Silverstone 2wd Regional this Sunday
 

Silverstone 2wd Regional this Sunday.

For all those booked in for this event that haven't been before (and the one's that have) here's a few pictures of the (grass) track at sunny Silverstone taken on Tuesday 15th (excuse bad pics from my phone).

From these pictures you can see some of the track, including the main straight and you should be able to get a pretty good idea of how the surface should hold up during racing. You must keep in mind that this track has not actually been raced on since LAST YEAR so should be in prime condition.
;)

has the club got a website?

also postcode if known as I plan to be @ the Juniors/Veterans event later in the year

You having a laugh? :o :o

G

That is the same layout from our 4wd regional last year!!! My racing line is still on there!!:D

Grass has really taken well hasn't it
:D

whay happened to the plans to reseed the grass and sort out drainage etc? The club had major plans for the track but it hasn't been touched! Looks indentical to the way we left it except it in now soaked instead of dry and dusty!
Looks like Swindon all over again judging by the forecast for the week!

I'm intending to go, but the Weather forecast is really doing a good job of putting me off at this moment in time......... Hopefully it'll improve later in the week.

But wet racing is fun! Well not so much for the yok, it's a pile of rust at the moment :D

Ian, it's 2wd though isn't it anyway???

Yeh, 2wd wet is fun too....

Looks like light showers Saturday arvo, same again Sunday, with only 34ish on the booking in page at DMS mabey we can get finished early enough to miss the worst of the rain.

Is there a burger/butty/breakfast thingy.

Fun's one word lol, blowing up electrics and having no "wet" tyres is not so good.......

On there web site it says Breakfast from 9am!!!! Im guessing there is something for food.

Nick, we are racing on grass shouldn't be any problem with water unless it tips down with rain. If you need any wet weather tyres there will be loads of us with left over bb pinks from Kiddy, and John will be there with the shop. You know you want to be there :rolleyes:

:D we'll have to see Jon, i know what you mean about Water with Grass but it still gets the cars absolutely caked and nearly everything on the car is new - seems like a bad way to christen it....... or could be a good way i guess?

I think i'll just see how it pans out this week, if it starts to brighten up the good old BBC 5 day forecast changes anyway so it may be better later this week!

What do you guys mainly run in the wet now (grass)? Is it just Ballistics? No more TR32's or Full spikes??

TR32's if you can get hold of them. BB's are pretty good in the rain, as the track at Silverstone has alot of clay content the BB pinks should work great!! I hope.
The weather will be fine!! i hope anyway, don't want two meetings washed out in one week

So to clarify we CAN use TR32's at a regional?? I don't want to try and run them only to be told I can't....

I think there is a very big grey area on the tyre situation. BB 2wd front's according to Jacquie haven't been made for 5 years, but we used them at the weekend!!!!
The way i look at it if you can buy them in shops they are comercially available.
Tr 32's ARE still available you just got to look on ebay etc....
A shop across sea's has and can get them. (And i have just been informed they still produce them )
Think this may be a rule that is re-wrote end of this year

Hi John
I am going to Silverstone Track with Mark tonight to inspect the track at 7.00pm If you and Alec wish to be there to add your coments I would be greatfull.

Phill T

Tyre choice is open for our regionals.

by the way there is a Tamiya supergripper with the same tread pattern as a TR32.