Rob,
I think this blanket coverall statement is misguided but well intentioned. Last night I was so tired at the end of racing due to the late finish (Reason for which I will go into later) I had to stop on the A64 and get an hour before I felt safe to drive home. I'm sure there were lots of people in the tiredness boat.
While i'm not disagreeing with the fact that people should stay behind to help take the track down, and I havent for the last couple of weeks I've been racing for many reasons, there has to be some impetus taken by those running the meetings to make sure it starts on time, not 25 minutes late like it was last night. Keep the time between the rounds short and get the next race running. Marshalls need to get to their points faster as well, and I think sanctions against marshalls who dont turn up before the race is started should be implemented, you have 90 seconds which is plenty of time to dump your car and get to your marshall point. My other rants about marshalling will come in a separate thread.
Its all well and good stating the obvious outcome of people not staying to put the track away, but unless the problems are tackled which cause this, you might as well just cancel the meetings.
Also, if I turn up to a meeting and i find it gets cut to 2 rounds and a final because of this, I'll be wanting my money back, that kind of threat wont fly with me and you would lose a lot of people if you try it even once. I'm not travelling 35 miles to drive for 15 minutes over the course of 3 hours fella, no way. F*** that noise. I'll sell my stuff and quit before I get played that way. Rule number 1 of running a club is dont make idiotic comments, even in the heat of the moment, and that one shows just how much you still have to learn.
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