[frobes2]

As the club is run at the moment; heat wise not committee..

If you have had a bad evening ie. car not good enough through pace, tyres or setup or you've crashed and your car is broken and you don't have the resources to repair, either through lack of skill or parts etc. You didn't manage to do the standard amount of laps, that you believe you could have done, or for what ever other reason, all three heats have been a complete fail and you've dropped down into a lower heat for the following week then that is YOUR fault!! Learn to drive, learn to overtake, even if you are lapping or learn how to prepare your car better!!!

The following week arrives and you find yourself in the D and not the A, as happened to two drivers last week. Seeing as you are a better driver than the others, in that lowly heat, show us your skill!! Get to the front, lap everybody three maybe four times, challenge for the most laps in an evening but don't expect to get called through all the time just so you can go flat out and try and record the same amount of laps as those in the top heat. Have a little respect for the others in that lower heat who have actually done well the week before and also deserve to race.. maybe they're not as skilled as you and therefore can't pre-empt that you'll be trying to force your way down the inside on the fastest part of the track or undercut them over the jump. This is racing and this is racing for everybody not just the ones with the most money, best cars and most experience. I for one know that I can't always get out the way quick enough so normally try and let someone through when it is safe to do so and probably earlier rather than later so I don't ruin both of our race. I'm improving, (I think lol), and am trying to be a more courteous driver as I have watched people like Will Johnson, Michael Vincent and Will Mount and like the way they drive and respect their actions on track. I am also afraid of getting in someones way that IS quicker than me and therefore spend most of my time sizing up the competion in my heat and seeing who I am likely to come up against so that I am prepared to let them through when needed. This doesn't seem to happen with some other drivers however and they seem blinkered in their own little world as soon as they're on the rostrum. This needs to be addressed!

I apologise for my 'appalling' language at the end of the first round of the fourth heat this week as Luke (a junior) WAS pitting behind where I was stood. This was an outburst on my part for being taken out yet again by a more experienced driver and I apologise to Luke for that! However being fronted up to by a red faced committee member throwing his weight around on the stage wasn't called for and if anything raised the tension level.. why was he there? he certainly wasn't calling through or making sure the driving was of a certain standard!!

I look forward to next week where I will be mainly moving out of the way so that everybody else in my heat may pass...

predicted heat;

Pole: Scott Dickenson, 2nd:Richard Baker
3rd: Ed Kerry, 4th: Scott Dixon
5th: Michael Vincent, 6th: Chris Procter
7th:Gordon Nicholson..

Dicko (the other Scott)..