The club I race with is introducing a new class this year and like many clubs around the UK, our grids have been shrinking in the last few years. A new class obviously means the grids will be diluted again.
I have nothing against a new class but it seems madness to me that the MSA allows these new classes to come in when they are losing licence holders year on year.
Every other year there seems to be a new class that is the future of karting and will be totally even and cost nothing to run and this rarely turns out to be the case.
Got me thinking, why can't the MSA say right, as of say 1st Jan 2016 the only approved MSA classes are
1 - Cadet Class
2 - Junior Class 1 (eg. Junior TKM)
3 - Junior Class 2 (eg. Junior Rotax)
4 - Senior Class 1 (eg. TKM Extreme)
5 - Senior Class 2 (eg. Rotax Max)
6 - Senior Class 3 (eg. Rotax 177 - class for heavier drivers)
7 - Gearbox Class
I'm fully aware it would be a potential nightmare for someone not currently racing one of the classes selected (which includes myself so don't need the keyboard warriors going mental) but this could be where the MSA works with the engine suppliers. Yes it is going to cost them money but surely it would be an investment to secure the future of karting in the UK?
Bigger grids as competitors would not be diluted across the many classes raced around the UK.
Clubs would all be racing the same classes so you could go to any club in the UK and be able to race what you have.
It might seem like a mad idea but I can't really see what else can be done to make karting easier to get into and stay involved with.
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