Hayley has explained over on iomtt.com that some 650 riders were threatening to pull out of the event if the quicker 250 guys were allowed to race. I have to agree with her that these same riders probably didn't have any problem at all about being pitched against 125s & 400s lapping 4-6mph slower

Question is, should the organisers allow themselves to be dictated to like that? If, of course, that is what the reason actually is (I'm not questioning Hayley by the way but I'm still curious about the veracity of the information she's been given. Or perhaps I'm just an old cynic...)

Rather than alienate a whole group of competitors, maybe a bit of thought could be applied. Run the race as a 3 lapper. With a big enough tank the 650s could do the race non-stop but the (supposedly) quicker 250s will certainly have to pit, somewhat negating their speed advantage. In my opinion that would make for a very interesting race - I appreciate that losing a lap from the race isn't ideal but sometimes you have to compromise to find a solution and at the moment it just stinks of the event management trying to get rid of the 250s.