i've been reading this while i was down in LA this weekend for business & to check out the regroom/reseal of the big track at willow springs, and was waiting to see how this shook out ...
my .02 - ironically, the first races i ever placed in were in the rain (yes there were people behind me
) and i'm actually faster on a wet tack than a dry track, which is really weird. i run with 2 clubs that race in the rain, period. but we knew as racers ahead of time that unless there was lightning or ice, we would be running. i've raced on DOT's - never used rains, & did just fine. it's a totally different technique than riding at dry track & honestly i have a blast rain racing. that being said, i knew afm didn't race in the rain - i read the rulebook asked some of the race staff why, and with the kfg's of legend that i know, it makes perfect sense... afm has the one track in california that is not safe -period-to run on when its wet - infineon... and afm runs about 3 rounds per year at it.
i drove down to buttonwillow for the first round. i paid $125 for 3 practice sessions on saturday, watched all my races get moved to sunday, and then sunday 9 am left in the pouring rain because the people i car pooled with had to get back over the pass before it snowed & was closed. was i bummed? sure. but instead of doing that a 2nd time at thunderhill, i got on the horn with all the non afm racers that read this board too and the ofc mgrs for wsmc & wera, got out, pounded the pavement & tried to drum up some business & extra interest for round 5. i also got to spend hours explaining afm's rain policy to reverse some of the confusion barf board discussions can generate.
it was a lot of work, but it's going to pay off, because WERA & WSMC are helping me pump up the next afm round, i had more racers sign up to do the California State Championship - which by the way is the next round - and in short, instead of sweating about it, i'm bringing a herd of fresh bodies to the track for more $$ for the afm. i can't make an august or a september round, but i can convince a bunch of people to attend the remaining ones. i'm out of budget - period, but referring a couple of other racers over gives the afm 3x the money than they would've made off me alone.
(i realize there are probably some people that just read this & went, oh, well the CSC makes money for you too, so it benefits you as well - nope. the CSC is not for profit - i barely cover its operating costs. all the profit from the weekend is race entries and gate, which goes directly to the hosting club and track)
grammatical goodness 
dont worry... I'm learning patience... kindas 
And im 29 in September... guess there's no growin out of it!! heheheh
Oh yeah, and then they hit up the AFM for buying airfence to cover up their stupidity. 
I won't go to Thunderhill even for trackdays.
as a matter of fact I'm gonna post that suggestion on the AFM site right now. It may bring more people.
