VMCC 2012 POSITIVE Suggestion Box.

[RobGassit]

Well said Graeme Staples(Woooooo I used your proper name!!!)

All names you dont see at the Actrix series for any more than the odd test day,Rhys Holmes is planning to do some of the rounds this year to settle into his new Beema,Apart from that you wont see to many appearances from the fast guys!!

The sad fact is,If you havent got the necessary skills to race a bike too the limit well before getting to the superbike class(Like Glen Skachill),Your just not gonna cut the mustard at National level no matter how much tracktime you get during the winter,It takes a shitload of dedication and application from an early age,Something that is clearly missing in todays so called up and comers in the North Island.

Swerve and the crew at MCC have got it sorted and thats where the bulk of the up and coming talent is coming from,No question!!!

Rob Gassit,You of all people should know after yours and Sarahs exploits over the last 12 months,The benefits are at National level,NOT the winter series,You took the advice I offered you and its paid dividends,Right???Had you not,Sarah would be stuck in the same rut,Correct???

The Vic club run a damned good club series with limited rescources and real helpers,I have never had an issue getting my point across to them either by email/Phone or in person,I cant say Ive always managed to achieve the right results imo,But they did listen and take onboard my ideas,The same can be said re MNZ,Maybe its about attitude and/or the way they are approached,Only they can answer that,But one thing I can tell you is I never recieved any positive feedback from either the Vic club or MNZ due to statements Ive made on this site!!

The moral here is,Be happy these people bother to spend there spare time putting on race meetings for you to attend,Pissing off the likes of Yungatart,Mstrs and str8jacket is gonna leave you standing at Manfeild on a winters day watching the grass grow,Without them your NOTHING!!,Giving the superbike class more tracktime at the expense of the other classes will do Nothing too improve the state of the class at National level,The guys at MCC are all rolling around the ground laughing at you.

Choppa! $1500.00 to do a club day,Really???Does that include flights in and out and flashy motels most club racers dont use,Wanna give us a breakdown of that figure??

Oh and can somebody explain too me how changing the food supplier at Manfeild is gonna improve the riding skills of the superbike class???? and we already have a series in the summer time,Its called the Nationals and the dedicated/talented riders already attend it!!!!

Well I guess I have been out of line then. It was not my intention to bag the club or suggest the volunteers are not appreciated. I apologise to anyone who has taken offence to any of my comments. I'm really sorry.

[MSTRS:Me]

This is a very pertinent point too...
The costs in being on a competitive F1 bike are beyond most racers, so they are either forced to accept a non-competitive bike or to race in a 'lower' class (read as 'cheaper') OR they are simply not interested in riding a 300kph bike. They may be perfectly happy on their RG/KR 150.
Either way, why should these people be penalised tracktime just so the very few hungry F1 riders can have more? Don't they all pay the same entry fee?

[rachprice]

We don't have a single good young road racer regularly competing on the world stage. And it's been that way for how long? 10years? So we have no marquee rider(s) to help improve the miserably low profile of our sport. Success overseas means coverage for them, which translates into a higher profile for us, which means more coverage, more sponsors, more people wanting to join the sport yada yada.

Don't mean to disagree with you all the time but what about little dan mettam??? He is, as we speak, in Europe about to compete at Aragon on the little 250's European class
Sure it isn't a superbike or 600 but he is only 15, and he got on a podium!!!

[Str8 Jacket]

Well I guess I have been out of line then. It was not my intention to bag the club or suggest the volunteers are not appreciated. I apologise to anyone who has taken offence to any of my comments. I'm really sorry.

Thank you for your apology, it takes balls to admit that you may have been wrong.

[MSTRS:Me]

and the nats is an arse for most, a vmcc type event in warmer months would work better i think for those that dont do the nats (which is most)

You're all gonna love the PMCC summer series this year then...

[Quasievil]

You're all gonna love the PMCC summer series this year then...

Yeah I reckon I will mate.
The Nats isnt my favourite event thats for sure, overrated, overpriced (for the riders to be involved in the entire series) and lacking in many areas like public interest for example.......so whats the point?
its pointless having a Nats the size of the one we do.

