By far the most frequent question being put to the FoSC committee at present is:
"
Who is going to be accepted for Bathurst 09 – all last year’s entrants, a new group, or a mix of both?”
Charles Jardine - FoSC Event Director would like to respond on behalf of the FoSC committee as follows:
This is the most difficult question I am ever asked – because there are so many criteria we use to include entrants on the acceptance list and it is getting harder with more wanting to join into the fun of the event next Easter.We have always selected entrants that fit in our style of meeting at Festival of Sporting Cars.
For example:
# drivers who compete for fun rather than winning-at-all-costs,
# drivers with the right sporting attitude to driving,
# drivers we know from experience at other FoSC meetings for NSW entrants,
# drivers not reported by other promoters,
# drivers in eligible categories or able to be fitted in another category,
# the order of receipt of the entry, and finally
# to many other influences to list.
As you can now probably see, I can not give a simple answer to the question and we are doing everything to assist, such as trying to organize acceptances as early as possible to allow greater forward planning by our entrants.
Last year we accepted reserves as well - all of whom were able to run at sometime over last Easter, - if not in the whole meeting in a very substantial part - at a reduced cost of course.
Over 50% of reserves were upgraded to run in place of a withdrawn entrant before the meeting.
We are trying to improve our acceptance process as well as maintain control over the enjoyment of the meeting with the right mix of entrants.
We hope you appreciate we are very conscious of the entrant position and are trying to improve all our systems every day.
Charles Jardine
Event Director - FoSC |
