30th September! S/C final national

[johnni boi]

So then.. in the event of heavy rain what would be the plan?

[Hpi_guy]

i think the plan will be to sweep the track and take it from there

[Frecklychimp]

You better start sweeping now... It's Only fit for boats!

[Hpi_guy]

or aquaplaning short courses, there boats anyway, or turn them upside down

[johnni boi]

Could we have it at broxtowe instead? :D

[Hpi_guy]

hmm, might be a bit short notice unless it was announced tonight, what did you need my number for brooky?

[johnni boi]

arrange what time you want to pick the car up off me

[Hpi_guy]

ah, are you going down tomorrow evening?

[johnni boi]

yeah. Just might or might not race depending on rain

[spyro]

So then.. in the event of heavy rain what would be the plan?

Thursday onwards looks ok, will post a report after tomorrow night.

[Hpi_guy]

hmmm, give me a text then booky and we will arrange something

[johnni boi]

Thursday onwards looks ok, will post a report after tomorrow night.

so what happens if its flooded?

[wes]

You would get wet:woot:

[Frecklychimp]

Thursday onwards looks ok, will post a report after tomorrow night.

Here you go... This is no attack on A1 Racing Club, but bearing in mind this is a National series and racers invest a lot of money travelling to support these meetings and the championship.... it's over an hour each way 110 mile round trip for me and i'm fairly local!

this was situation at 6pm tonight... see what it looks like tomorrow in comparison.

http://i1196.photobucket.com/albums/aa407/frecklychimp/photo84.jpg

http://i1196.photobucket.com/albums/aa407/frecklychimp/photo86.jpg

http://i1196.photobucket.com/albums/aa407/frecklychimp/photo87.jpg

http://i1196.photobucket.com/albums/aa407/frecklychimp/photo88.jpg

pretty gutted my trip over today for some set-up time was wasted... i love racing in wet but 2 inches of standing water is a big no obviously.

If a decision is left till last minute.com then we lose another round and a dreadful end to series... there are a fair few drivers eager to give shiny new trucks some action and still final positions to battle for!

being sensible +1 on Broxtowe if it's possible with club organisers... new rostrum means a different challenge to their round of the 2012 series.

[jimmy noke]

I agree with you mark the new rostrum and Broxtowe makes it completely different. And also it would be a sad end the the series not to race...

[aaron1974]

On a personal note, I need to do the last round to have enough scores to count, what would happen if it's not run, does it become 3 from 5 instead of 4 from 6 ?

[HarlowS]

or move it to a different week and i may be able to come then :)

[johnb]

For me personally I'm hoping the track can be swept and the water cleared so the meeting can go ahead as have a two hour drive to get there plus a hotel room booked that if I cancel now I have to pay for. So hopefully all going ahead or moving the meeting to Broxtowe.

[aaron1974]

Don't get me wrong, I definitely want the meeting to go ahead if the track is raceable... Even better if it does get switched to broxtowe though as it'll save me an hours drive ! :D

[HarlowS]

Or just buy some bigger tyres !!:lol:

http://trucksgonewild.com/albums/Water%20Crossing%202/watercrossing%20015.jpg

[shark]

Don't get me wrong, I definitely want the meeting to go ahead if the track is raceable... Even better if it does get switched to broxtowe though as it'll save me an hours drive ! :D
Me too dude , plus more sleeeeep :woot:

[johnni boi]

Mr Wesson could run the meeting :p:p

[shark]

Plan ! !

[Checa]

Or use the indoor track

[Frecklychimp]

Indoor track?

[spyro]

I will update on the conditions after club racing tonight.

Dry overnight and no rain today :thumbsup:

[ironmangav]

Dont mind either,indoor,outdoor,broxtowe,A1 as long as we get to race.
Take it Broxtowe has better drainage than A1 hence as an alternative track?

[aaron1974]

Dont mind either,indoor,outdoor,broxtowe,A1 as long as we get to race.
Take it Broxtowe has better drainage than A1 hence as an alternative track?


Broxtowe's drainage is brilliant... Doesn't flood under the heaviest of rain ! :thumbsup:

[Checa]

Indoor track?

I thought they had an indoor track:eh?:

[spyro]

I thought they had an indoor track:eh?:

We did / do...

Stil uncertanty from the landlord if we can have the venue this winter.

[ianholt]

A1 racing club track is perfectly useable now. We have raced this evening and had no issues, it always looks bad when it has had a sudden down pour but only takes 24hrs or so to be useable.
Yesterday was a very wet day and at the time mark took the pictures there was alot of standing water but all ok now. Posting photo's almost a week before the event on the day we get a months rain in one day does not realy offer a true representation of what it is going to be like on the day!
Weather forcast is looking dry from tomorrow evening onwards http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/uk/em/bottesford_forecast_weather.html
so there is no reason to worry.

[spyro]

Here you go:

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-i7LyleMjHjg/UGHpJZ7a8_I/AAAAAAAAADs/ym3GjyDTN-g/s640/IMG_20120925182532.jpg

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-z0KycWwWeCk/UGHtAhxg40I/AAAAAAAAAD8/TQ6C4fn0pQg/s640/IMG_20120925184158.jpg

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-lVAakRbyGk4/UGHxRlN3-hI/AAAAAAAAAEM/eGmQotYCq1M/s640/IMG_20120925190010.jpg

What a difference a day makes, by the end of the night the water on the infield had drained as well.

[A.R.C Raceway]

Lets use the 8th track.....PLEASE
Looks much better for the trucks.......:D:D:D:D:D

[quincey]

Is the meeting still on?..as its hammering it down with rain here in Chester... I don't want to come all that way only for it to be abandoned...

[spyro]

Is the meeting still on?..as its hammering it down with rain here in Chester... I don't want to come all that way only for it to be abandoned...

Yup still on, beautiful blue sky here this morning.

[shark]

Think weather today is ok , its tomoz later on when we get wet ............
We,ll be done by then though won,t we Chris ?? :)

[quincey]

Just stopped raining here and the suns just popped out....

[spyro]

Think weather today is ok , its tomoz later on when we get wet ............
We,ll be done by then though won,t we Chris ?? :)

Yup will rattle through as quick as possible, rain looks like it's due at 16:00

If everybody is booked in, I might try and get the heats on the line a little earlier.

[ray hooker]

Hi i have had problems with pay pal and have not booked in as yet for myself Ray Hooker and Ben Stewart can we still book in on day it be a shame to miss last one of year 2wd on both

[ray hooker]

its ok managed to sort book online and payed for !!!!

[spyro]

its ok managed to sort book online and payed for !!!!

Got it! Your in :thumbsup:

[johnni boi]

http://www.metcheck.com/UK/today.asp?zipcode=Grantham

[jimmy noke]

That's no looking to clever at all

[Robbiejuk]

http://www.metcheck.com/UK/today.asp?zipcode=Grantham

I'll see your weather forecast and I will raise you with this one :D


http://uk.weather.com/weather/tomorrow-Grantham-UKXX0729

[1rcdad]

thats a much better guess at what the weather will be.

[spyro]

http://www.metcheck.com/UK/today.asp?zipcode=Grantham

I see Metcheck is back to saying rain at 16:00 again :p :D

[johnni boi]

i give up with weather forecasts :yawn:

[quincey]

Nice and warm and dry at the moment......shame it's dark...(2.31 am)...