Where do I start?
Firstly, we are part of the entertainment, aren’t we? So as entertainment and attracting spectators we need to pay a premium price to ride?. 90% of the riders aren’t going to see any money and so that makes about 90% couldn’t care less how much money is on offer. Also I don’t see a discount for the people who can’t attend Friday (not everyone can get time off work) and these people are force to pay $110 a day, on top of that is camping fees etc. At $220 it’s more then I pay for a national round.
As for the track, it’s a 2min track! Then it’s a 5min walk to the busses. Yes it has shuttles for three days, but the first day is mostly spent wearing the grass away (it’s not a used track). Last time they made changes to the track over first two days. After practicing something for nearly two days and with a track this short, it makes a big difference in the end. This is not a premium track.
Last year they also struggled with shuttles, when the busses were fully loaded they didn’t have the power and couldn’t make it up the hill. Chris Kovarik, Nathan Rennie, one other rider and myself were forced to get out of the bus to lighten the load, it wasn’t just up the hill but the driver had gone all the way back to the car park and left us on the side of the road. It was stinking hot and was left with no other choice but to start walking. Not a premium service either.
I did have fun and I’m probably not making much of a point, but you can see where I’m coming from. It’s a lot of money for a race that isn’t that special.
Im waiting for the flameing to begin
