cadwell timetable went through 4 draft iterations before being published, each was sent to the 2CV Racing Club for their comment.]

You may have noticed that we are the second to last race on Sunday. We all know that it is likely that our second race will be cut short as usual. I pointed out to the BARC yesterday that 2 championships (Superkart and Junior Saloon) will have had their 3rd race before our second race, along with 2 others. On the basis that the last few races have been cut short for at least the last 2 years I did not believe it was fair that this was how the timetable had been arranged. Their reply included;

Prior to issuing we always send it to all Championships attending for their comment.  The Cadwell timetable went through 4 draft iterations before being published, each was sent to the 2CV Racing Club for their comment.

This suggested that the timetable was sent to the club for any comments and I can only assume none concerning this issue were made. I expect that had such a concern have been raised initially then this may have been taken into account and any appropriate adjustments made. I don't know if anyone who receives this information is aware that we can make comments and suggestions to amend the timetable, and maybe something was said but I just don't know.   

Simon

We were asked to vote on a proposal to hold the Silverstone event on Sunday only. I rejected the idea for several reasons but mainly because doing one double qualifying and 2 races all in one day makes if difficult for people suffering reliability problems or accident damage sufficient time to fix their cars. I am sure we would all prefer to allow everyone to take part in each event. At Brands Hatch I believe we had to complete 2 separate qualifying sessions and 2 races in one day which was too much as I felt like I had no time to do anything meaningful between sessions.

Separately you may also wish to consider that usually if we are only competing on a Sunday then we don't get allocated any space in the Paddock on Saturday until maybe after 6.30pm once another racing group has left and if the Cadwell rules had been followed we would not have actually been allowed in at all until after 7pm on Friday evening.

I could in addition raise the point that the entry form specifically indicates that the qualifying and racing will be split over 2 days which could could make the difference between someone attending or not. If it had only been only Sunday at Pembrey at the beginning of the season would everyone have still been interested in entering the race for one day with most likely a much later finish time? If in general we all prefer 2 day race weekends can we please agree this at the AGM and make sure that BARC are aware that we don't wish to change the option without 100% agreement from all entered competitors at the point of asking, not just simply a majority.

Simon