This will be my 3rd year racing and like many I started late(I'm 36 now), although I had a brief stint at riding when I was 21. I started out racing 250C and Vet B my first year, and raced 250B and Vet B last year. I am by no means an A rider, and have just come to the conclusion given my age, etc.. that I would never be competetive in A class. However, I am a mid/top 250B and top VetB rider. The gap between vet B and Vet A in my area seems to be getting wider and wider. More and more ex-250A riders are now racing vet A. While vet b is where all of the over 30 1st time riders seem to begin. Our vet b classes almost always have two full gates. I really feel that the vet b class has become much more dangerous than when I started. If you get a bad start, you have to carefully weed through all the 'squirrel' activity. Lots of deliberate changing of lines over big jumps to prevent faster riders from clearing. A moto medic friend of mine said they are on 'high alert' when both 250C and vet B motos run.
I'll most likely move to vet A shortly, but I would really like to see a vet C added as well. It would seem to benefit both the slower and faster vet b riders. And everyone would win. Maybe some would believe they could not get an even distribution among the classes. I'd appreciate hearing any other negative views on this.
How many other districts out there have an A, B, and C vet breakdown? Any suggestions on how to pursue future inclusion of a vet C class? I'm guessing this would need to be modified at the District level, so I'll probably start by inquiring at that level, and maybe start a petition going among vet B riders in the area. Maybe I should have posted this in the 'District' forum, but it seems to be more of general content to me.
Wardd.
I'll most likely move to vet A shortly, but I would really like to see a vet C added as well. It would seem to benefit both the slower and faster vet b riders. And everyone would win. Maybe some would believe they could not get an even distribution among the classes. I'd appreciate hearing any other negative views on this.
How many other districts out there have an A, B, and C vet breakdown? Any suggestions on how to pursue future inclusion of a vet C class? I'm guessing this would need to be modified at the District level, so I'll probably start by inquiring at that level, and maybe start a petition going among vet B riders in the area. Maybe I should have posted this in the 'District' forum, but it seems to be more of general content to me.
Wardd.