11-07-13, 10:15 PM
I've been to Mallory and I had a great day. I'm sure there is plenty of money coming out of the track so I don't agree that reducing the number of days to 92 would be "[color=rgb(51, 51, 51)]forcing the circuit operators BARC to shut th[/color][color=rgb(51, 51, 51)]e facility as it will not be financially viable"[/color]. All that would happen is that prices would go up. Whilst I agree the track has been there since 1955 that doesn't mean that the locals shouldn't be appeased. A village should not be bullied by a load of petrol heads who don't even live there, but turn up for the track then scram.
The village and the track should run together in harmony. 92 days racing is 25% of the year (if my maths holds up), that means that 1/4 of the year you'd be hearing motorsports. No BBQ's on a Saturday afternoon, and quite possibly hearing motorsports during lunch, Wimbledon or whatever.
Mallory say they want events on 160 days (43% of the year).
In essence we're saying that if Heathrow said it was unviable to run the airport unless it was 24 hours a day that the residents should just shut up and take aeroplanes over their head all day every day ?
Show some perspective, we're all petrol heads and love motor sports but compromise is the name of the game. I don't agree with either of them but this shouldn't be a one sided character assassination.
ps. Flame on.
The village and the track should run together in harmony. 92 days racing is 25% of the year (if my maths holds up), that means that 1/4 of the year you'd be hearing motorsports. No BBQ's on a Saturday afternoon, and quite possibly hearing motorsports during lunch, Wimbledon or whatever.
Mallory say they want events on 160 days (43% of the year).
In essence we're saying that if Heathrow said it was unviable to run the airport unless it was 24 hours a day that the residents should just shut up and take aeroplanes over their head all day every day ?
Show some perspective, we're all petrol heads and love motor sports but compromise is the name of the game. I don't agree with either of them but this shouldn't be a one sided character assassination.
ps. Flame on.
Opinions are like A**holes, Everyone has one. Some people seem to have more than one though which is a bit odd.