Batley regional
 

Copied over from the off-topic Northy fool on the Bury thread.......

Yes, Yes & Yes.

We'll be there all weekend, towing pubs.

fool or tool? :D

im trying to attempt to come to batley as a guest on the saturday, then back to southport for final prep on the track for the national on the sunday.

Paul,
Southport track should be closed for use this weekend. There is a rule stipulated by the BRCA that a national track should be closed for practice from 1 week of the national.

I think he means prep as in track prep... not car prep on the track... right Paul?

Will you keep it for me for my wall this time? :)

bingo :D

we have put an awful lot of work in to the track for the national, and somtimes doing it twice due to vandels. this sunday should be the final day we need to do anything for a while which i think would be well deserved. all being if the vandels dont return :rolleyes:

the track is currently looking A1 with all the improovements we have made. it is also, in my opinion easier to race on due to new 'additions'.

is batley another '7:00' job? if so ill see you at 10 if i can go! :)

I'm not entirely sure of arrangements for this weekend yet, If nobody has already sorted it, the tap should be available from the swimming baths on Friday, and presumably the key for the toilets in the pavillion for all the overnight campers.
I'll be there early Saturday morning to assist with race control, if the position hasn't been organised already (Tom??). Should there be people there Friday evening who can mow the grass etc, I can make container keys available to them for such purpose.

LMAO at my randomness! :o :D :o :D

We won't be there till Saturday morning.

Are you organising things Stu? A night out round Batley? Tour of the local bus stops? :confused:

G

Maybe out on Saturday, I think we'll be able to organise a something, Kiddy II type thing maybe.

WOOOO HOOOO !!!!!!!

Pc working properly again after getting a crappy antispyware virus, DR STU works his magic again on my bitsa this and that computer!!

Reading the "other" forum I noticed it is 4WD on Saturday? Any reason for this or are we just looking forward to a rougher 2WD track on Sunday!!

I shall be there with my pikey van looking forward to football, beer and racin'

Northy, you missed a blinder down in Tiverton when after the Friday night drinking session, Stu got kidnapped by Side Show Bob from behind the bar in his VW Jetta GTi ( I kid you not!!)

This only happens when we get pi$$ed:D

Oooops, im good at misunderstanding aren't I !! ha ha.
Southport track is looking great, can tell there has already been a lot of work done there before the summer. Good work! :thumleft:

Side Show Bob that was a comical night.

Me and G will be there on Friday evening after work sometime. Unless its forcast to p155-down all weekend. In which case i'll be there Sat morning

Batley Regions
 

Hi,Can someone tell me what time booking in on Sunday is?. Also, I have 2 timetables. The Summer2006 one sais it's 4wd Sat, 2wd Sun. The Bury metro one I have sais it's 2wd Sat, 4wd Sun (all from http://www.northernracer.com/)...confused...I can race either, but I might aswell spend my time setting up one or the other properly.Thanks again to the guy who used his com lathe on my motor at Bury on Sunday (sorry didnt get your name, but you were with Jimmy!!). One of those days for me, blown ESC, bad motor, all the wrong tires with me and evena set of tires I hadnt glued properly...Oh well, live and learn.CheersStu
Hmm, boards arent working very well for me at work...oh wellGr8 picture of my car Jimmy (when it was actually working!!)http://www.oople.com/rc/photos/bury1...es/bury02.html

Yeah, That was me. No worries.
For info 4wd is on Saturday, 2wd Sunday. Booking in both days from 8. Practice till circa 09:30. Racing after drivers briefing.
John.

eek...i got them the wrong way around again in my head! Thought I had Saturday to clean my 4WD. HEEEELP!!

Ahh, confused about dates, well, I published the dates on northernracer (correct it would seem) but even I thought in my head that it was 2wd saturday.
I think due to the national format we are kind-of programmed that way.

Stu,

Get back onto the serious things.....

