This thread has turned unneccessarily negative which was not my intention when I started it. Some of the comments aimed towards Matt's track are completely uncalled for and are not helping the club. Matt put in a huge amount of effort going away planning the track all week then assembling it on the day while the rest of us didn't. I accept that a (unacceptably) small number of us actually helped set up the track but without Matt there would not have been a meeting of that quality at all. The track layout was superb and unbalanced criticism towards the designer is not going to help the club.
I myself have made suggestions to what I feel could benefit the track and make the experience better for the average club racer but have tried to do it in a balenced way which is a suggestion rather than a demand which is what we need to do as a club.
With Matt's announcement that he shall not be at round 2 we as a club need to stand up and take on the hard work that Matt put in not bicker on message boards. Not permanent venues are always a struggle as the vast majority just want to turn up, throw their cars down and go home leaving the same few to put the work in.
As for the carpet situation, it's all about manpower and will. I'm sure if people can be bothered to carry all the carpet needed into the all we will use it but it requires help...and lots of it.
I shall be there from 9am to set up and if you feel it would help I will come up with a track design in advance as Matt did that can be negotiated on the day.
I for one feel that Matt's layout was perfectly good but I do have a few suggestions...not complaints of how to make it better for all without using any more carpet.
We have 5 days to gauge people's sensible suggestions on here so if people have specific suggestions to what we can do let's share them and see what people think..what we don't want is a group of people bickering in the hall on Sunday morning.
Chris
Matt
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