we did used to do a few fates and a local school fete with the club and as has been mentioned the gala in the days of the rallyx, But I think one of the reasons we stopped being asked is we made little money for the fate, as most things either pay for a pitch or pay a percentage of their days takings towards whatever the fate is making money for, and the thing is we take a lot of room up with a track.
The other problem was the organisers and the public really wanted a pay to play situation, fine if your all happy to offer your cars up to the public to bash around for the afternoon
Also the biggest problem was most fates are held on saturday afternoons, and we really needed to keep the action going constantly for the duration of the fate to keep the mercenary fate organisers happy considering the amount of space we would take up, this could prove quite a challenge with the low numbers that could commit to a saturday, would end up with some very high charge rates,some cooked batteries and some very hot cars, the answer was to try and hold a race meeting at the fate,but again this was a problem due to the amount of space needed by us, this was ok at some really big shows and fates but at most small local jobs this again caused problems and the fate organisers didn't fancy it.
fates are normally in the summer, my busiest time of year and they take quite a lot of organisation involving insurance, ( I was once asked if all our mains equipment\generators could be P.A.T tested
) supplying catch fence. and loading and carting a load of track over to the site.
But if anyone is offered some fate action, do say as I have had a few good fates and lawford club used to run a fantastic meeting at a car show...its not all bad, honest
