Well, I guess it depends on whether or not we want to be seen as a relevant, credible motorcycle club, sanctioned by a national governing body, that promotes racing and fosters/creates racers or as a track day organization that holds timed events (Ridesmart Plus w/o the COTA). The club has a pretty rich history in having some very impressive people come through the ranks and if we are to be taken seriously and continue in this pursuit, this is a necessary evil. Walter signed off on +/- 25 licenses this year, a requirement of which was the racer producing a list of results and points accumulated in previous years during AMA sanctioned events. MotoAmerica has been more than kind to our current MA license holders in addressing this short coming. Prior to 2020, we have been a “charter”.
We also did consider the additional cost imposed on our membership and we did not consider it lightly. The balance is who do you discourage from racing with us because they need points for a MA/AMA license and who do you discourage because we are asking them to spend an additional $50 over the course of a year to race with us. We did not intend this as an inconvenience or financial hardship and certainly hope it will not discourage anyone from racing with us although we know full well it may. Apologies to those that it does. This is the way.