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Originally Posted by ashleyb4
That is one of the down sides. But i think it would help if we had another heat in nationals as there are getting more and more people coming to nationals and at the moment where getting to the stage where there are loads of people coming into nationals but only a few leaving so we need to acomidate these people. Because look at the researve list this year its been over 30 people at some meetings if we where to add another heat we reduce the number of people on researve list and also increase the chances of the people on the researve list getting in. Maybe on the sunday we could ajust it so we have 2 rounds of practice but make them only 3 minutes long. As i find at practise after 5 minutes i find it a bit pointless. I tend to pull the car off after about 4 minutes as it saves my tyres and saves me breaking it.
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I think you've lost the plot there Ash.
National are the top level of our sport, but here has to be a limit on the entry number or the day will become to long and that could become a negative to those that drive long distances. Sunday is always 1 heat shorter because everyone has to drive home.
The reserve list works well i think, as does the process for selecting entries at the beginning of the year. The current situation of over subscribed Nationals "should" start to improve the attendance at Regional level, as drivers now realise that having an F3 license is probably the minimum requirement to have a chance of entering the following years Nationals. (obviously there are other factors like the number of meetings you enter, and the date your entry is received)
As for practice, both days are currently two rounds of about 3 minutes each. This method was adopted after comments from drivers, who said two short practices was better than one 5 minute run. It allows us to try a setup change. (perhaps your thinking of Regional practice??)