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>Ray, I am sorry that you are contemplating quitting >vintage racing because the sport needs as many P1 >bikes as possible to provide a fun ride for everyone >competing in these classes. There is the old saw that >only one person can win the race, but with more >participation everyone gets to run with someone who >wants to ride as fast as they are comfortable and have >fun, whether for first or 10th. >The P1-350 is as close to the idea of a novice class >for newcomers as we can get, although as you say, it >means running a poxy 350 Honda (did I say that???) We >have run a novice race at our events in the past, open >to newcomers with limited racing experience, but with >the profusion of classes now, this has had to be >dropped due to available track time. >I am not aware of any vintage organization that run >separate novice races, even in the UK with their >"graduated racing licenses" and seemingly unlimited >numbers of people wanting to run vintage. >We do need to get our act together on race weekends so >that races do not have to be shortened due to lost >time, but personally, I would prefer shorter practice >time and longer races. >The VRRA was formed to provide a venue for people to >race their vintage bikes, either factory race bikes or >race prepared street machines and to provide a place >for like minded spectators to see racing as it used to >be. Vintage racing is for fun and will never be a >path to fame and fortune (not in Canada anyway). >Everyone can run at the race pace they are comfortable >with and as they gain experience, that pace increases >or not, depending on the individual. It is true, >running around on one's own is not as much fun but >even then, if the lap times are better than last time, >progress is being made. >I can remember when I started racing in Canada in >1972, after a five year break, as a junior on a 250 >Ducati, trying for ever to beat 2 minutes around >Mosport. >As for the P1-open, except for the 1000cc Vincent (and >we haven't had one of those racing with us for a >while) the class limit is 750cc so are you referring >to the big boys as the more experienced racers rather >than larger machines? >Anyway, as a fellow P1 competitor, I hope you hang in >there Ray. >Stan

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