TORCH Winter Series 2012 - 2013

[mikeyscott]

Right here are the dates for the TORCH Winter Series:
28th October
25th November
27th Jan
10th Feb
17th March


4 Rounds of quali
Round by round quali
Single leg finals for all

[mikeyscott]

Winter series will be a ballistic buggy control tyre series.

2wd on driven axles

4wd on all axles

[Getpip]

Just like that with no discussion or consultation with the membership?

[SteveB]

Originally Posted by mikeyscott

Winter series will be a ballistic buggy control tyre series.

2wd on driven axles

4wd on all axles

Originally Posted by Getpip

Just like that with no discussion or consultation with the membership?

Pip and Mark

This decision is a committee one and is something that we feel is likely to benefit the drivers, "XF UK" are sponsoring Torch in this instant and will be offering the drivers benefits through different methods. All will be publicised shortly.

The key thing from my aspect the BB tyre is likely to be used whether is was controlled or not, the dry tyre never come out last weekend for me. When the conditions prove a dry tyre option is needed the BB mini spike white work superb.

The driven tyre only is controlled so any 2wd front tyre is allowed.

Remember this decision is to benefit the drivers, not the club

I'm very sure Darren will comment to confirm my thoughts.

Thanks Steve

[mikeyscott]

Originally Posted by Getpip

Just like that with no discussion or consultation with the membership?

We have been offered backing and potential prizes which brings a positive element.

I didn't move off BB's last year

[dibble34]

I am with pip on this one. I appreciate you are in a tricky position and to be honest it doesn't really affect me too much as I can afford to buy some additional tyres if required. However not everyone can afford to, so it would of been nice to ask members if they wanted better prizes or be able to use tyres they already have. I was running dry tyres last Sunday and the Sunday before. The weather forecast also hinted an Indian summer for next week so could be dry again. I understand the club have to make decisions and can't always check with everyone, however a decision that has financial impact on its members maybe should of been discussed first? I have lots of bb greens and schui yellows so if dry I will have to purchase more tyres that i would not choose to run at any other time. I suspect I will not be the only one....

[Darren Boyle]

Little surpised to see the negative comments to be honest......

We were approached by the club to ask if we would be interested in supporting the club with a control tyre for the winter series and we were happy to oblige...

As "X-Factory UK" we will be supporting the club in full as mentioned with the Ballistic Buggy tyres which are avialable through all of our dealers with several expected to be present at the winter series rounds to offer trackside support too.

As Steve has mentioend, the BB Green is almost "the" choice in the wet over all others and with a typical english winter expected, as already mentioned, many people could end up on this tyre all day and indeed all series. However, if it lashes down with rain and the track is sodden (but still raceable) we have the Pink compound which is great in those conditions and if the track is dry enough then the White compound is superb in those conditions too (as was found out at the regionals there earlier this year) and if it ever gets "bone" dry, well there is always Blue too if you feel you need it.

All racers will at some stage need to buy tyres for the winter, and selecting a control trye cuts down on how many you need to carry, at a guess I would say a set of greens and whites would see you through most circumstances, no need to carry a mutlitude of brands in your pit box.

We will also at the end of the series, be providing a large raffle via "X-Factory UK" for the racers, and the value of prizes will reflect on the numbers of racers attending each round, the more who race the bigger the prize fund gets, giving the members a chance to win some great prizes.

In my eyes a control tyre should save poeple money and not cost them, in my opionion the club have achieved that for their members with this decision. Any of you already with other brands of "dry" tyres I am sure will get to use them either later in the year or at other venues if you race at them too, after all dry tyres do not last forever and need repalcing often, the BB Whites we found last that bit longer too ;-)

I hope to attend a few of the rounds myself too, along with some of the others here from "DMS" and look forward to coming back to the great venue you have down there.

[DragonRider]

Hi

I have only ever used Ballistic buggy green rears in the wet so what would you use in the dry on astro at TORCH.

Running a SV2 so what tyres would I need for both front & rear.

Cheers

Mark

[paul whittock]

Hi I have just been down this weekend from Inverness to have a run on your track . My 1st impression were wow big , from a novice of this track I did find it to fast if you we're to add more features to slow down the track I think this would work well . Other than that awesome . Big thanks to glen,jay,mark,Chris. And anybody else I hassled for advise . See you all soon

[mikeyscott]

Results update, they were online last weekend, but had a couple of errors which I have corrected today.

http://results.torchracing.co.uk/winter2012-2013/

Results section of the website is due for a revamp to correct the index files