Car appreciation... the aesthetics, the engineering, etc

No no no, you are being too kind. Where's the satisfaction of having every rider primed, psyched, trained up, fired up, bulging eyeballs, raring to go... and then saying "sorry, valve stem is too long, DQ'd". The look on their faces, priceless.

No, no, it's way too much work. You can have every rider primed, psyched, trained up, fired up, bulging eyeballs, raring to go ...and then just call off the race in one fell swoop, anyway. As demonstrations of power go, it's devastatingly effective. If you do all the riders as one job lot, it robs them of their individuality, as well. No more poncey single-start riding. Race of Truth? HTFU you black plastic riding spandex bodysuit wearing toothpick helmeted jennifers. Back in my day when bikes were still bikes ...