[Al Weyman]

Mainly money IMHO and the ridiculous cost of entries, proof of this is when a bargain race is promoted by say MSV and by bargain I mean £100 for one race or £150 for two so not exactly cheap but a lot cheaper than the standard £170 for one race of 10 minutes duration then the grids are usually full. When I started in the late 80's it was £45 entry and we had a nice prize fund which you only had to finish to get some money back now there is nothing in the pot. Going back further to the mid 70's when I did hotrods, we used to get paid start money and prize money and no entry fee!

I talk to people about my sport and they nearly always ask what you get paid if you win, when you tell them nothing and it cost £170 to enter they look at you like you have a screw loose and just maybe we do! Then added to this is the ridiculous changing of safety equipment, example I just looked at the belts I bought in Sept last year and they are stamped 2007 so no doubt I will have to replace them so another £100, thats stupid as there is no way a modern prodcuct would wear as bad as the be unusable in that short space of time and I have probably worn then what 10 or 15 times tops.They all want to be very careful they do not kill the goose that lays the golden egg.