Dude, really?? They're just 9, 10, and 11 year old kids. They're not teenagers or young adults. They are under our guidance and responsibilty. It's one thing entirely to send a beginner out on the track with older guys who have been racing for a couple years. The experienced riders have the knowledge and MATURITY to make decisions that will keep both riders out of harms way. But younger, and I mean 9 through 12 year old racers, no matter how fast they are, I don't believe are skilled enough to project future problems ahead with extremely slower riders, and navigate the course at the speed they are accustomed to. Why is it the lightwieght (125/250F) and heavyweight (450s) have A, B, and C classes and the class that needs it the most, the younger ones, don't. Really?....Really?...
I believe that it's with attitudes like that, it's no wonder the sport is dying. No one wants any beginners out on the track. Yet with out beginners, there is no future. It will die off with you. You can be that last guy on the track and be proud you outlasted everyone. You say play T-ball. That's baseball's answer to the beginner situation in that sport. Most well orginized sports have a beginner program. It's unusual to take only the good players and have a traveling U8 or U10 ball team without that area that the team is from having some sort of feeder program in place. Kids don't just show up ready to play Traveling league ball. Some thought should be in place for the younger beginners.
I remember Kenworthy's having a peewee track where they ran kinda their own program on raceday back in the day. It was a good idea. Someting like that to where it doesn't effect the grumps and complainers would be great.