What's all this about the Americans having an advantage on dirt tracks? We used to have dirt tracks, back in the day - I remember Taunton being one of the best. And how many WCs did we win? That'd be none then! Only since we had almost none has Neil Cragg bagged the top step of the podium - go figure.
If you go to a WC, are you seriously expecting the track to be as easy as the local clubbie? And if it were, do you think the result would be any different? WCs are big-boys school, so if you go, expect the track to be hard. I went several times, did the best I could, and came home realising that there are not may people who get to be able to say they are the 88th best person in the World at their hobby! For us mere mortals, that's what a WC is about.
Cavalieri has now won 4 EC Off-Road WCs. The only person to have won more is Hirosaka-san. Couldn't we all be big enough to admit that, whatever his nationality or wherever he raced at any time in his RC career, the guy is just plain good? At this rate, who'd like to bet that he won't pass Hirosaka-san's total of seven titles?
Many, many thanks to Jimmy, Mrs O and the crew who wrote the reports. They are the best, most informative on the 'net. Take a bow people, you deserve it.
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