masessa@charter.net
Don,
Maybe you can help the organizers out by getting in touch with some other older gentleman racers and decide on some races to attend. I am willing to bet that if you will show up with the numbers the organizers would put together a category for you. Oregon organizers are some of the most flexible and accommodating people around. This is a good way to contribute and be proactive instead of the alternative. And it would add some validity to your comment about being "ignored completely"
Dave
---- Don Hanson wrote:
> Hey organizers who're having a hard time filling your events..Add some
> age-category racing and you might be surprised at how many entrants you get.
> I'm an old guy who still loves to race, but I usually end up doing most of
> my racing out of the northwest because there are so few events with age
> group racing around here.
> In Arizona, California, even Idaho and Montana, there are quite a few
> events that break down the racing into ages as well as the regular
> categories and these races have good participation. Back east and in the
> midwest, age group racing is very big, or so I have heard from friends I've
> raced with around the west (other than Or and Wa)
> I know, "Too hard to score" "Too difficult with so many fields out on a
> course" "too much work" etc etc. I keep suggesting and I hear the same
> reasons why it can't be done. So I continue to race mostly elsewhere, where
> somehow they've found out it CAN too be done without a whole lot of extra
> work on the organizers part.
> Most older racers around here have given up racing because there are so
> few chances to start and race against a somewhat level field. I would come
> to Table Rock, it sounds like a fun course, if there was even a separate
> start for 55+ masters..but starting in a combined bunch with guys who're
> almost 25 years younger, even if you are scored separately (against just the
> guys 15 years younger)...Not too appealing or worth a long drive to TT along
> behind a pack of younger fellas..
> Usually older racers also have some money and an understanding that
> organizing a race takes time and money..So we are a potential source of
> entrants that are being ignored completely..(except for the OBRA state rr,
> thank you, OBRA!)
> Don Hanson
> 60+ Master
> ZTeam
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