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4/1/2021 5:27am
Why are there so many classes now days? Someone on here over 30 tell me you care what place you get. Going home no trophy are you really going to care?
Some of these classes will have like 2 people in them and they keep having the class year after year
Some of these classes will have like 2 people in them and they keep having the class year after year
They’re out there
The Shop
It also would have been interesting to have 70 guys at multiple skill levels on the track at the same time at the 2 stroke nationals last year in the 30+ class. No thanks.
And I to have seen the local Vet C rider load up and go home after the first moto because they didn't win. Again I just shake my head in disbelief.
So I would agree splitting Vet classes at the local track is stupid.
Everyone would show respect
Hold their line
No elbows
Check up for guys who don't send it
Beers after if everyone makes it out
Truth is if your over 40 and still riding moto, have a loving wife you want to bang every night, and good kids, you've already won at life.
Here's a typical OTHG race schedule here in SoCal. Those first 2 were freebie 3 lap dashes. Race 1 was all ages (30+) intermediate and up (yes the word intermediate was missing), Race 2 Beginner and Novice. Gates were huge and it was just for fun.
The rest are the normal classes/races. Notice the stacking of gates. No moments of "2 people on the gate". The club makes sure you're racing a good group of people.
It's a vet club and I think this gets the job done. Notice the motos are 16-20 mins + 1 lap too. The age groups are also divided differently than most other series/clubs.
I'm in it to win it. Yes, I care what place I take, but more than that, I care that I'm progressing, and ride my very best, every time I line up. I'm pretty much a C/D rider. When I start winning, I'll move up to the next class.
Having as many riders in my class as possible is always more fun.
Pit Row
Mix them up and somebody is getting hurt.
Personally, I'm onboard with the model of + 30 A/B and C/D, then + 40 A/B and C/D. These can always be run together and scored separately, of course. My rationale: I just want more vets out there participating. It seems like there is a serious crowd that actually trains and practices, then another gang that are just practice riders. Look at any practice day, there are tons of them. I want to see more vet racers on the gate even if they aren't scored with me in A/B, so opening a C/D to encourage true weekend warriors to get out and race seems to make sense.
Here in SC we run the five year age brackets with no skill levels. It's silly to me because I don't think you see that much difference in physical performance at five year intervals. For the same amount of classes, I'd much rather open up C/D versions and maybe see more riders out there, even if I don't directly benefit from it.
But I'm also be just fine with +30, +40, +50 if you only have a handful of riders, as is often the case.
I don't care about a trophy really as I've thrown more away than I've kept through the years. However, I do like the feeling of doing well. I got a 10th and 11th at Daytona. I was more pumped on the 11th in the regular +30 (one spot out of "trophy") than the 10th I got in the other class. Mainly because I fell in the first corner and should have done better. I did trophy in that class, but, they ran out and I didn't even get one.. lol
There's really two catagories. National level vet racers and local vet racers.
If you're not over 25, you may not be able to wrap your head around it because you're still full of piss and vinegar. Something happens at 25, then definitely again at 30.. lol.. most plus 25 guys at the front are competitive in A or B.. Don't see that as often with +30 guys unless you're like Andrew Matusek.
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