I am continuing to be amazed by the FIM. I got the notification from Bub's that the FIM's latest revision and updated record list is available, so I went to the Bub's site and clicked on it -- and it led me to the nearly-incomprehensible FIM site where I clicked on "latest records" and promptly got -- the 2005 version. Then I went back and looked closely and saw that the 2007 record update is "under construction". Then why'd they say the new stuff is available?
It's just another impediment to racing the bikes at Bub's. I was really going to try -- might still -- but dang, they've gotta try looking at all this from the point of view of a new competitor who is not familiar with all the stuff. Unlike newbies for SCTA/BNI and ECTA, where help is easily available and lots of folks chime in with definitions and stuff -- here I feel like they're trying to keep first-timers out. I'm sure not going to pay a bunch of fees only to arrive at the Salt and discover that I couldn't interpret their translation correctly and therefore can't run because my fasteners are Whitworth -- or something like that.
Grumble, grouch, piss-and-moan. End of rant 14b. More next time, I'm afraid.