Replying to Scracha's Wanganui Whine

[Grumpy Gnomb]

good on you for running it and if people only like to complain why dont they do one and see what fun organising events for other peoples enjoyment is like

[gixerracer]

i guess he want be back then

[old fartz]

we had a great day the toilets were clean by us there was no water truck this year but we carry 40ltrs in the truck so no problem,the only thing we found hard was no shade or very on the dummy grid a open tent would have been great.

[Kickaha]

the only thing we found hard was no shade or very on the dummy grid a open tent would have been great.

Sidecarbob suggested a couple of the tents like they use for prizegiving on the dummy grid would be the go

[jellywrestler]

ttlep15 Great to see your response your team put a great event on. I appreciate all the hard work done and glad you're not taking this whining to heart. And by the way if your check out with terralink maps there's around 27 service stations between where scracha lives and the pits, all will give you bag for your rubbish if you buy something.....

spyda

[Kickaha]

I'm not sure about the sidecar commentator either,he was being very unkind to my rider, something about pies?

[White trash]

i guess he want be back then

"Wont" is spelt W O N T you idiot.

[MIXONE]

From a spectators point of view it was the usual great day.Superpole was a bit pointless but the crash delays could be avoided if you guys just stopped crashing!

[ajturbo]

"Wont" is spelt W O N T you idiot.

have you counted his fingers??? lol

[scracha]

I am one of the organisers of the Boxing Day races in Wanganui. After being directed to Scracha's Whine by a friend, may I just put my view across. Yes,

Thanks for the response, not spitting the dummy and taking my comments as they were intended.

some area's we were/are lacking. Signage etc. But then you go on to whine about no water (and not for drinking?). Plenty of the business premises where the pits are located had taps on the side of their buildings.

But I did a "man" look and couldn't find any taps.

No electricity! We're using public and private land for pits. Some people had access to power by friendly private business owners, some didn't. No rubbish bins - a fair comment! We've

Hey, if I whine about 20 things and just one of them is improved then its a result no?

BP not open for fuel - this may come as a surprise to you but we (the organisers) do not own or run the service station!

This wasn't actually a whine directed at the organisers. Perhaps the owner could be informed that if they opened for an hour on Christmas day during scrutineering they'd make a shit load of pesos.

Srutineers to come to you! Think about it - what sort of chaos would it have caused if scrutineers had to go round and round the pits looking for bikes that hadn't yet been done. And as

Scruts circulate pits once with their nice stickers, also checking gear and fire extinguishers. If bike is missed/fails then they go to scrutineering as normal.

two sessions a waste of time - If we gave everyone one longer practice, and then someone took you out on the first lap of that practice session so you missed it, would you be saying that 2 sessions are still a waste of time? I think not.

It's happened to me and that's just the way the cookie crumbles. Organisers have let me go and practise with another class when it's happened. I honestly think 1 practice of 6 or 8 laps would save a hell of a lot of time but its your meeting.

F1 guys out in 600 practice - Yes there was, but when they were spotted, we black flagged them out of that session.

Fair call. Didn't know that.

Another point that some people have brought up - Superpole. Some liked it, others hated it. It was a new idea we tried. Will we do it again? Maybe - maybe not, but if we do it will be different.

That's a tricky one. Track is to short to do 20s between riders. What about next rider goes out for warmup lap 20s after previous rider passes pit lane entrance on their race lap or would that be too dangerous?

Lack of pit passes seemed to be the other main gripe.



Guess I'll be getting rotten tomatoes thrown at me next year.

[ttelp15]

Thanks for your input Scracha. We've (myself and a few of the other organisers) have already started going through some of the feed back like yours. We'll do our best to take everything that everyone has mentioned too us on board, and make changes as a result of those. Obviously we'll never keep everyone happy, as what some people like/want is at complete odds to what others want/like.
And rest assured we are working on another form of pit pass format for competitors and their crew.

[quickbuck]

And rest assured we are working on another form of pit pass format for competitors and their crew.

I like the sound of this bit!

To add to it, there may well be an opportunity to have a sort of semi closed pits.
Like an area where the public can view the bikes and action in there, but by and large don't get to wander right through the tented areas, or indeed the path of the bikes exiting the pits.
May well be a little difficult in the (donated) space available, but worth a thought?

[wharfy]

"Wont" is spelt W O N T you idiot.

"won't" - apostrophe I believe

[Trudes]

I like the sound of this bit!

To add to it, there may well be an opportunity to have a sort of semi closed pits.
Like an area where the public can view the bikes and action in there, but by and large don't get to wander right through the tented areas, or indeed the path of the bikes exiting the pits.
May well be a little difficult in the (donated) space available, but worth a thought?

That's such a good point! It's nice that the public can feel 'involved' however it is a pain in the arse to have to watch all your tools and gear etc like a hawk just incase some unknown picks something up and wanders off with it.... temptation is too much for some people. It would be nice to think we can trust people, but the reality is you just can't, and there isn't always someone about to keep an eye on your gear. JMO.

[gixerracer]

yea Jimmy [won't] who fuckn stuped now