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I think you're referring to me here. I've turned maybe 15 laps total at MSRH l before the races on Sunday. Whatever I did in 2014 is insignificant because I was scared to even be back on a bike after my crash the season before. With that being said, I'm still not the slowest in the expert class. Just wait until TWS.Quote:
Originally Posted by David Adams11
Someone has to be in last place, my question is should last expert place be behind half or more of the novice field?
Somehow you weren't dead last nor am I referring to you, but if the shoe fits wear it.Quote:
Originally Posted by David Proler
It's a wonder how you and Dennis retain any friends.Quote:
Originally Posted by David Adams11
That is the problem we have, yes. We just have some fast *** novice riders and that is all there is to it.Quote:
Originally Posted by David Adams11
I think the club has a good way of knowing when they have to be promoted, but as Rab suggested the protest system has issues.
Bottom line: there are circumstances for any situation, but I trust Walter's decision making ability as our race director. Safety records and consistency are key too, not just lap times and finishes. There will ALWAYS be some overlap between the two groups.
And yet - I've done that. And felt better about my decision in doing so. Despite being level 3 at TWS, I did several days in level 2 at MSRH before I moved up to level 3.Quote:
Originally Posted by Yorke Oldfather
Regardless if my view doesn't line up with what your view is - what anyone else's view is - or what the preconceived view is of getting promoted, you stated that the reason (or at least part of it) I stopped racing was because I was bitter about not winning a novice championship - not because of what I had previously posted. Seems pretty cut and dry to me.Quote:
Originally Posted by Yorke Oldfather
-Cody
Does Walter go back and look at experts after they have been experts for a while? Should people that are slow or have slowed down be forced to stay in expert or is there a way for experts to be bumped back down to be with people that are closer in pace?
Sure there will be some overlap but 13 seconds a lap? I'm not saying an expert has to be faster than every novice, just wondering at what point are they too slow?
Who cares? Anyone that slow is going to end up in the same spot after turn one anyway.
Can we please get back on the topic of sandbagging expert novices?? If you get promoted, then protest and manage to come from the back to win a race that makes you a sandbagger. And the "not comfortable" running as an expert argument doesn't hold any water. Especially when you get tangled up with the experts in a wave start race. Seems like total comfort to me. It wasn't like there was any yielding/slowing down to let the other novices catch back up...