The work begins!!!
 

A few snaps from today at Silverstone!

Looking good!! that bank is looking..... well..... MASSIVE :woot:

Any more pics?

whoo hoo thats another trip this year the,,, higher the better mate :D

Was down there tonight with Graeme and Teddy Truman, well what can i say apart from 10th Off Road is gonna be blessed with one heck of a track!!!!

For anyone that attended Silverstone last year, you can step off the rostrum on to the banked corner!!!!! and it is gonna be bigger as it is on two levels....

There is 2 large table tops and a tripple, very large straight, also plenty of jumps, a large bombhole and some stairs. Multi Surface as there is likely to be a clay corner. Track will be ready for the June 22nd Mid South Regional.

The club have some exciting plans and it is looking good

I was going to offer some advise (downramps), but if the Trumanator is involved then thats ace... no need

good work guys, great to see big effort being put in by clubs and racers!

Advise is always welcome Mr.Doughty!
There will be some more 'update' pics following Saturdays work Kev!

Does anyone know where there is or where we can get some decent track marking from?

Looks like it's going to be an awesome track :thumbsup:

lookin good guys

When's the next work party? If i'm about i can lend a hand

Saturday 17th May from 8.00am

Are you about all day or just the morning? I can't get there before mid day on the 17th?

wheres the bookin in thread man ,boooooookkkk meeeeee in

The work party will be there all day on Saturday, from 8.00am to 5 or 6.00pm! If you want to bring a car down you can as we'll be testing parts of the track and timing the jumps!

Work continues
 

Work today continued, but slowed by showers, on the Silverstone track. More work to define the track layout and jumps etc. Don't forget, we NEED HELP for the work party next Saturday to start laying the astroturf. Bring your wellies and gloves! A few more photos attached. The track will be all astroturf, with a HUGE two level wall ride, plus banked curve at the end of the straight, and several other jumps and steps. More next week!

looking good guys can t wait :cry::thumbsup:

Is it this Saturday 24th that the astro is being fitted ? will try to get over if we can, weather looks dry.........times etc ?

They will be laying Astro tomorrow from 8am until finish....

The new Silverstone website is: WWW.SILVERSTONERCCC.CO.UK.ULTIMAHOSTS.EU
The ultimahosts bit will be dropped next week once everything is confirmed and goes fully live. This is just so you can all see what we've been upto and the sort of thing to expect!!

wondering if a good length of scaffold pole up the roll of astro would make it easier to shift ?..........

this is not an attempt to be random

Big thank you to all who made it down to Silverstone today to help out with the on going track construction work!!
Trying to get some lifting machines down there now to move the astro turf into place! Only 4 more weeks to the regional!!:o

If you build it they will come!!!!

It is exciting to see the track progress, but without some help it may not be ready!!!

Calling on anybody who can lend an hour to get down and help out..

Work party HELP DESPERATELY NEEDED
 

The work is still ongoing at the new Silverstone track. The land has been shaped with JCB and mini digger, but we now DESPERATELY NEED MANPOWER to help roll out the astroturf. Work parties are required for the next 3 Saturdays, from 9.00 am, in order to get it ready for the next 4wd Regional, so come on you racers, lend us a hand!

more images of Silverstone track
 

As you can see, the track shape is finished and should be very interesting to race on, with a HUGE wall ride, banked curve at the end of the straight up onto another level, triple motocross style jump and double tabletop, to mention just a few features. But don't forget, work party HELP NEEDED next three Saturdays, 31st May,7th June, 14th June, 9.00 am onwards, AND the next 2 Thursday evenings, 29th May, 5th June, from 6.00pm onwards. We need at least 10 people to unroll those VERY HEAVY rolls of astroturf, it's no good thinking "someone else will do it" !!! It's your sport, your track, your regional, so PLEASE HELP. For more info and directions email me at [email protected]. Thanks. Attachment 2962 Attachment 2963

We've found that if we have between 4 & 8 blokes on site we can cut 8x4 sheets from each roll and move them quite easily!! Had another couple of hours working on the track last night, finished the main straight and the banked corner at the end! Having the land drain's put in over the next couple of days and when the weather clears a bit we will finish shaping the jumps and cover them with the astro turf too!

Are you and anybody there tomorrow, Saturday 31st ?

or is it all drainage ?

Mick

work party at Silverstone
 

No real work party today (Saturday 31st) as most helpers away at National, so just planning/land drainage and minor work. Have found that we can get more people on Tuesday and Thursday evenings from 6.00pm, so working the next three Tuesday and Thursday evenings, and the next 3 Saturdays. All help gratefully received.

Thanks Snapper, saves me a round trip, see you next time - nice day for it Mick

lookin good guys will be up for your launch party :thumbsup:

This Saturday ? 7th......... whats occurring :eh?:

Yep! Work party this Saturday from about 9.00am Mr.Jordan!
Changed a bit from when you were last down there!!
Should be about 10 of us there on saturday if you can make it?!

Will try, may be a bit after 9am......... cheers G

anymore piccys guys :drool::drool:

Some more pics for you!! Still a bit of a mess down there but its coming together!

No work party this Saturday
 

No work party this Saturday 7th as most of the regulars can't make it. We got loads done on Thursday evening thanks to all the regular helpers and the local farmer with his Manitou ( a huge agricultural forklift ) and despite all the rain we've had flooding parts of the track. More land drains going in Monday, I will take some more photos then. We have astroturf covering the wall ride and the jumps now, along with the main straight. The next work party will be hopefully Tuesday evening from 6.00, and definately Thursday from 6.00pm.

the final pic looks like a cool section

ill be honest i never liked the track from the f2s, but this, wow v cool
i also hated Stotfold ( pre kev lees big track changwe)but now think its one of the best ive raced on

And some more!!
There's a shot looking down the main straight which is 43'ft long!
A shot of the triple jumps, a shot looking at the small single jump before the sweeper onto the main straight and another of the wall ride looking up from the bottom. But the picture doesnt do it justice! It's much bigger than it looks!!!

Looking very good guys..........guess I won't see you tommoras.......thanks Snapper for the heads up, good to know xlactly wots going on.

i might try come down on tuesday.. all depends what im up to but should be ok to come over! + free at weekend so can come over then too! get some roller action on the go again!:thumbsup:

Truman says: "Get some roller action or go home!!"