p_whitworth
Active member
Attached below is the text of an e-mail I sent to the Conference Executive officers and the Race Chair of IRDC regarding the scheduling at the May 11/12 race at Pacific Raceways. I have received a courteous and considered reply from Jason Vein but I am posting it here for the rest of Conference to read and consider. I am confident about posting it because only those of us who live on Vancouver Island are prepared to pay the ferry fares so I do not fear torch-lit mobs on my front lawn. Besides, I've recently moved so I may be more of a challenge to find.
To One and All,
It is obvious that the amendments to Competition Regulation 703.C.1 is now allowing Race Chairs to discriminate against some long standing groups and classes in Conference and I am extremely disappointed.
Since the rule as it now reads requires the race organizer to give only one qualifying session to each group, there is now the realization that a lot of time has been freed up in the schedule to allow additional time to be granted to groups more preferred by the organizers.
Specifically I refer to the preference being given to all classes of cars EXCEPT those in Groups 3 and 6 at the race scheduled for May 11 and 12. Each of the classes in Groups 3 & 6 get one 20 minute track session on Saturday, one 20 minute session on Sunday morning and then the 30 minute race on Sunday afternoon. The cars in the special race, called the Mini Enduro get this time and ADDITIONALLY a 20 minute session on Saturday afternoon and a 1 hour race as well. The race is open only to the cars already entered in Race Groups 1,2,4,and 5. The Groups 3 and 6 cars need not apply.
The Group 3 and 6 cars are paying $4.07/minute for their track time but the Groups 1,2,4,&5 cars are paying only $2.90/minute if they are running the Mini Enduro. There used to be language in the Competition Regulations that guided the Race Chair to ensure that all entrants had equal access to the track and there is still the language in Competition Regulation 703 F that states that special races shall not interrupt the continuity of the ICSCC championship race program.
The entries in groups 3 & 6 may not be the largest at this point in Conference’s history but our money spends just as well as the other cars in the other classes. At this point in my racing career, I do not have the energy and resources to attend every race in pursuit of a class championship so I can select the races I wish to attend. I will therefore save my racing budget to spend it at the race event following the May 11-12 weekend where I will at least be treated with equality and fairness.
Paul Whitworth,
Group 6 No. 54.
To One and All,
It is obvious that the amendments to Competition Regulation 703.C.1 is now allowing Race Chairs to discriminate against some long standing groups and classes in Conference and I am extremely disappointed.
Since the rule as it now reads requires the race organizer to give only one qualifying session to each group, there is now the realization that a lot of time has been freed up in the schedule to allow additional time to be granted to groups more preferred by the organizers.
Specifically I refer to the preference being given to all classes of cars EXCEPT those in Groups 3 and 6 at the race scheduled for May 11 and 12. Each of the classes in Groups 3 & 6 get one 20 minute track session on Saturday, one 20 minute session on Sunday morning and then the 30 minute race on Sunday afternoon. The cars in the special race, called the Mini Enduro get this time and ADDITIONALLY a 20 minute session on Saturday afternoon and a 1 hour race as well. The race is open only to the cars already entered in Race Groups 1,2,4,and 5. The Groups 3 and 6 cars need not apply.
The Group 3 and 6 cars are paying $4.07/minute for their track time but the Groups 1,2,4,&5 cars are paying only $2.90/minute if they are running the Mini Enduro. There used to be language in the Competition Regulations that guided the Race Chair to ensure that all entrants had equal access to the track and there is still the language in Competition Regulation 703 F that states that special races shall not interrupt the continuity of the ICSCC championship race program.
The entries in groups 3 & 6 may not be the largest at this point in Conference’s history but our money spends just as well as the other cars in the other classes. At this point in my racing career, I do not have the energy and resources to attend every race in pursuit of a class championship so I can select the races I wish to attend. I will therefore save my racing budget to spend it at the race event following the May 11-12 weekend where I will at least be treated with equality and fairness.
Paul Whitworth,
Group 6 No. 54.