Where are we eating on Saturday night? Prefereably within walking (staggering) distance. :D

Who's up for it?

G

We'll plan it on Saturday, I don't really know the eating places in Cleck, just the drinking ones.

The worlds largest Indian restaurant (alledgedly) is supposed to be quite good

www.aakash.co.uk

Chris

Everytime we drive past there on the way to a meeting I always say to Dad we should get like EVERYONE to go at a National... they wouldn't know what'd hit them!

G, there are two pubs within walking distance, one is a Brewers Fayre type place with food and semi decent beer and then on the way back is the scruffy pub with the pool table where myself and random factor Stu were once taken on at pool by Mr. S Moss and Jonesey and we won!!

Proper beer at that one!!

Unless it is pi$$ing down in which case we will have to draw straws to see who is driving!:(

I remember the pool, you know when your on a roll but getting pisster, you don't know when to stop, and eventually get beat against the the run of play but with the run of pisstiness.

No... can't say I do. :p

http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/5day.shtml?id=3888

Looks like we'll be camping in Jim's spare room then! :o

g

Horrific weather early on anyway, glad I stayed in bed!! :D


http://www.oople.com/rc/photos/batle...s/batley05.jpg

Photos are up tho! lol

nearly booked in for this event,glad i didnt:p ,so how many people had expensive electrical failures then???

Well Ben Riley's 'reciever' blew up :lol:

Seriously wet for 2wd today. I really believe it was the right decision to abandon the finals - the straight was totally awash and elsewhere some puddles were becoming a bit extreme.

Thanks to Derek and Tom for running race control, and also thanks to all the guys who worked hard in an attempt to keep the track race-worthy. All your efforts are appreciated.

All that remains is to pour over Stu Evans' pics when they're up, oh and clean 2 very dirty B4's.

:)
We turned up a bit late for some photos! wasn't expecting it to be called off.. its all sunny and nice here now too! would you beleive it.

caravans...
 

Jimmy, you gonna post pictures of kirky's "caravan pull"?

And I always thought jeeps were crap...:)

http://www.oople.com/rc/photos/kirkypull.jpg

Might post some more.. I was impressed, I was hoping he was gonna be sliding around all over the place for some comedy shots but sadly he did a good job.. haha:D

Well I got home, had a nice take away, now sat in the garage watching Top Gear with a beer and the laptop cleaning the B4. Not too bad really! :D

Come on Stu, where are the good shots you got of my cars?

G

it managed to get up the slope easy after the hand brake got taken off lol. Still tho a fantastic day loved every minute shame about finals tho, qualified ninth in the B. Would of like to race them but it did get a bit damp towards the end.

HELLO!

Can I just say thanks to all the people who helped out getting the caravans off the field this afternoon, ESPECIALLY Kirky and his Jeep, I thought I could I thought I could, I thought I could, OH NO I only have a 2WD Vectra!

What was I thinking!!:confused:

Hope the video of the event comes out, no £250 for You've Been Framed though!???

Thanks again, looking forward to being towed at the end of June for the Nationals!!

Damian and Alex:)

Stu and Carrie:)

http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/northernracer/g.jpg
G, more to come.
http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/northernracer/g2.jpg

Yeah, thanks to the Kirky for the good job, nice.

Full gallery to follow.

madness, no wonder it was cancelled!

Having seen the photo's of Bradders 4WD, you have got to ask: Where's the fun and enjoyment in that?????

You are all Mad!

Bring back fair weather racing, it's the future

Stu Evans has captured the 2wd action to perfection. Brilliant set of photos especially when you consider he was only using one hand on his camera - the other hand was holding the umbrella :rolleyes:

Just love this picture http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/northernr...leyrain/50.htm

Glad I stayed in bed :jimmeh

Got to say wasnt looking foreward to it on saturday, but when I got into it realy enjoyed the days racing. Was half day at work today and it has taken till now to finish cleaning it ready for this weekend.(please dont rain this week end) :flower: :)