I must admit to being quite surprised at the number of people who seem to think it's acceptable after crashing out of a close fight for position, to deliberately short cut a track, even at the smaller, not exactly world championship, village hall event, to close back up to those they were battling with. Bit difficult to tell a kid it's not the thing to do when adults do it.
And swearing. I don't get it. Grown men, playing with toy cars on an evening or afternoon, swearing at other drivers, marshals, with kids and ladies about. I can swear with the best of them if required, or if the environment calls for it - 2am in an areoplane factory in Texas and some twonk puts us back a day due to a stupid mistake is what I consider a suitable environment - shouting and swearing at an enthusiastic kid who is 3 nano-seconds late in marshalling your car before you've even finished your own crash on a sunday afternoon in a local sports hall isn't. And to continue once it's pointed out even worse! And I'm aware kids and some ladies can swear too - but that doesn't in any way make it acceptable.
It's put me off Batley to some degree. I can't remember noticing it so much back when I used to race rather more seriously as a teenager.
And the fast guys at clubs, not exactly giving the slower youngsters the same respect as they themselves expect from marshals paying attention, not stood up close chatting, or wandering down the track while a race is on - it puts them off too.
Bri
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