MXracn746
PR Addict
I think the policing of the rules is pathetic. There aren't any referees around enforcing anything. It takes an act of congress to bring to someone's attention that someone is sandbagging, and that falls on deaf ears most of the time, unless your one of the few that go racing every weekend to the point where the signup girls and track owners know you by your first name. No structure at all and everyhting is kinda self governed. The only way you get caught is if someone who knows you and the track owner rats on you.
What's funny is back in the day, and I know how everyone hates "back in the day" stories, during the 80's in D5 there were actual D5 referees at the tracks. They wore ref striped shirts and roamed the pits. They had clip boards and walked around looking at bikes and checking rider classes. I know this because I was young and stupid and trying to get away with stuff and got busted early, and learned my lesson. You fixed it or didn't race. Funny how there wasn't any computers back then, but the refs knew points and rules and kept people honest. These were older guys who volunteered their time. It was much more organized than even today. I started racing in Ohio back in the mid 80's while living at home in WV near Wheeling, and notiiced right away how unorganized it was over here compared to D5. Everybody with any color plates they wanted, nobody checking anything, no refs, nothing. I haven't raced D5 since '89 but even back then it was way more organized than anywhere over here, even today.
What's funny is back in the day, and I know how everyone hates "back in the day" stories, during the 80's in D5 there were actual D5 referees at the tracks. They wore ref striped shirts and roamed the pits. They had clip boards and walked around looking at bikes and checking rider classes. I know this because I was young and stupid and trying to get away with stuff and got busted early, and learned my lesson. You fixed it or didn't race. Funny how there wasn't any computers back then, but the refs knew points and rules and kept people honest. These were older guys who volunteered their time. It was much more organized than even today. I started racing in Ohio back in the mid 80's while living at home in WV near Wheeling, and notiiced right away how unorganized it was over here compared to D5. Everybody with any color plates they wanted, nobody checking anything, no refs, nothing. I haven't raced D5 since '89 but even back then it was way more organized than anywhere over here, even today.