Start of the new sprint season is here....at last.
It may have come to your notice, but after a lot of deliberation, Myself and SBG have decided NOT to introduce the much talked about 'Punt Rule'. Whilst it obviously has it's merits in endevouring to reduce the number/severity of first lap incidents, it was in the main not very well received by the majority of regulars so we will not introduce it.
There is a down side to this however. The number/severity of first lap incidents still have to be addressed and illiminated as much as possible. But without the above rule we are totally reliant on incident reports that you submit....and unfortunately the vast majority of incidents tend to go unreported.
Therefore we must ask for your co-operation and please submit an incident report....no matter how minor or trivial it seems. The reports are not there so we can hand out penalties and 'punish' people, they are there so we can highlight and hopefully help illiminate errors etc....so don't be frightened to submit one if you see anything amiss.
SBG and myself have decided to monitor the starts and first laps closely.....not with the intention of submitting third party reports (unless we spot something that obviously requires action) and try our best to offer help and advice to anybody that may seem to be struggling with the start procedures. But, If last seasons trend continues and we still suffer from start procedure problems, we will have no alternative but to switch to rolling starts....and we don't want that.
Last season was a great seasons racing here....only marred by the number of start/first lap incidents. We are hoping this season can be better still...and I'm confident it will be too.
