You know it HAS to be done Wes :thumbsup:

It sounds to me that all the people that are think of going to this maybe event are already in our hobby, so promoting it to newbies and only current drivers turning up (which it sounds to me), is most properly not a good result if you look at the big picture.

Maybe a BRCA and distributors promoted event (tv etc.) at the NEC (Central and 100miles from me) with invites to drivers around the world for UK indoor GP and a 'have a go theme' could be better to promote new drivers, members countrywide to see what it`s all about and get hooked.

Woodvale rally in 1991 was where i bought my first car, a Procat, and a short break 2003/4 for 18months for traveling reasons since then.

The idea is to have it near a town centre or a big sports hall where is alot of kids and people about. This would get people looking. There is no shops to promote the sport in Manchester so all that there is to promote is the club which is in Bury and out of the way. I am thinking locally not Nationally/Worldly. Sorry. Start small then build up. Thats my thought about it. IF you dont want me to sort it out then I wont. Its just an idea right now.

Has Bolton Model Mart shut down Stu?

I agree with you, as much as us current racers want a full blown international event, the general public would not have a clue what was going on or who the big names were.

One venue fairly local is the EPIC (Ellesmere port indoor centre) i think you know it well woOdy :thumbsup: That is an awesome facility and a gallery above for people to watch the racing. Maybe out of the area you are looking at though. :confused:

It would be interesting to see how many new members the NERCR club attracted from the catherine cookson race last summer. That had a lot of passers by.

As of last week no Bolton Models have not shut. My friend bought a RB5 from there.:thumbsup:

And theres a new one woody, opening on Bury new road just past besses o'th' barn tram station.its on the left past the motorway bridge.
it says Model shop opening soon .
maybe shud give them a look and tempt them to do some advertising for the bury club etc.

Thanks Chris.:thumbsup:

Hi Woody, we are only rank amaturs from the Southport track, if you are short of names - which I dont expect you will have, please add mine + 2 others.
We would be driving 2WD buggies, any rules on motors and batteries?

BR
Tommy:thumbsup:

I'd be up for it too...count me in.

Shame to hear you want to keep it small and local, even if it's a really good idea to get people into the sport.
Even if it's good for promoting the sport, I really hate running races so exposed to the public. I don't like the idea of leaving my stuff on the table and racing/marshalling while Joe Public sifts through my stuff...
One of the major races here in Germany that is more in the public eye is at the Dortmund model trade fair. But there racers and passers-by are kept nicely separate and there is a booth where people can inform themselves.

I still think an electric class or day at Neo-Buggy would be a huge attraction to international racers and would give my back teeth for an opportunity to run there! :)

Sounds like 2 things happening here. Firstly - Woody and his 'get more members in the Manchester area' event & Secondly - some fancy one-off national event.

BTW Woody - at Lawford Buggy Club we run an event at a local car show once a year with the aim to helping promote the sport. Always seems to go down quite well.

Good idea! I will have to look hard to find something like that in Manchester. Thanks. And yes I was thinking of the best of both worlds. Big event in a busy area.

I do agree with none racers in the pits and yes I would have it cornered off.

Promote Your Club, it's Bury's Future :thumbsup:

wo0dy,

pulled this from a post I made on a Nitro club forum I'm a club member off and trying to boost it's membership. All idea's came from the club members that use the forum.

pitty there isint a rc demmo team that does displays ans promotes the hobby at car shows and big events sutch as goodwood or the other various big shows.

oh yeah there well may be another indoor winter MK GP in 2008 but thats only a maybe at the moment

Thanks mate! Much appriciated.

the BRCA attend the Autosport show @ the NEC

I remember quite a few years ago the Harrogate club did a meeting at the Harrogate showground.

That got loads of attention with families watching quite a few races.

Key to this success was that there was an attraction which brought the people to the venue in the first place, with the car racing being additional entertainment.

This is the key to this event. If you're not gonna attract enough new members then it's probably not going to be worth the hassle of doing the event. Anyone fron Teeside know if it made any difference longterm?

However a big event also sounds cool too, but the logistics must be a nightmare!

Either way, good luck woOdy:thumbsup:

Southport used to run a meeting at the woodvale rally near formby, that attracts a couple of thousand people over the weekend but haven't done anything for the last couple of years, maybe this could be revived. But this isn't indoors or does it have to be ?:)