BriSCA F2 acknowledge the passionate view and opinions of valued fans with regard to the exclusion of 7 Gordon Moodie from the Irish Open Championship at Nutts Corner on Thursday 8 June, and have some empathy with Gordon's exclusion.
However, in all race divisions individual promoters have for many, many years the absolute right to decide whom they book for a meeting and it is only on very rare occasions and usually following an unresolveable 'localised' issue that a promoter may exercise this right.
What has exacerbated the situation is the very late decision of Gordon to apply for a booking and even when the issue was identified at this late hour, behind the scenes individuals within BriSCA F2 have tried to seek a resolution which, sadly, in the timescale has not been possible. As the situation involves personal issues, that makes it more complex and is regrettable. Given this situation, BriSCA F2 cannot officially intervene.
BriSCA F2 will however discuss the situation in general when they next meet to see if anything may be learnt for the future.
Whilst having empathy with the Moodie team given the fiercely competitive National Points implications, regrettably this is a localised issue of dispute and suggestions that BriSCA F2 consider amending the point scoring for this event would be extremely disingenuous to the several other drivers that have entered for this event and at this very late hour. This may well have been an option for consideration had the matter come to light at a much earlier stage, as it could have enabled informed discussion to take place involving drivers who were wishing to compete and they could have then made an informed decision as to whether to attend or otherwise.