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Old 30-01-2013
celticpanman celticpanman is offline
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Hello all
This is my opinion only I do not speak on behalf of any group

I do feel that the nationals are important and should be kept.

I DO FEEL THAT THERE SHOULD BE A MIXTURE OF VENUES and certainly not kept in the one venue
This will not develop driver ability ( AS COLIN SAID )
Driver development should be encouraged as much as possible, after all that is how one will only improve.

The problem as i see it is there are not enough drivers either to compete or interested in competing as such a high level.
They are either not good enough ( and do not see the point in competing as there is no chance in getting anywhere, for what ? ),
not experienced enough (big events can make a newcomer or learner feel out of place) as SOMETIMES when they need some help in setup people are busy and to caught up in their own day, forgetting others,
or just plain not interested in that level and just want to remain at club level as they enjoy it or suits them.
I have no interest in racing at that level yet as personally I’m not consistent enough yet to benefit from it.
Either way there are racers out there who need, want or have to have the nationals to better their ability and fair enough they should have the series. But if the nationals want to attract more, it needs to be more driver friendly, easier for beginners, fairer, and above all ALL DRIVERS treating everyone else with respect and courtesy.

Stop NAGGING, MOANING, WHINGING when the slightest goes wrong or “He did this “ “ he did that “ “that’s not fair” Rules are there for a reason and if you are going to race at that level, new, learner drivers, should be shown what is expected at the level and EXPERIENCED DRIVERS should lead by example.

We all want the sport to grow so
1 lets work together,
2 Support other venues
3 Remove or cut the red tape that is been created. It is a hobby not F1

The naul venue is UNFORTUNATELY restricted in width. There is nothing we can do about it. It is only 10.5m wide and therefore only so much we can do.
I love the video and great track yes but that is wider than we have so not possible.
Also there is the financial aspect. We only have a limited budget to do things but we hope to ( in time ) change it and make a few things better, but this will only depend on the size available.

This is a general observation meant to be taken constructively.
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