Electronic Scoreboard for National Events

[CharlieF]

Hi Guys.
Did anyone notice the electronic scoreboard at Kidderminster National? The Section borrowed that to see if such equipment would be an enhancement for our National Series and End of Season events. As it is quite an expensive item we would like some idea if drivers/spectators thought it was worth having.
What did you think - should we get one of our own?
Regards.

[Kopite]

i thought it was spot on, thumbs up!!

was it expensive? I can't say whether it was worth the money or not, only that it did make the spectator side of things far better!!

[Lee]

It`s definatley a positive for the spectators, and its nice to be able to see what heat is on etc.

As stan says its hard to say if its worth the cash without knowing how much it costs.

I think it just takes the "arena" to another level

[stegger]

What do they cost ? Who makes them ? I'm sure with the wealth of knowledge on this site one could be made

[Lee]

i think a couple of grand steve, i may be way off with that though.

[CharlieF]

Not 100% on cost but around £1K and made by a company formed by a racer to manufacture electronic scoreboards I understand.

[stegger]

[jimmy]

For Kidderminster it was pretty good - but for other events where you might get a lot more 'public' spectators it would be even better. I'm talking about Nationals like Batley (not this year, duh) or Southport etc
I think the racing can be pretty hard to understand for many people - I know when I saw my first race in 1988 / 89 or so at RAF cosford, (rrci?) I didn't really know what the chuff was going on.

[Kopite]

yeah, defo a MUST for Southport, with the amount of people walking past the track all the time (and a fair few MILFs i must add).

[c0sie]

Seen and used em before in 10th TC Nationals *the shame*
Brilliant bits of kit for drivers and spectators.

[andy05]

I thought it was great to. Especialy right at the end of a run to see if someone was going to get through for that extra lap or not

[Andrew Simpson]

i liked the way i says the start order just before the heats start, but why does it not say the order any more than 30 sec before the start??

[Mossy]

Made Ref'ing alot easier I must admit.

[dan_kitty]

made watching races easier in my opinion, and usefull when racing...thumbs up.

[Belsten]

I popped along just to have a look and thought it was spot on, alot easier to see who was doing what

[ryan]

I thought it was excellant, made it really easy top view the race order when spectating. A must have for the following nationals!!

[Gaz_Stanton]

Very good bit of kit. Great for spectators and very useful for racers. We do need to be careful of placement though. I know i crashed once while trying to use it too much during the race to see whether the guy behind me had caught me on the stagger.
Definitely better on Sunday when it wasn't in the periphiral (sp?) vision quite so much.

[Chrislong]

Hi Charlie,
Was impressed with it. I liked being able to see the start order before the heat, and I hold my hands up to glancing at it as I finished to see the finishing position although that information dissapears too quickly - so I was looking at it while my car was at full throttle.... ooops...

Can't seem to think of any negatives in terms of purpose, it was ace.

The question may be, can it be transported easily to other nationals? It looks too big to fit anyones car without a trailer, and dragging a trailer is a bind...

[Kecky]

I don't think they are that hard to move around.....
The one they have at Wrexham outdoor track, gets moved indoors for the indoor track depending on if they are racing indoors or outdoors.

Maybe sponsorship from a shop or company could pay for it?????????

[ashleyb4]

I agree with chris it looks tobe an ace feature i havebt seen it in person but looking at it on jimmys pictures i really like the idea but again transport is a problem.

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