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Originally Posted by flagwaver
The other side to this coin is hold closed meetings. With no spectators. That would cut down on some costs and for the number of spectators at some club meetings would hardly make much difference.
Lets not all go down memory lane when 1000's turned up for a club meeting round a few oil drums on an old airfield and think we can go back to that.
Nowadays the circuits we have are businesses, they are there to make money. Most circuits would make as much money from track day as they would a race meeting. The only reason some don't do that is that track day punters prefer to say I took my Car/bike around Brands Oulton etc as opposed to Bedford Autodrome.
As for continuous racing, sounds good but as has been said what about breaks for marshals etc? We are short at most meetings, so the idea of taking breaks in rotation wouldn't work.
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Sorry but you are wrong
A closed meeting costs the same as an open one. to hire a circuit costs the same, the only difference is that if its open to the public THE CIRCUIT gets the gate, not the club, unless its a co- promoted meeting, in which case, that would be a big meeting not a clubman.
A track day is a completely different thing, it is not governed by the MSA, it doesnt need a permit, there is no clerking team etc...that is why it is cheaper and as well as that, its usually on a weekday, when the circuit is not being hired for a race meeting.