south lakes regional may 22nd
 

We will booking in from 7.30am . Please try and have the correct change and your brca card with you at booking in . We are aiming to try and get racing as soon as everyone has booked in aiming for 9 to 9.30 am

There will be a practice after booking in .


Please no gennys of pa before 9.30 am please

la9 5bp for you sat nav users Vicarage Park school kendal

from the A591 take the kendal south exit just aft the petrol stations and follow the road in to town just aft the first set of lights the collage is on the left take the first left next to the callage n the school is halfway up the hill on the left hand side

look for the white arrows at side of the road

How much is booking in?

Wasn't it £7.00 chris.

Also, have the current standings for the NW regional series been posted anywhere yet?
Cheers

Whats chances of this getting rained off? Petrol isn't cheap, and I don't want to waste it for nothing. I know it could be nice yet, but if its not .... forecasts are varying so much for sunday.

PM your regional rep. Stu Evans :thumbsup:

looks like we might be in for a few showers, but we'll be doing our best to keep running around any, little bit of rain makes it good fun anyway ;)

What tyre do you run in the wet there cheers.

ballistic buggy minispikes on the rear, and shu minispikes front is a good start, 2 rows up front get used sometimes, but tends to be understeer, easy to drive

Also just to remind everyone, it's no longer pre booking, it'll be first come first served, from 7.30 but we should have everyones details now
free practice should be open at the same time too, but please book in before you practice, and please keep to 5 mins, then go to the back of the que and give everyone else a chance ;):thumbsup:

http://www.oople.com/forums/showthread.php?t=68150

If I remember to copy the data base on Sunday, I can work something out next week:)
(I did offer to help Stu with this one, and then err...forgot sorry:blush: )

If its first come first served, How many drivers are you catering for?

If we can fit 11 drivers on the "rostrum" we'll be able to run 11 heats, so that's 121 drivers so i would think we'll get everyone in that turns up!

The weather forcast for today / tomorrow isnt good according to the metoffice..Heavy rain overnight + high winds and temps are down.. so the chance of drying out quick arnt good...

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/...t_weather.html

I would say heavy rain + grass doesnt work?

I presume you will keep us informed as i dont as im sure other won't want to make a wasted journey :(

Come on Sunshine!

:thumbsup:

heavy rain and grass isn't normaly any more of a problem than it is on astro, plus there's less chance of puddles, especialy as we're on a slope, just makes a bit of a mess, lets hope the worst we get is a couple of showers

Muddy..and no fun :thumbdown: Astro in the wet is fine..drains well etc :confused:

Like ive said if you can keep us up to date with weather reports that would be great :thumbsup:

if it first come first served im expecting alot of unhappy people,60 miles for us, i know people coming 80+ miles and cnt get there till after 8am i hope your going to hold the places they think they have from preb ooking in???

it wasn't our decision to put a stop to pre booking in, and it was probably caused by drivers complaining about missing out on southport. i'd be suprised if we have to turn anyone away even if we end up adding extra heats

I will be there, rain or shine, mud or no mud. I'm sure the southlakes guys are more than capable of accommodating everyone that turns up, batley had a great smooth meeting. And I'm sure south lakes will too. The guys are well organized, don't stress them out with what if questions. It's Gunna be a great day.:thumbsup:

I agree with you James.

No-one has a crystal ball as to how many will turn up or what the weather will be like. If there are a few showers, they will probably not last very long and it will not be the first time the majority of you have raced in a few drops of rain so it should not deter you from supporting the Club. Anyway - when are the weather forecasts every right?

A lot of preparation goes into organising meetings - and usually by the same few club members - do your bit - get there on time to book in and give your support during the day to allow everything to run smoothly.

You could also help with the track at the end of the meeting and the last thing you can do - take your rubbish home with you and not leave it behind for club members to have to pick it up after you - which is what some of you did at the Batley meeting - straight across from race control - you know who you are!!

Good luck South Lakes!

Didn't know you were a weather forecaster too Dianne! With all due respect we all have different circumstances and can make our own decisions accordingly whoever it may upset.

Personally, ive got to be sensible, this is only toy car racing, if I blow an ESC it'll be me not racing until 2012 (and miss the Chadderton meetings this winter!! Nooooo :) ) as I can't afford to throw money away when ive got other more important commitments, such as getting married. So if I see threat of rain on the weather forecast tonight, I won't even waste £30 worth of fuel making the journey in the morning, I'll have a lie-in and watch the F1.... this is looking likely to be honest for me, sorry.

If it is on a hill, and it rains, drainage won't be an issue. What will be a bigger issue is marshal safety. If marshals are falling in the track, its very dangerous.

im afraid ive pulled out its 3 hour jorney for me and that means i need to leave at 4.30 latest so the first come first serve is a gamble for me lol also if its really bad weather its a hell of a trip to not race { run the risk of blowing elecs } :(

That was the point I was making Chris - it is difficult to forecast the weather and I definitely cannot - even those who are paid to do it quite often get it wrong.

