I think that the truth of the matter is that the amount of work required to maintain a track, make sure there is somebody there to open / lock up and all the other administrative and organisational chores is huge compared to the number of people who would attend!
Most people who race are all over the region / country most weekends leaving few / no people to run the clubs.
I have been, until very recently, a member of the Kidderminster club myself and it is essentially the work of two guys, Tony and Paul who keep that place together. Both of them have been around racing for a long time but now neither they, or their boys, race. I think they do an amazing job and am greatful for there efforts in keeping one of the UKs best venues alive which is why I try to be at any meeting run at Kiddy!
Now you have to ask yourself would you go and open up the track, clean and maintain it every weekend when you knew that few people would be there and you / your family aren't even getting the fun of track time? I think the answer for most would be no.
You have to remember that people running clubs are usually racers themselves so with a larger meeting almost every weekend in the main season and every other at least over the winter when would they get time to spend with the family if they opened up a club each weekend? It's a hard balance to achieve.
I understand what your saying and your right. Most of the "clubs" run indoors now, mostly with snooring cars. Local to you is Dudley and Worcester.
Probably the most active "club" with an off-road track in the region is Coventry, they always seem to have the track open at the weekends .... at least it seems that way.
Your in almost the perfect location for racing 1/10th offroad in the west mids (maybe slightly nearer to Junction 3 of the M5 would be perfect). All the clubs that run bigger meetings are less than an hours drive for you, I have to do 45mins just to get to where you are then the rest of the journey!
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