R1 -V8 SuperTourers - Hampton Downs

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Originally Posted by NZSTfan

Was thinking a bit last night about the whole MSNZ thing, and the only advantage i can see other than becoming recognised as a national series
(which no one actually cares about) is the winner gets a Gold Star. My 3 year old nephew gets a gold star if he doesn't wet the bed,
and i think a MSNZ gold star would have about the same meaning. If he gets 5 gold stars in a row, he gets a treat.

Getting sanctioned does not automatically qualify it for a gold star status,
there are lots of Sanctioned series that do not get gold stars.

Originally Posted by Sommersby

Does it offer protection in regard to meeting dates?

Dont think so either as the sanctioned series I ran in has stuff all say on race dates.

Only thing I can see is rules applications.
The way I understand it at present someone complains that the car has the wrong sticker or whatever and the ST officials go 'so what'
and there is no more that can be done by the other competitors as it is a class thing and up to the class to enforce,

If they become sanctioned i believe that the officials must follow through and if they deliberatly let someone away with 'Cheating'
then the official can be penailsed/punished by MSNZ by fine or licence removal etc etc,

So why would either side want it?
MSNZ are going to like like ***** for penalising people all the time,
like posted earler about the $1000 fine for yellow flags etc,
may not be true but that is what the perception is,
and ST's loose some of the ability to have control of thier rules as they cant just send out an email the week before a race and change the rules,
they have to go through MSNZ and get approved and posted etc.

The seies that I ran in questioned dropping it's sanctioned series status last year and I know it will come up again this AGM too.