A rant on to closed to club race meetings

[Derwent Motorsp]

I've been involved in all types of motorsport all my life, both as an organiser and competitor. Now when a club organises a rally, or a speed event, for example on a Nationl B permit they can invite many other clubs or even two regional associaions of clubs. This is normal practice.
In racing it seems that either clubs run effectively closed to club meetings or only invite specific championships.
I don't particularly want to follow a championship or series but just do a few events that I enjoy. For reasons of distance, my "clerking" duties and holidays my free weekends to race are limited. I have tried to enter a few meetings where there was a suitable race but I was told I would have to join the club (even part fee) and not get the club discount for registered championship drivers. As a member of the MGCC and my own local club I don't see the need to join any more. The particular races I wanted to do did not get full entries so the club lost out by being greedy.
I about the only club that does open up its races is the Bentley DC and in some cases the VSCC.