In my own opinion all the costs are getting higher and 2 day comps are no interest to me at the minute.
One thing i think would help Is shorter comps then you don't use as much fuel and the cars will have a higher chance of finishing the events
Brian
Sorry to hear that you are not interested in the two day comps and the longer courses. Personally I prefer the two day comps as the travel cost is the same for one day or two. A bit extra for race entry fee and fuel is a small price to pay for the chance of having twice as much fun/racing. I do agree that shorter events are less sore on the cars and occupants. However, shorter courses eg less than 3 miles are of little interest to me eg Auchentorlie whereas longer courses eg Drumclog, Bathgate and Forrest are quite exciting.
I agree the costs are of great significance to most of us including all the organisers and marshalls without whom we would not be able to hold any events.
My view is that if we didn't have two day events we would end up with no events at all due to reduced numbers. I think that without the guys travelling significant distances like Mark, Colin, Jonathan, Nigel, Chris and Charlie etc (sorry if Ive missed you out) we would not have enough interest. There is half your entry for Bathgate mentioned there. How many of the folk south of Hadrians wall would head north for 3 or 4 hours for a one day event? Especially when they could head south a similar time for a two day event eg BCCC, NORC or AWDC etc. I think if it wasn't for them we could say goodbye to the SCCC. I hope some of the guys mentioned above add their feedback!
We have been racing for five years now and could probably list 25 people who have a car sat in their garage and don't go racing anymore. I hope the fact that Brian Carlin has mentioned this subject will spur some of those guys to come out of retirement and do a one day comp, even if it is the Sunday of a two day comp. The more the merrier. And they could turn up, get scrutineered, race and go home. No need for the caravan or big spares package that may be daunting some of you/them.
It isn't that long ago that Team Bart almost singlehandedly kept the championship alive by entering 4 vehicles. Shame that David has had so much undeserved misfortune with argubly the best comp safari racer in Scotland. I hope it gets sorted very soon as he gets to enjoy it.
So guys, a bit more feedback on your thoughts as to how we increase turnout at these events would be appreciated. Remember how much work goes in behind the scenes by a few people for a lot of people so don't let their efforts go unrewarded and lets go racing!
Brian