I appreciate the time and effort a race director and corner judges put in. It is a lot of work that rarely gets even a pat on the back.
I had to test and qualify to be a Contest Director for R/C airplane races and combat. We start the first few contests of each year very strict to make sure everyone knows what cost points and what will get them DQ’d right away.
You are best to point out problems and nerfing on the first race, not later when someone will wonder why this time you decided to black flag them and not the previous time. At some point I may get flagged and I’ll try to learn what I did wrong.
I’d rather learn from a flag than from someone getting hurt. And I’d rather lwarn what is OK or careless AT THE BEGINNING of a season.
The CSC Rules are fairly clear and state that not only reckless, but careless driving will be penalized and can result in a black flag.
I’m not saying that 8 or 9 flags should have been pulled but it was pretty clear to me that over the course of the day 3 or 4 might have been in order from what I saw.