Just spent some time reading right through this thred from the start, had to smile a bit.
I raced at petit for the 1st time last year,now i've be playing with toy cars for way to long and in my 25+ years of racing I have been lucky enough to race in some very high profile meetings euros,worlds warmups etc etc.
when I read the poster/details type info about the meeting,I thought " yer will have some of that!" expecting a great meeting, well organised with great track for the money..so mutch so I drove from norfolk and back in 1 day to do 2wd.
Now the venue was great,hats off to ardent
But as for the meeting
.1st was the secret carpet...that was pants,Then there was the venue being open on the day before for practice,announced very late so most were unable to make use of it,then there was the way it was run, start line was a shambles and no one seemed to run the track.
Then there was the world class off road track...flat apart from a couple of small woodern bumps,a banked bend, and one of the worst jumps ever,put in the worst place ever.
then waited for hours to get a teshirt,this was a scrum down at the end. Oh and the raffle, some top prizes,but so badly run.
I'm sorry,I know meetings are hard to organise,but if you have rob from bbk running the meeting time keeping what else was mr petit doing ?
So this year I didn't bother,and I'm glad after reading this, most of it I can just about see why it all went tits up between clubs and venues etc, but changing the cancalation dates after the venue change is wrong,very wrong and shows no regard/respect for your meeting entrants.also edditing posts on his forum regarding venues so it looks like nothing has changed. and finaly it looks as if offering cheep entrys at the end? like was said what do those who entred at the begining,and stuck with it all the way get?? oh yer and the paypal gift thing was a bit hmmm
Not in the uk again...good job,I'm sorry Mr petit go take a look at offroad wars, and see how it can be done, or worksop, or the oople event (but I've never raced at that one
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