Ladies & Gentlemen,

I am publishing this interim report to hopefully address the war of words that is rumbling on between some members of our series on Facebook.

I fortunately do not subscribe to this site and if the unpleasantness that seems to proliferate there is anything to go by I am glad I don’t use it.

Let me start off by saying that as a rule I try not to get involved in the running of other classes as it is probably none of my business and also I have enough trouble trying to understand, let alone influence my own class, although I would say right now that all of the class A guys I view as true sportsmen, a fact that will be evident in my race report when I get back to typing it.

I would also say that I look upon all of the Class C parties involved as friends and do not intend nor wish to take sides.

What does upset me is that this constant bickering could start to reflect badly on the series as a whole and that does affect me and the other drivers personally.

Whilst I understand we all want to win there is a right way and a wrong way to do it.

I know that class A is sometimes looked upon by the fast guys as the poor relation in the series but I for one would prefer and intend to remain in that class for one very good reason. It self regulates and the drivers are all “club drivers”. They are very sporting and have not lost sight of the fact that we do this for fun and as a hobby, we are not F1 drivers and do not need to behave as if we are.

It is a shame that not all classes are able to self regulate but this being the case it must fall to the coordinator to take the lead in this matter, with the eligibility rep also.

The series is known as the friendly series but we leave ourselves open to problems when the running of it is so weak.

For the good of the series I implore Dave and Vic to arrange a meeting with all the interested parties to try and resolve this amicably.

If my late mother was still with us she would have told all of those concerned to stop acting like children, banged their heads together and got it sorted out that way.

This option is not open to us, so instead the co-ordinator must arrange a meeting which should be conducted in a civil manner to resolve this dispute.

To fail will no doubt result in the loss of some if not all of these drivers concerned, I do not want to see that happen.

I know there are strong personalities on both sides here, but it must be possible to resolve this like the gentlemen I believe deep down you all are.

I will leave this open for comments if you so wish for a short time (no offensive ones will be permitted).
I will then remove the option to comment and publish the race report which is something I would rather we remembered instead, as overall an excellent days racing was had by all.

Can I also remind you all that this race was held in the memory of a great driver, I am sure he would not like it to be remembered for the unpleasant comments that are currently being bandied about.

Please guys, let’s have a bit of give and take and let’s sort this out.

Jonesey