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Originally Posted by _JP_
Roger, if you get the 8th out you could practice at Frankley I know they have jumps  not sure how "electric friendly" frankley is. I suppose I could get my Hongnor out again!
As much as I don't really enjoy the 8th, you have to say one thing the tracks are good and fun with jumps, were supposed to be OFF ROAD racers and the amount of tracks I have been to that are flat is shocking.
Guys it don't matter how good a track you design or make some one will moan and not like it. |
JP ... exactly why I went 8th in the first place!!! Main reason I have gone back to electric is that without a pit buddy it's damn hard work and more like a job than a fun days racing!
Jumping a gasser and an electric buggy are different things though, react so diffrently to throttle in the air and snapping the throttle on the kicker!
JP also loved the Harper Adams tracks .... even if the one I raced at put me in hospital for 3 days due to fumes
Think of our 1/10th outdoor tracks (please note ... for reference not a dig in any way ....)
Dudley (flat grass),
Worcester (flat grass with a few features),
Telford Hot Tracks (flat grass on a bank),
Telford MMC (anything but flat grass but still not air time),
Kiddy (loads of surface changes and features but if you get more than a couple of inches under your tires you in big doo-doo),
Oswestry (flat grass mainly),
Stoke (flat grass),
Coventry (astro with a pair of doubles usually in the middle of a straight section towards or away from the rostrum at about 90degs) and so on.....
Now that list may be out of date by a couple of years ... you'll no doubt correct me if I'm wrong JP.
And before any of the members of the above clubs linch me I must point out I have had brilliant days at all of them over the years and I also understand the grief building good jumps into temp tracks is ... have helped run an indoor club in the past. Taking all the stuff to and from an event is a nighmare ... even before you consider storing it all between meetings and the fact that only about 2 people ever seem to show up / stay behind to help!!!!
Thinking about all my fav off-road tracks
Batley, Bury Metro, Stotfold (ok Kiddy still makes me smile loads too)
almost enough to make me want to move house to be in a different region!
The boys tup-norf and south mids / south east don't know our pain .... LOL
I have a plan ... why don't we kidnap Pidge and Nick make them build us a track too 
