jeff_kovalik |
09-18-2024 03:37 PM |
Re: Dutch Classic Tentative shedule
This new trend seems odd to me. By starting a race earlier (say a Wednesday or Thursday), 100% of the participants are impacted and those with jobs will need to take time off work.
With a "traditional" schedule, IF there is bad weather and the event gets extended into Monday after some rounds of racing, a much smaller group of participants are impacted. Using some quick math, even if only one round was completed before racing stopped, that's 50% that are headed home with possibly no impact to their schedules. Every round after that gets better & better.
Not everybody is retired or races for a living. (haha)
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Originally Posted by Bobby Fazio
(Post 702956)
"Sunday Sunday Sunday" has all but turned into Saturday Saturday Saturday and now we have to start on Wednesday Wednesday Wednesday...if you want to set a record. Starting races a day earlier to finish them a day earlier in case it rains doesn't sit well with me but maybe there's more to it. Staff still has to be paid and non-retired racers have to take off an extra day, just in case it rains. The Dutch used to be time runs/record runs Thursday and Friday, Class on Saturday, Eliminations on Sunday.
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