Rogers Regional Poll

[MikePimlott]

Please explain your reason for picking your option.

[DanW]

2WD / 4WD on same day but drivers can only enter one class per event.

That would limit numbers and open up places without having to change calendars.

Seperate days for seperate classes is good for drivers wanting to do regionals, but has a negative impact on regular club calendars / attendances for the host clubs.

[budfish]

I picked separate Sunday's because I only drive 4wd so chances are it would be a shorter day with plenty of places for everyone who wants to race. But I'm not sure how it would effect club numbers

[Alan Reeves]

I picked seperate Sundays as I have two mates who wanted to enter the series this year that are not booked in for Southport, so it'd be good if there were more places made available

[Tom3012]

Originally Posted by DanW

2WD / 4WD on same day but drivers can only enter one class per event.

That would limit numbers and open up places without having to change calendars.

Seperate days for seperate classes is good for drivers wanting to do regionals, but has a negative impact on regular club calendars / attendances for the host clubs.

+1

[DanW]

Originally Posted by budfish

I picked separate Sunday's because I only drive 4wd so chances are it would be a shorter day with plenty of places for everyone who wants to race. But I'm not sure how it would effect club numbers

Lets assume 3 clubs hosting with an even share of events

When classes are run on one day format, when club is running a regional the other two clubs are closed at the moment. So thats 4 closed days due to regionals for each club.

For the seperate sundays format we get 12 events each club hosting 4. That means 8 closed (or low attendace days) for each club due to regionals.

The region has too many drivers for the one day format, but not enough drivers to support a two day format AND keep three clubs well attended.

[pugboy]

I reckon you need to have at least one extra date for each class if not two cause if each class is 3 out of 3 scoring and you are away for one you're bollocksed. So like mid west should be perhaps 3 from 5 in each or 3 from 4. So 10 or 8 sundays total.

[DanW]

I've voted "OTHER" to represent 2WD / 4WD same day restricted to one class per driver.

[budfish]

Originally Posted by DanW

Lets assume 3 clubs hosting with an even share of events

When classes are run on one day format, when club is running a regional the other two clubs are closed at the moment. So thats 4 closed days due to regionals for each club.

For the seperate sundays format we get 12 events each club hosting 4. That means 8 closed (or low attendace days) for each club due to regionals.

The region has too many drivers for the one day format, but not enough drivers to support a two day format AND keep three clubs well attended.

I know what you mean there dan it was niggleing me that effectively our club would be closed for other clubs regionals twice as much as it is in its current format.

Bury metro can and has put club meets on and still get 60 drivers when say southports regionals have been ran on the same day due to the amount of younger drivers and the added sc class

[johnnygibbon]

Sat 2wd Sunday 4wd alternating year to year So even if you've only got Sundays free you will still be able to race your chosen class in a regional once every 2 years so it's fair all round and means we get a full weekend of racing To
Excellent

[The race controller]

Most of our current members want to race EVERY week so I'm for opening while Regionals are on at other clubs...........Like the old days.
............And yes I am old.

[budfish]

Originally Posted by pugboy

I reckon you need to have at least one extra date for each class if not two cause if each class is 3 out of 3 scoring and you are away for one you're bollocksed. So like mid west should be perhaps 3 from 5 in each or 3 from 4. So 10 or 8 sundays total.

Well due to the well thought out 2012 calendar I would have missed Kendal and batley 6th and 20th of may 2 north west regionals in 1 two week period!!! Clever

[The race controller]

Originally Posted by budfish

Well due to the well thought out 2012 calendar I would have missed Kendal and batley 6th and 20th of may 2 north west regionals in 1 two week period!!! Clever

There's currently a week between each.

[burgie]

Well, here's a thought budfish, and the others who like to criticise without offering help;

Stop moaning, get in touch with woody and offer to setup a nw regional committee with him. Sit on that committee and do something constructive.

[budfish]

If I thought people would take me seriously I would.

[bigred5765]

seperate sundays for regionals,
get someone else to run club for people that wana do a club day,

[gazhillAE]

Both same day
And only people who live in the north west!
As per a couple of years ago!
Only one class per meeting also!

[Oscar]

I haven't voted yet, because I think other points affect how I would vote.

How many entries are from people completing the required minimum of rounds? Is the series over subscribed with people doing 1 , 2 or 3 rounds, and therefore being effectively irrelevant to the "Series".

My personal outlook is that the regional SERIES is there for the interested drivers to attain a BRCA grading from F2-F4 (F5 being assigned regardless). Therefore the series should cater firstly for drivers willing to compete to attain the above grades through committing to the required events.

I think this is a good argument to give preference to the individuals that fall into the above criteria. Whilst this may be controversial, I believe that means any current F1 drivers should also be considered to have a lower priority than the drivers trying to achieve a formula via the regional series.

[themyster]

I think that seperate sundays would be better, so we may only get 8 or 9 heats in 2wd or 6 or 7 in 4wd but at least for those that have to travel for 2 or more hours will get home at better time on a sunday evening and it would of course give those drivers that normley do both classes on the same day a more relaxed day.
Well thats my opinion. I'm Mike Bradbury if anyone was wondering....

[bigred5765]

Originally Posted by DanW

2WD / 4WD on same day but drivers can only enter one class per event.

That would limit numbers and open up places without having to change calendars.

Seperate days for seperate classes is good for drivers wanting to do regionals, but has a negative impact on regular club calendars / attendances for the host clubs.

i dont think it would
you can run regional and non scoring on same day
4wd had 87 booked in leaving 30 40 places for non count club racers