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It's no surprise that as the world becomes more health and safety conscious and nanny state, that those of us that detest that sort of thing and what it means for society strive to find the extremes in their passions as the stuff they loved to watch is so emasculated.
So I moved away from circuit racing, to short oval racing, hillclimbs, bike racing, motocross, where you can still stand close to the track, get in the pits without paying, experience the visceral part of motorsport so limited by big series and championships.
Watching Trevor Willis or Scott Moran bomb past you at 130mph at Shelsley is far more exciting for me than being 200 yards away from an Audi or F1 car taking Copse. Both are impressive, both are feats of bravery and engineering, but one is 20 feet away, one feels miles away, that is what fans want and need. Chuff the consequences.
There is a total lack of ideas from governing bodies. Look at the FIA, all they give a damn about safety, not expanding motorsport, not getting people involved, they are incessantly backpedalling and apologising for emissions, noise, fatalities. How can it be that some areas of the world still have no tracks, no access no representation in motorsport, it's not hard, not massively expensive if you do it right.
Hundreds of people die in sport of all kinds, rugby, swimming, horse racing. Yet do they apologise or run scared? No. It is just something that happens in that sport and is accepted.
This is a time of massive populist change in the world, the working classes are speaking out about all sorts of things. The governing bodies of motorsport will not listen, they never do. but we as fans can act by not paying, not watching motorsport that is dull, remote and inaccessible, and places like this are the portals where you can find out about new things, inform those that are fed up, offer help and ideas.
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