I agree with you - it is up to each individual to make their own mind up as to whether they make the journey or not.

Can I clear something up then please. If theres no prebooking, even though I had prebooked, and I decide not to go, which to be honest is looking likely, I'm not going to get any form of penalty?

Adam and I don't have any wet tyres and agree with Chris, with all the cooling holes modern electrics don't mix well with water. I'm going to make my decision after watching the 10pm news and weather.

I just want to make sure I haven't missed anything and its going to cause me a problem later in the series.

Thanks.

You need to do 4 out of the 6 meetings for your points to count towards your 'F' grade

Fair enough, I've done 2 already so just another 2 to go but what I meant was before the Southport event there was talk of penalties for no shows, thats what I was checking.

So if you only have 1 pack of cells and want to practice you then cant put your genny on till 9.30am to re-charge? :o

Why not use your car battery, if its only for the first charge :)

Spoke to Stu about the pre-booking thing and I think some people may have got the wrong end of the stick.

Stu has said it is up to the individual clubs how they deal with booking people in, be it pre book or turn up on the day and hope. What happens to people who think they have pre-booked and don't spend their life on the internet and now don't know the first race of the day is to just book in? :lol:

Do you guys have noise issues with the locals? Do you really want 80 or more cars turning up at 7am to stand in a queue to book in?

we dont have any issues with noise, but don't want to make a racket really early and make an issue, i can't really see it being a problem people running gennys a bit earier, but if you know your going to need it early on, could you stick towards the school end rather than the houses

Just to ruffle a few feathers... why dont all the north east people race in their own regionals? I dont understand why they come over here in the first place? :wub

Aaaargh, just doing some work on my b4.1 ahead of tomorrow, stripping the diff for a gander cos it wasn't feeling good and found the centre bearing has collapsed.

Anybody got one spare that's going to South Lakes tomorrow?

If so, please come grab me - will be in a blue gazebo, black Golf, Phil Mitchell look-a-likey.

:thumbsup:

Andy Grason

[QUOTE=Tom3012;505056]Just to ruffle a few feathers... why dont all the north east people race in their own regionals? I dont understand why they come over here in the first place? :wub[/QUOTE

because its easy for some just to do this region instead i dont see anything wrong with it

[QUOTE=rc boy;505107]How do you mean? I havent got a problem if there's genuine reasons... Just annoying when people who havent run NW for the past few years suddenly want to come over this way and then complain when its fully booked by people who are actually from the NW area...

:eh?:

u cant just say its them tom its also people from NW that complain to about it as i see the numbers turning up are good for the region as it does well for the clubs also so its all a :thumbsup: apart from the people that strugle to get in but they have come up with 11 in a heat if i have read correct and it worked fine and batley

I never said it was just them, i also dont think its a bad thing either, just curious as to why they come here and dont support their own regionals...

[QUOTE=Tom3012;505110]Ditto

Thank you Southlakes, Great day even though the weather let us down. Made for some great racing though. :thumbsup:

[QUOTE=Tom3012;505110]
You say 'them from the NE' - you do not know where drivers live and the reasons for them choosing which region they want to race in. Could be a number of reasons eg

NW regionals are run on a Sunday whereas the NE have been run on Saturday and Sunday (until this year when they are trying 2 of the meetings on 1 day).

Some drivers like to race with friends they have met through racing but do not live in the same region.

Distance in miles for travelling - some drivers may live nearer to the venues that are running meetings in the NW although your home postcode does not determine where you can race - it is a personal choice!

Batley track is approximately same number of miles to the west of the country as it is to the east of the country but drivers do not travel from the Batley track they travel from home which could be even nearer to some of the venues.

From Batley track (WF15 6LW) the distance in miles to the clubs in both regions is:

Keighley - 16 miles
Bury - 34 miles
Southport - 74 miles
South Lakes - 100 miles

RHR - 50 miles
South Shields - 115 miles
Stannington - 125 miles
Teesside - 85 miles (no regional this year)

Increased attendance at the meetings gives more income to the clubs as drivers will come to the clubs to practice before a regional and once they have been to the meeting may enjoy it enough to come back and race there again.

It also increases the income to the club on the day of the regional. I am sure that if you ask those who run the clubs whether they would prefer a regional with 40 drivers at a fee of £7 or one with 120 drivers the majority would say 120. Clubs welcome the extra income to help with the day-to-day running of the clubs. I do not know whether you are involved with the running of a club but you would appreciate the importance of this if you were.

It also gives drivers the opportunity for more competitive racing - the race times at the Batley meeting were so close that a fraction of a second often determined the points for the round.

It is only a few years ago that attendance in the NW regionals was very poor and this has gradually increased. Instead of 'ruffling feathers' as you put it - embrace the fact that drivers want to race in the region - it helps the clubs survive!

Very well said dianne , I am from the north east region and race at the north west, I know a lot of people from that area, as well as I can only race on a Sunday due to work and family commitments . I normaly also run both classes which I can't do if I run the north east regionals.
The south lakes meeting yesterday was great by the way and well run thanks guys.