Just wondering. It not a big deal, just another pain in prep. but your manual does not say for the other groups to change out why is that? As I said earlier, if there is any riding group other than the racers who should change out their coolant ought to be the other riding groups: beginners and street enthusiast who are riding bikes that are not even fully race prepped! Its all backwards.
As far as being backwards, yes and no. As a track day org, you cannot expect your Novice and Intermediate riders to have motorcycles legal for club level/AMA racing. Simple math says you'd be eliminating 66.6% of your customers. From the past several years of riding, in my experience, I'd say that overall, racers (Actual club racers, not long time advanced group track day junkies) make up the minority of the people at a track day. Novice/Intermediate almost always sell out before Advanced group does. Of course there are always exceptions to this, but generally speaking it's true.
I won't pretend to know how, or why the rules got to their current state. At least with WERA or CCS, everyone plays by the same rules. They don't segregate novices/experts, everyone 'enjoys' the same safety wiring/bike tech requirements. The only thing I can come up with as to why the rules are the way they are, is generally speaking, most Novice and Intermediate crashes aren't all that bad. How many crashes have you seen from Novice and Intermediate that are just low sides? They either tuck the front, or spin up the rear. You'll have the occasional high side, and every once in a while, bike collisions. But the majority are "easy" crashes that rarely result in any fluid spills on track.
As you well know, the faster you get, the less room for error you get. Yes, advanced group guys generally don't crash as much as the novice and intermediate folk. But when they do, it tends to be a bit more brutal.
I'd say that N2 (and any track day org for that matter) wants to ensure the day has as little down time as possible. If you can eliminate the possibility of reducing down time at the track without hindering track attendance, wouldn't you do so?
To spin the question around, why does CCS/WERA even bother with coolant regulations? What about safety wiring? Why safety wire anything in the first place? A mechanically sound, properly torqued oil drain plug will never come out on its own. Same goes for any fastener that's torqued to spec per the service manual. A bolt doesn't care if you can run 13's at Summit or 55's. They enforce those rules because generally, the more involved you get with the sport, the more you begin to work on your own bike. And by creating the tech rules of safety wiring plugs/bolts and running non-slippery coolant, you reduce the risk of not only rider's forgetting to properly torque bolts on their bike, but also rider injuries, crashes, and down time on the track.
Novel reply aside, your question is extremely fair, and I don't have an answer for that. I think you raise a good point and it should be looked at. On the other hand, it's not that big of a deal to just run water wetter to ensure you're not "that guy" that shuts down the track for 2 hours while the crew cleans it up.