But I digress.

But honestly the only negative stuff I have to say (and what I have heard from riders I know) about the otherwise MINT Vmcc series is
1/ Crap Food
2/ Crap Coffee
3/ Cold and wet most of the time
4/ Short races (6 laps I think x 2 makes an expensive trip for f all)

[Billy]

OOOO yes yes i wll go there

are you saying good food (not fried junk) has no bearing on sports performance ?

and the nats is an arse for most, a vmcc type event in warmer months would work better i think for those that dont do the nats (which is most)

Absolutely it has,I would suggest the serious racers have their diet covered at the track,In fact I know they do,The caterers food is for the spectators and the 3 of them havent complained yet!!!

The Nats is an arse,Really???Its where the REAL racing happens for the REAL racers,As for the summer,Theres the Tri Series for the serious guys and the Pacific for the not so serious,Anyhting outside of the Nats is nothing more than club racing !!!!

[Ronin]

It gets worse, I've seen her name used in programmes and by the commentators too...

Wouldn't been Ray, he wouldn't get it right lol

[Quasievil]

Absolutely it has,I would suggest the serious racers have their diet covered at the track,In fact I know they do,The caterers food is for the spectators and the 3 of them havent complained yet!!!

The Nats is an arse,Really???Its where the REAL racing happens for the REAL racers,As for the summer,Theres the Tri Series for the serious guys and the Pacific for the not so serious,Anyhting outside of the Nats is nothing more than club racing !!!!

Well you have one now bro, I like real food

Yeah I reckon the Nats is an arse, its not a winning formula in my opinion (as well as many others)
But I respect you to much to argue the point there billy, but really ....."nothing more than club racing" dude common

[jellywrestler]

Wouldn't been Ray, he wouldn't get it right lol

Fairs Fair Ray does his best, does the club when getting entry forms out include a sheet for info for the commentators?
how many riders/mechanics etc make their way up to the commentators box during a meeting.
The biggest problem with commentators is that it's the same voice all day, no matter how good they are you're going to get tired of them, any different voice up there is welcome and a good commentator can draw out stuff even from the shyest person.
How about at riders breifing encouraging people up there and see how it goes?

[MSTRS:Me]

Would numbers on bikes that can actually be read help???

[Quasievil]

Fairs Fair Ray does his best, does the club when getting entry forms out include a sheet for info for the commentators?
how many riders/mechanics etc make their way up to the commentators box during a meeting.
The biggest problem with commentators is that it's the same voice all day, no matter how good they are you're going to get tired of them, any different voice up there is welcome and a good commentator can draw out stuff even from the shyest person.
How about at riders breifing encouraging people up there and see how it goes?

get the riders to send in a rap sheet with every entry maybe, now there is an idea to make things betterer

[Billy]

Well you have one now bro, I like real food

Yeah I reckon the Nats is an arse, its not a winning formula in my opinion (as well as many others)
But I respect you to much to argue the point there billy, but really ....."nothing more than club racing" dude common

Not gonna argue with you regarding the Nats not being as good as they could be,What we have is the absolute best that can be arranged with the limited rescources available,Anything bigger and brighter is gonna cost money and I bet you the riders dont wanna front with it!!!

"Nothing more than club racing" Ask any top level Nationals competitor and they'll tell you just how much harder they push for a result during a points race,Just how much harder they'll force a gap they wouldnt at a street race or club day.I stand by the original comment.

[CHOPPA]

Attend the meetings - there was one last night.

Flick an email outlining what you have to say via the Vic Club website. Ask for it to be put on the agenda to be discussed and it will be. But really do try and come along to a meeting. Second Tues of every month. That will give you some insight and appreciationas to what the vic club actually do!

I will try get to one of those, depending on my schedule I may even be able to help out at a round or two this year

[Str8 Jacket]

I will try get to one of those, depending on my schedule I may even be able to help out at a round or two this year

Would be good to see you there. I will flick you a reminder a week before the next one so that you can try and get there. Be good to see any and all Vic Club members there TBH!