I was kind of just having this conversation yesterday.
For me its that your average local race theres 3-4 guys on the line in my classes (+25, open b)..thats no fun. Open b is an extra class for me as i probably fit better in C class these days lol.. so i dont expect much out of it. However, if there were 20 guys on the line i'd be confident enough I could at least be mid pack and that is a lot more fun than being 3rd or 4th out of 4....I dont know that you can fix that unless you get everyone to show up all at once. Or maybe combine more classes (we know people feel negative about that)
SO then the first responder will say "go to the battle races theN"... yes.. i get that. but those races attract the top guys, so then I go race +25 and I got gys like browning and gibson lined up next to me, also not real cool.
so for me, i get excited to go race area 51 or upcoming vet vest..because they have 25 BC and i will fit perfectly into that class.
Yeah i know dont be a pussy and jsut go race blah blah... but im there to have fun, getting spanked isnt fun id rather just go practice. I guess i dont understand why +30 guys dont also race +25 at your local races..that could prob get 10-15 guys on the gate in 25 class and id probably show up most weekends for that! I've come to the realization i cant and SHOULDNT be able to hang with 14 yr old kids in the b class anymore lol... im happy to race old ppl classes!
at least next year i can run 30+ maybe that will change things for me. long story short its not fun and makes no sense to spend the $ to race 3 or 4 guys.