Quote Originally Posted by Danny Dominguez View Post
If I recall correctly at the riders meetings it was clearly stated it went back to novice and expert due to racers using both sessions, not using just the one they were actually supposed to be in and no way to control it. So they went back to just a novice session and an expert session. I dont recall any mention of "safety".
If this change wasn't made for safety reasons, it needed to be made for safety reasons. I had multiple close calls that were entirely eliminated when we went back to Ex/Nov separation, and I don't speak for others, but I've heard remarks from other experts about how much safer everything was once we made the change.

At the end of the day whether this is a success or not really boils down to what defines a success. For us racing, experts particularly, this is already a failure because the quality of the practice will be degraded and the sessions more dangerous as it stands right now with the proposed rules. This can change if the rules are amended.

From the CMRA leadership standpoint if we really were losing money on Friday practice then I think weather will define if this ends up a success or failure. There were a LOT of poor weather Fridays. I signed up for at least 2 Fridays I can think of off the top of my head where I ended up not riding or only riding 1 or 2 sessions. I think we gave up on trying to get street riders out to Friday practices way too soon. I have seen this be very successful in another organization.

From 3:16 track days point of view if they make money it is a success. So, to them it doesn't matter one iota if a racer comes out or not. That is bad for us since obviously we are all racers. That doesn't mean they won't try to cater to us but they really don't have any real incentive if they are getting strong trackday rider turnouts. Plus, I know a bunch of racers coach for them so the lower the quality of track time for racers the more likely they would be to just take a few bucks and coach Friday instead.