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Originally Posted by 68style
Hahaha seriously? Funny man
I just recently built a track car and looked into ice racing... I was heavily into auto-x many years ago and have done nothing since... but I have to say, as an outsider looking in, the rules and attitude of the overseeing agencies is pretty standoffish... reminds me of these old 80's action movies where the new guy has to lick the old guys boots before they can be a part of the group... it's just a blanket "if you're new you can't do anything" statement and doesn't take into account driving history or age or personality etc.
Like track events some of them will be no new people allowed, or if you're new you HAVE to take an instructor with you... the ice racing ones have some requirements like CACC licensing, seems like there's not much room for n00bs to get involved and the assumption is that any n00bs are complete idiots until told otherwise.
I mean... I do get it... but I also feel like there could be a little less old boys club.
As a comparison, for example a dangerous as fuck track like Nurburgring... you can just roll up with a tapable card you bought 5 minutes earlier at the office and go do whatever you want pretty much... that's obviously the other extreme... but an accessibility that's somewhere in between the 2 would be nice.
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100%!
They complain there's not enough support for such things, then can't use reason when necessary to bring new people into the sport.