The idea of Moto Arena is quite an interesting one and given time to develop will hopefully work well.
The average club track is used what 2 days of the week? So the MA people need to fill the other 5 with something that's going to bring in the money and repay them for their investment of what is obviously a lot of money.
The problem now is there's two different interests at stake.
There's us who already know what our hobby is all about and just want somewhere to race on a Sunday and there's everyone else who has heard of RC Racing but never quite got round to going to their local club and seeing what it's all about.
Silverstone is naturally busy most weekends with those kind of people who are the ones that will get the bug fairly easily and therefore Moto Arena is quite fortunate in being where it is. From the circuit to MA is all of 100yrds so attracting the visitors shouldn't be too hard as long as there's something to do when they walk in the door. If it's an outdoor track that's too narrow or an off road track that's not long enough they won't mind as long as they can pick up a transmitter and drive something that they wouldn't normally have a chance of doing without spending a reasonable amount of cash.
Weekdays are no doubt a hive of activity out on the circuit too with either the driving schools or track days in action so again interest parties shouldn't be too hard to find and as I no doubt suspect Silverstone themselves are going to promote Moto Arena heavily in race day programmes, which lets be honest any club would go to the ends of the earth for, so you can see why things are being been done in the way they have so far rather than the same as any other club on any other Sunday up and down the country.
Grant (MA's MD) came over and spoke to us yesterday afternoon and he certainly came over a as a genuine person and was very appologetic about his man on the door first thing who perhaps could have chosen better words.
Never the less he did explain a compulsary Health and Safety walk round needed to be carried out before anyone could enter and what with a couple of other issues there was a small delay in the doors being opened.
As time goes by I expect they will see what most on here a bickering about and that's to be expected. Our own clubs a grown to what they are now over a number of years and for MA to start from scratch is no small undertaking. They have given us a superb indoor track with outstanding facilities and once Silverstone see the light and realise what we have all known for years; That RC-Racing is full of hundreds of racers who could never afford to race big cars they will hopefully loosen Moto Arena's reigns and give them the the room to expand to give us what we all desire.
You see, in 5 years time it will be just like the big circuit. Corporate Track Days and RC Driving/Flying schools weekdays and race meetings at the weekend.
from me.
Now if only I could get Brands to do something similar....
