Really the CBR vs. USAC thing is contentious because of Chris. He's childish, vindictive, prone to tantrums, and loud-mouthed, just like every other bike racer. He's also a hell of a good guy and runs pretty good races. The deal is, he's just very tough to deal with. If he'd just shut his mouth and run his show, he'd have reciprocity just like all the other regional organizations. He just can't keep his mouth shut, though, so he's in a situation where there is a lot of bad blood between the two organizations. The racers end up in the middle.

California racers need to speak up. Send something to USAC that demands reciprocity. If you go to a Cat 3 CBR race and then a Cat 3 USAC race on successive weekends, you'll see about 75% of the same people. Most of us are members of both organizations. They don't need to like each other, but they should respect each other enough to allow at least 1/2 of your upgrade points to come from an outside organization.

If there are 500 or so emails to USAC, I bet they start to think about it a little more seriously.