"whilst I am taking this seriously, ...."

is that a bit like the line

"with all due respect, .... [and then procede to disrepect that person] "

ITs ok for u mate, u dont pay. Every body in that case will need 24 pairs of rears at a cost of about £7 each which is about £168 and for 2wd front about £7 and about 12 pairs if that £84. total £252. Just for tyres.
But then again if you then split it down to 8 drivers it comes to £31 each for about 3 hours of driving each.
Can Schuy come up with the stock that we need?

pete will have that many tyres just in his sock drawer...

Won't Kyosho help you out with you being a factory driver and that?

I wasn't talking about me, I was thinking out aloud for none sponsored drivers out there. Sorry if I am putting a downer on things but I love this and cant wait!

Maybe you could consider limiting the amount of tyres per team?

You know how you are going to mark up the chassis' during the few hours before we start? well could each team not present say 6 sets of tyres for a 2wd team, and maybe 8 to 10 pairs for a 4wd team or something like that? mark them up on the tyre wall and then these are checked during the day in the same way the chassis are... its up to the teams then how often they change tyres or whether they rotate them or save the majority of them for the last 6 hrs or whatever?

Its just a thought... if people are concerned about costs, its meant to be a fun event afterall and it would be the same for everyone then.

yard has a point...

but same number for 2 or 4WD surely (if there are not seperate classes)

only the rears limited, no fool would run spanking fronts and worn rears?? - would they? :p

I like the idea though, brings a new element to the endurance

tom i think thats a good idea and if i was incharge i would defo make that a rule:)

Guys we have discussed the tyre thing, infact I wanted it myself but.....

1. We thought it would be hard to scrutineer.
2. This is supposed to be a fun event for charity.
3. We wanted to keep the number of rules to a minimum.
4. This is supposed to be a fun event for charity.
5. Every rule we have has to be scrutineered, therefore your car spends less time on the track.
6. This is supposed to be a fun event for charity.

6 out of the 8 on our team have some sort of a deal with Schumacher, but we are still paying for our tyres.

We are planning on running an hour on a set - we will get 3 1 hour stints each.

Is 3 sets of tyres per driver a lot for 3 hours racing? How many sets do people run at a National wich is 5 minutes racing :lol::lol::lol: - get the joke? ;)

G

you could make everyone stay out on the tyres g for say 1 hour..only allowing tyres changes every hour?

simple enough to police

Surely a 2wd would need more tyres than a 4wd as a 4wd will stay a lot more competetive on slicks than a 2wd?

Anyway I'll be lashed for half of it so it won't matter (I won't really I'm only having a couple).

ace :)

Are you gonna come and police it Dave? ;)

G

I would go just to see Dave G scrutineer and Ref!

Me 2!!! Im posotive he would give me a penalty for just being there! :lol:

do u lose 7 places everytime a driver enters/exits the rostrum whilst the race is still runnin :confused:

you could sell the car afterwards and say it was only used for 1 race meeting :woot:

You may joke Mr Doughty, myself and Darren were talking about this this morning :lol:

What do you mean 'joke'? We already have a buyer lined up for our car!!! :lol::lol::lol::lol:

You guys are slacking!

G

have you agree'd 2 prices? one price if it wins, the other price if is doesn't?

Why would they need too :lol:

Only one price required ;)

G

Thats the higher price BTW.
G, shall we put a yellow wing on it now? ;)

does that include outdrives?:lol:

i hope you have bought all the cat belts in the UK G :)

Haha, I was thinking a full yellow shell, wing and wheels :woot:

G

I can see this even being an absolute hoot!

You defo in then Chris? Does this mean you'll be doing more winter track time than when you did actually race 10th off road? ;)

I am fully in...

and yes, I give up 10th and then put a good few hours track time in :rolleyes:

Chris is keen. he kept me awake all night talking about it :lol:

Dan: Did you get the top secret team email?

I don't understand... why would you charge a higher price for the car being runner up:confused::eh?: :lol::p

Matt are team xtreme entering a team? better stock up on driveshaft buds if so :woot:

No.

What about chassis? or have they solved that problem again?

Double up the chassis???:o

how many sets of brushes and armatures shall I order? :woot:

HAHA ide love to have a 24 hour race where knowone was aloud to use lipo or brushless you had to dust off the old lathes.

A

this should be such a laugh :D
Anyone know how many teams are booked in yet?

1 run brushes should be fine, it says so on the packet :lol:

Bumming :woot: this back up to the top again, how are peoples teams coming along? Have you all emailed Derek your intentions to enter a team? Are you in a position to send full details of your team to Derek?

I think we have 7 teams at the moment:

1) oOple / XTreme
2) Bury Buggy Club
3) Schumacher NE
4) The A(E)-Team
5) Mirage
6) Mid West Region
7) X-Factor
8)

G

Excellent!

Will there be full Le mans start, running to the rostrum?