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Constructive comments from what i've learnt form RHR and Worksop are:
>Marshalls need a kick  , I saw some appauling marshalling on sunday in numerous heats.
>Conventional (off-road) qualifying/finals - 4 rounds round by round, best 2 to count and one final.
>More flowing track layout with downslopes at least twice as long as upslopes, and no 'rumble' areas
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I have to agree with the first one, I don't think it was helped by the track layout meaning there was a large 'central zone' that you couldn't station a marshal in. Changes to the marshal points later in the day made a huge difference, lesson learned for the future I think.
I would always rather do more qualifying than 'racing', that is a personal preference though. I also like to run FTD where ever is practical and round by round where not. Judging by the first event a lot of people set there fastest times in either round 1 or round 3 so I think FTD is fine at Ardent.
Certainly agree with the comment about down ramps, less so on rumble strips as I think they add a good challange to an indoor venue as you need to balance your ride height to cope with them and the faster high grip corners.
I liked the final layout to be honest, if it was me I would have put the apex to the corner after doubles another 2 feet away from the bottom of the down ramp just so the marshal wouldn't have been so busy in that area but otherwise the only time in recent years I've enjoyed an indoor event that much was the MK GP a few years ago.