What a shame and a poor decision to run a combined field by the organizers. With all the effort the various teams must put in to be there only to have to make a difficult choice as the Velo guys had to.
Any idea what the breakdown was?
EDIT: I take back what I said above re. organizers....having more info on the issues they were dealing with throughout the event...posting from the Velo FB page:
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Pete Causer
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Sadly, after a very trying MGP period weather wise when we lost several practice sessions and there was no racing on the first scheduled day (Friday) and racing on the Saturday was delayed by the weather again as well as a burst sewer and a technical issue with the radios, was red flagged and subsequently abandoned before 2 laps had been completed. The organisers decided to re-run the Junior MGP together with all the other races on the Monday, the weather forecast for the Sunday being a washout which turned out to be accurate!
So Monday started out damp and the inevitable delays meant they decided to declare Saturday's Junior as a result at the end of the only completed lap. Eventually another decision was made to combine the Classic Junior and Senior races into one race but those who had machines in both classes had to run their Senior machines, with the remaining 7 Junior riders tagged on at the end, and run it also over one lap. Unfortunately the MT500 expired at Glen Helen and I didn't manage to catch up with the guys to find out why.
Of the remaining races, the Senior MGP was the only one which completed two laps, the Lightweight already being cut to one lap and the rescheduled three lap Classic Superbike being called after one lap due to oil on the course as well as the mist coming down over the mountain.
Moreover, the very impressive lap times set by both the Velocettes won't stand as they weren't recorded during a race. But hopefully we'll see the guys at the MGP again and they'll have another chance to shine!"
