SAFETY CARS – ANOTHER NEW ERA INNOVATION

In order to reduce the number of Red Flag incidents that mar the enjoyment of so many riders in so many meetings the Club successfully piloted the use of Safety Cars in Club Racing last year. The cars can’t stop all Red Flags of course and they also require the co-operation of the riders in that the information and instructions they have been given at their compulsory briefings must be strictly observed. 

It worked well at Cadwell insofar as an incident at Charlies was concerned.   The procedure was however screwed up somewhat when the leading rider behind the Safety Car fell off at Barn Corner just before the Safety Car entered the Pit Lane fortunately without injury – but that was something that definitely shouldn’t have happened.

 THE LIGHTWEIGHT SCENE – ENCOURAGEMENT FOR FUTURE STARS

 The growth in junior racing with 70’s. 80’s and 125’s is an encouraging development in recent years and is something that New Era is keen to provide the opportunities for.  Among the growing band of youngsters at our meetings is one Taylor Mackenzie who is off to a great start with expert guidance from his father Niall who was of course a famous Grand Prix rider not so very long ago. At Cadwell on 15^th March young Tom DOUGHTY aged just 15 rode his Conti 70cc machine into 19^th place in the half-hour race covering 14 laps at an average speed of a shade under sixty miles an hour.   In the difficult conditions prevailing that day that was quite a remarkable achievement.

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