[PaulRotheram]

Originally Posted by ahhseeten

I think a on off weekend event with 2wd on the Saturday and 4wd on the Sunday with the following format would be very popular and would perhaps steer sv into a busy venue thereafter.

1) 2 rounds of 3 minute practice in a random heat order.
2) heats then reorganised in order of drivers with fastest 3 consecutive laps. (Petit style)
3) 1 round of 5 minute timed practice in new rearranged order
4) 4 rounds of qualifying and 3 leg A finals.

With the following implementations:-

1) the track NEEDS to be sugared Why?
2) power NEEDS to be available We all have power for other meets, why is this venue needing outputs that bad?
3) time between heats NEEDS to be about 2 mins
4) time between rounds not more than 10 mins
5) a commentator would be very nice Who has one of these?
6) if you could get rc tv to attend it would be excellent for prestige and venue awareness You need £500-£1000 for any tv company to attend
7) a friendly atmosphere is a must Only the racers can make it friendly
8) a tyre rule of 1 set of 1 type of tyre is needed Who will scruitineer that?!
9) a raffle with good prizes would go down well They already offer prizes, and trophys, and champagne
10) a major company sponsoring the event would be good They do - CML/Proline
11) the date NEEDS to not clash with any other major event Impossible for anyone these days
12) the jumps need to be more flowing The new layout has helped alot
13) a main straight is necessary preferably starting down a slope to help get speeds up

That's all I can think of for now but if you could hold a meeting like this I'd be a certainty to book in..

I think your asking for anything but a miracle! Even a 1/10th national does not cater all of this! And that is supposed to the pinnacle of our class in our country!

The original question was should the venue sugar their track - and it has gone completely off topic to people asking for anything and everything.

A question to all - who out of the ones suggesting all of these ambitious ideas would get off their arse and help out to organise such things? If your sitting there thinking "I would" then please do it!
The guys at storm valley who do all the work and set up meetings are trying to make the venue a success. There are only 2-3 men who do what they can manage.

Out of any ideas from this thread - one thing is missing. A core following of members who are dedicated to help their local track and class. As far as im aware they don't have this.
ANY successful track has numerous members who give up their free time to help out.
If people really want storm valley to be successful then give them your time and effort and reap the rewards of a superb track that you were involved in and helped develop in to something that has the potential to be something spectacular.