Racing 27th May

[peetbee]

Right then, who'll be there to help me pack up this week?
er I mean, who'll be racing this week?!
:woot:

[evilbert]

both for me as usual :) i might even help put the track out this week, although saying that last time i was in control without andy's guidance it wasn't very good....

[peetbee]

Same here, which is why Andy gave me a load of his track designs!

[Balders]

yeah I'll be there this week.. all night this time so no having to leave early..

:)

Track was ok though last week wasn't it?

[peetbee]

I loved the track, but it was based on Andy's design!

[evilbert]

I loved last weeks track

[brian s]

have`nt been for the last 2 weeks but will be there friday

[JACKOR33]

I should be there running 2wd and a different 4wdto my zx5 that shouldnt fall apart or do funny things mid race :woot:
Got rob w's cat sx2 as he has his sx3 now:D

dave

[peetbee]

As Si has mentioned on another topic, it's also truck champs night!

[sunbeam]

Alisha and I will be there, 2WD :)

I was told that if I get there for 6pm, I can make a wibbly wobbly rolly long 'straight' is that still on, or will the 'track Gestapo' be operating?

LOL.

Rob.

[Caine]

i'm in, looking forward to it!
2wd and pt rental please.

[Balders]

Alisha and I will be there, 2WD :)

I was told that if I get there for 6pm, I can make a wibbly wobbly rolly long 'straight' is that still on, or will the 'track Gestapo' be operating?

LOL.

Rob.

Rob do you mean a straight on one side of the wall and then the wibblyness under the rostrum like a fortnight ago?

I'm happy with anything layoutwise as long as we don't layer the mats out on a corner... I've managed to train myself into avoiding blue pipes on apexes now so that's no longer a problem and I will try my best not to moan about it in future. :blush:

[chris-on-wheels]

I'll be there :p

[sunbeam]

Yes please, lots of wibbly like two weeks ago :drool: in front of the rostrum + standard straight :drool:

Rob.

[peetbee]

There's only 1 thing I don't want on any track and that's a crossover!
Apart from that feel free to design away :)

[blue_pinky]

No cross overs....why would that be? ;-)

2nd week away from club...good job it's national weekend this weekend...and a bumper turnout of welsh entries by the looks of it too :)

[peetbee]

No cross overs....why would that be? ;-)
:p
cos it hurts when cars hit you!

[mrspeedy]

How bout a double cross-over :p one low one and one really high :woot:

[peetbee]

Not a problem as long as you marshall it all night Si!

[Balders]

How many track widths wide is the hall? Is it 4 or 5?

[sunbeam]

If it is placed well, a strong, short bridge would be OK. But it must be in a nice clear space so you can see the car as it comes out the other side.

I think the jump type cross overs are fine as long as there is a good run on both sides of the jump and the ramp is steep so you can get a bit of hight. I think these low 'wall hitting' types are no good, and even worse when there is very little run up / run down, if you know what I mean.

Having siad that, hats off to the guys that spend the time to turn up early and set it all out :thumbsup:. In my day, we would have never have gotten away with just sitting there while just a few were setting out.

Rob. (with no avitar as I can't work it :cry:)

[peetbee]

It's 5 carpet widths Mike.

Definately no bridges, you can't marshall under them safely as you can't be seen and cars end up under them without the marshall seeing them.

The problem with any track feature is marshalling it, especially for some of our younger less experienced marshalls (not to mention our less mobile more experienced ones!!)

You can guarantee that whatever track you have will end up with people crashing and needing to be marshalled in the most unlikely of places!

Curse you all, you've made me sound like a grumpy old health and safety nutter!!
:woot:

[mrspeedy]

Well said but yes you are :p

[Teaboy]

I have enough problems with the HSE at work let alone Racing :)

Cheers

Rich

[sunbeam]

I still think a full carpet ovle for just one week would be fun :thumbsup:

[evilbert]

if its an oval your after then its got to be drift baby!!!!!

[metalmickey0]

:p
cos it hurts when cars hit you!
Dont worry Pete, i got a nice squishy bumper on my truck:D

[peetbee]

Thanks I feel so much better for knowing that!
I won't be marshalling this week, I won't be racing either as I'll be too busy trying to sort my stuff out for the weekend up at Talywain :woot:

[blue_pinky]

Hall will just squeeze 6 carpet widths in, but it rarely works out nicely squashed in that much.

The normal track area is about 20m x 12m for reference.

[Balders]

looks like lots of people have been converted to nationalising this weekend so numbers of the old skool will be down..

Andy, Dave, both Petes and now harris are all heading up.

I'll be staying all night tonight to help put out, pack up and roll carpet, anyone else coming and able to hang around at the end to pack everything away, sweep the floor and put the rubbish away will be greatly appreciated.

:)

[peetbee]

I'll be picking the keys up around 6.30 - just will be rebuilding my B4 and B44 ready for the weekend!
See you all there:thumbsup:

[blue_pinky]

Woop woop...the Caldi crew go national!!! :thumbsup:

Bring on the L final domination!!! :woot: