To say that the turnout of racers at the meeting was overwhelming is a bit of an overstatement. There could and should have been a whole lot more.
Definitely more members not there than those attending.
The good news is that the WMRC members are going work with what we have and honestly it is not much.
What we do have is a shot at putting together a way to work towards 2013.
This year we get two Mondays with no practice day.
There will be a privately operated Track Day the Friday preceding the Monday dates but that will require a full tear down end of day Friday, and go away with our pit gear for Saturday and Sunday, and then set back up for Monday morning. A bit harder on everyone and more difficult for those traveling.
The One weekend in May is immediately prior to our opener at Stratotech,
There are Friday night drag races going on the night prior so Set Up will have to be completed, Practice provided for and Race Schedule completed on the Saturday meaning it will be very tight. Hopefully we get some set up time after the drags end but that could be after 10PM.
The Sunday schedule should be not as compressed although there will still be very limited practice time prior to racing and probably a reduced lunch period to get it all in,
Not very pretty but all that WMRC as a club has to work with or offer this year,
With continuing pressure by the Car Club users who hold priority for track booking and rights to the track, it looks like weekends could very quickly be an thing of the past for Motorcycle racing at Mission,
BC desperately needs an alternate racing venue,
At the end of the meeting all I could really think and say is how thankful I am for Dan and Stratotech providing EMRA with the facilities and schedule that it does,
See you all soon,
Blair