South Lakes Regional - Page 2

DanW · #21 14-06-2009

Even though i didn't do to well, I had a really great day today.

A big thanks to the South Lakes guys! I think the school bumping you off your normal plot worked in your favour as that hillside had great natural features.... and gave marshals a work out to!

With regards tyres.... bot dots are the future; something that will deter and impede corner cutting but not get cars stuck.

As Stu says you can cut down and cap the tyres, or use something like heavy bin lids pegged down. Maybe even sandfill some of the firehose and peg it down in a curved profile.

With regards turnout I think there might of been a few that shyed off because of the forecast and gloomy skies this morning..... if so they made the wrong choice, the weather was absolutely glorious

RickRick · #22 14-06-2009

sand filled hose should be easy to do, though i'll have a look into some bot dot type markings too. i think we should also have got some of the gutter up from the indoor track to use in place of some of the hose, i'm sure we'll manage to do even better next time, and i'll do my best to organise using the council land we were on today again next time, although having to sort out somwere else to race with about 4 weeks to go was a bit of a nightmare!!

It's great to hear people enjoyed the day i know i had a really good days racing, and it's also nice (kind of) to hear peoples critiscims, so we can improve the next meeting

gazhillAE · #23 14-06-2009

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Originally Posted by Stu

I think it's to do with cars getting stuck inside them - it can be difficult for marshalls to extracate the car as they get jammed inside the 'cavity' (you don't want to get jammed in a cavity -

) York use motor-cycle tyres, cut in half around the centre circumference of the tread, then have a wood disc to cover the hole up - they make superb track markers.

I really enjoyed today, pity Colin is so fast -

Looking forward to the next meeting up there - August 23rd.

Great day really enjoyed it !

Colin "the girl" May played another blinder, I think il retire if I get beat again haha

Yeah those tyres! Damn them tyres gggggrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr 2nd to last lap ggggrrrrrrrrrr stu!!!!

Will be back in august for next very good track, better before being chewed up but all the more fun

racingdwarf · #24 14-06-2009

Hi

We had the same thing about tyres on our track for a regional, and I think the way we read the BRCA rule was you cannot use tyres to mark the track BUT you can use them within the track, so for e.g we had some small 1" pipe marking a longish bend at the end of the straight, so to stop corner cutting we put some tyres on the inside, thus they were not marking the track as the brca states as they were inside the pipe that was marking the track.
I know we should have had better pipe, but most clubs don't have big pots of money and we have to make do with what we have.

Of course all of the above could be total wrong

col300 · #25 14-06-2009

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Originally Posted by gazhillAE

Great day really enjoyed it !

Colin "the girl" May played another blinder, I think il retire if I get beat again haha

Yeah those tyres! Damn them tyres gggggrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr 2nd to last lap ggggrrrrrrrrrr stu!!!!

Will be back in august for next very good track, better before being chewed up but all the more fun

You may as well take the batteries out of your tranny now then, and chew off your thumbs whilst your at it coz it's only gonna happen next time.... You'll need to find a lap from somewhere too

gazhillAE · #26 14-06-2009

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Originally Posted by col300

You may as well take the batteries out of your tranny now then, and chew off your thumbs whilst your at it coz it's only gonna happen next time.... You'll need to find a lap from somewhere too

Ordered anymore pink paint recently????
Pink undertray so I also see today tut tut "big girl"
Was that your daughter who designed that shell then haha

I personally blame those tyres for losing me a 16lapper and 2nd in final oh well

Life goes on !

DanW · #27 14-06-2009

The rule is "tyres are not to be used to define the track". It doesn't state tyres can't be used. So it all comes down to whether or not the tyre is the defining feature. If you wrap the tyre in 1" pipe, then you can justify the pipe as defining the track outline and the tyre is just their for weight.

But enough of tyre talk....

South Lakes Club laid on a great day for us. The land they aquired for the track turned out to great.

Stu · #28 14-06-2009

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Originally Posted by col300

You may as well take the batteries out of your tranny now then, and chew off your thumbs whilst your at it coz it's only gonna happen next time.... You'll need to find a lap from somewhere too

That's ace boss.

DanW · #29 14-06-2009

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Originally Posted by col300

You may as well take the batteries out of your tranny now then, and chew off your thumbs whilst your at it coz it's only gonna happen next time.... You'll need to find a lap from somewhere too

But Col's probably just "Murray-Walkered" himself in to defeat at the next round now!

col300 · #30 14-06-2009

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Originally Posted by gazhillAE

Ordered anymore pink paint recently????
Pink undertray so I also see today tut tut "big girl"
Was that your daughter who designed that shell then haha

I personally blame those tyres for losing me a 16lapper and 2nd in final oh well

Life goes on !

Yeah thanks, just had my B4 shell done the same.... you'll see it soon tho flashin past you a couple of times each race

burgie · #31 15-06-2009

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Originally Posted by RickRick

i don't think i saw any cars getting broken against the scooter tires.

they broke mine

not that it made any difference to my results though, it's a long time since I enjoyed a days racing as much as I enjoyed yesterday!

Oscar · #32 15-06-2009

Great venue

It was really good just to have some variety in where we race. The hillside provided a good layout with all the elevation and camber changes

As for the track markings, I thought they were fine, they were well marked with hi-vis paint which was also very helpful.

Could you order the same weather next time please

njc11 · #33 15-06-2009

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Originally Posted by col300

Yeah thanks, just had my B4 shell done the same.... you'll see it soon tho flashin past you a couple of times each race

Lol!! Quality! lol!

You at Eden Park mate??

Cheers

Nick

bigred5765 · #34 15-06-2009

hi col let me know if you still want the shell posting or should i just take it to eden park??
here it is,

Chrislong · #35 15-06-2009

Nice job Carl (save me a space for that pop up jobby, will see you Friday mate)

bigred5765 · #36 15-06-2009

nps chris see u there

col300 · #37 15-06-2009

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Originally Posted by njc11

Lol!! Quality! lol!

You at Eden Park mate??

Cheers

Nick

Not doing this one Nick. Too far

. Will be doing the rest though

woOdy · #38 15-06-2009

Can anyone tell me if the guy with the video cam corder will be posting anything?

Jonesy · #39 15-06-2009

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Originally Posted by col300

Not doing this one Nick. Too far

. Will be doing the rest though

Col, where's the commitment!!

PJC · #40 15-06-2009

This has been posted on youtube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aeNX0YS0Htw