I don't know what happened this weekend at Fort Meade/Chain of Lakes RR. Like Jax said, it was 80+ riders.
Last year Cat 4/5 were almost always combined for RRs. Then due to complaints about the newb issues, as well as wanting long races, they vowed to combine the Cat 3/4s for RRs.
Well, it has been mostly that so far, until this past weekend. Combined Cat 4/5. The strict yellow line rule in effect with the motorcycle nazi ref running up the left side in the other lane screaming/beeping his horn about guys crossing over, winds blowing 20+mph all day, combined large field 80+...yep, multiple crashes.
They say combined Cat 4/5 fields will be limited to 75 riders??? Why they don't just split the groups, let the Cat 4s go off 5 minutes ahead is beyond me. It is an enigma Florida racing.