why do races get cut short on laps

[bmfgsxr]

i dont think its very fair that when something out of the ordinary happens that the racers who pay their fees have to be shorted laps in there races. i think something should be reorganized so this doesnt happen. maybe dont hold schools in between races so that we can keep the pace up. im all for guys hitting the schools, but i think that would be better served during the week. i hope a lot of guys speak up in here because i know they all were down at vir this weekend. at the very least we should get some sort of credit. i paid for a gt race, and only got 15 minutes, and not due to a red flag. just because the schedule tightened up. guys on sunday only got 6 lap gt races... come on guys cant we do something about this. of course no one can predict mother nature, and red flags, but better preperation before hand, and trying not to fit ten lbs of crap in a 5 lb. bag doesnt help either. thanks for reading.

[motodirty]

 :'(I agree with ya I was in the EX GTU and I think it was only 8 laps or some thing like that.  I always go by start/finish and look for flags,  The only one I was looking for was the halfway flag and the only one I saw was the white flag and I was like "wow that was fast, I guess I better speed up alittle".  Yeah what the hell was that school thing?  I thought they only did that sh-t on Fridays?

[Woofentino Pugrossi]

When I started racing CCS in 99, We got 3 15 min practice sessions. Now we are down to 2 12 min ones with the occasional 1 round of practice (usually announced during 2nd call). We never started racing until 11:30 back in 99. Now its starting at 10-11am. I think we only had 13 races on sunday before, now we have 16. Somethign happens during a race, and then everything gets behind.

[bmfgsxr]

:'(I agree with ya I was in the EX GTU and I think it was only 8 laps or some thing like that.  I always go by start/finish and look for flags,  The only one I was looking for was the halfway flag and the only one I saw was the white flag and I was like "wow that was fast, I guess I better speed up alittle".  Yeah what the hell was that school thing?  I thought they only did that sh-t on Fridays?

whats your number dude, i was in that race too? got cut off at 9 laps. i was dissapointed, but i felt worse for the guys racing gt's on sunday with only 6 laps.

[MightyDuc Racing]

All the Florida GT's are 6 laps, and we run 20 races on Sunday.

[Super_KC124]

I raced a GTU race last year at Blackhawk that was red flagged after 5 laps. They called it complete after about 5 mins. >:( (It was a combined race also! :o Big grid, experts and amateurs together :o :o Experts started lapping people 4 laps in!)

[GAMEDIC]

simple answer to why we now have 16 races... it's all about the $$$$ more races they have the more money they make and that is the bottom line... i'm glad i didn't enter any of them however that is not the only problem we have been paying for the transponders which are still not here. i called to tal kto them and see if maybe we could get a credit for the extra $5 per race tword our next event... left messages and all i got was that Kevin was swamped and could not talk. i will call again tomorrow and the next day and the next until i get an answer...we are paying for them..we should have them.... CCS does not pay to use a track and then get there and the gates are locked....so why should we have to pay for something and not get to use it... sorry for the long post but i'm venting...didn't have a good weekend at VIR and that just topped it off ;D

[Super Dave]

When I started racing CCS in 99, We got 3 15 min practice sessions. Now we are down to 2 12 min ones with the occasional 1 round of practice (usually announced during 2nd call). We never started racing until 11:30 back in 99. Now its starting at 10-11am. I think we only had 13 races on sunday before, now we have 16. Somethign happens during a race, and then everything gets behind.

And, several years ago at Blackhawk, if we got done with the races before 6PM, the track would open up for practice again.

Does seem like someone is trying to get out early at our expense.  I will totally agree with the practice issue.  I believe that it is a SAFETY ISSUE!  With so little time to figure a bike out, guys are not properly prepared.

[FUBAR606]

simple answer to why we now have 16 races... it's all about the $$$$ more races they have the more money they make and that is the bottom line... i'm glad i didn't enter any of them however that is not the only problem we have been paying for the transponders which are still not here. i called to tal kto them and see if maybe we could get a credit for the extra $5 per race tword our next event... left messages and all i got was that Kevin was swamped and could not talk. i will call again tomorrow and the next day and the next until i get an answer...we are paying for them..we should have them.... CCS does not pay to use a track and then get there and the gates are locked....so why should we have to pay for something and not get to use it... sorry for the long post but i'm venting...didn't have a good weekend at VIR and that just topped it off ;D

You may want to check out this thread. I'm sure you will get the same response verbally as I did in writing...

http://www.racemotorcycles.com/cgi-bin/board/YaBB.pl?board=ccs1;action=display;num=1049174851;start=2

[james-redsv]

Sh#@ happens, get over it, lifes too short. ;D

[GAMEDIC]

Yeah i saw that but that was not how we were told it was going to be....they didn't say they were going to raise the price to pay for them then we get them...they were going to get them so we would have them then raise the price to cover what they already paid

[Super Dave]

Yeah i saw that but that was not how we were told it was going to be....they didn't say they were going to raise the price to pay for them then we get them...they were going to get them so we would have them then raise the price to cover what they already paid

I think you're hitting that one on the head.  That was my though too.  In fact, the information that I was given was that we'd have them in the Midwest at all the races ASAP.  It was a value added feature that was the extra $5 in entry fees.  Seemed fair, until there was no timing set up.... >:(