This year I decided to try racing, so here's my perspective as a newbie who won't get serious about it.

I have done a couple of road races, a couple of time trials and one crit. I find crits intimidating. The cornering is tricky, and yet, I think I would do a few more were it not for the fact that they are usually very early (cat 4 or cat 5 women) in the morning, 1 hour or more away from my place. I just don't think it is worthwhile to get up at 5AM on a weekend, drive 2 hours and ride 25-30 min. Another turn off is the amount of junk bike racing requires! Load the bikes and normal gear, then to some races, an extra set of wheels (for the support car in case of a flat), a trainer to warm up, etc

I'd like to see more clinics where cornering skills are taught, some bike handling (e.g. riding and cornering in tight quarters, touching/pushing other riders), perhaps also starts in TTs and even sprinting drills.