I have known Duncan for quite a while and can say that he definately doesn't fall in the category of people who disappear at the end of a meeting before clearing up, he's probably one of the last to leave.
The 'poor show' situation, I think that the race director may have been uncomfortable to have the young lad driving around between heats as he wouldn't be covered by BRCA( he needs to be 'entered in the event' to be allowed on track even with the 3 race rule). Had the race director explained this to Duncan in a better way I'm sure Duncan would have been more than happy to pay the nominal fee so his son could run his car round and everybody would have had a better day.
I have ran a club in the past and the only EXTRA attention that the better drivers got from me was to ensure that their timings were accurate, other than that I put a very heavy onus on encouraging the lesser and younger drivers and ensuring that the better drivers marshalled them to a high standard as they are the sports future and need every encouragment.
I am impressed to see that this now is happening at SHRCCC where I may add that the youngsters who have only been racing a year or less are now competing for the A/B finals and nudging the better drivers along.
Silverstone is another club who promote youngsters and are now producing some very competitive youngsters, they often have a full heat of juniors
Keep up the good work guys and I'm sure ALL clubs will follow or fold.