Summer evening racing?

[DrPaul]

I know we discussed this last year so I thought I'd throw it out there & see who's interested. With the light being good up to 9pm there is no reason we couldn't get a few rounds in if we started promptly. As a number of us race micros indoors two weeks of the month on Tuesdays, I propose we use the other two Tuesdays of the month to run evening meets outdoors at WORM/Mendip so we do not clash with any other club evening racing. You can't beat some racing against the clock to get your car set up properly for our Sunday club meets!

[Andy Nelson]

Personally I think there is to much hanging around on a Sunday you have 6 heats and then a 15min break that seems to get longer each time a 5min break would be plenty I think . But evening racing does sound good

[Team 36]

If you have problem with you car or need to set it up you have time to play with not rushing around to get it done 10mins break would be fine depending on how many groups you run I know Tiverton will run straight throw !!!

[DrPaul]

This thread isn't for debating the delays between rounds just to gauge interest in some summer evening racing. We have a great facility at WORM/ Mendip & it would be great to get as much timed racing out of it during the hopefully dry summer.

As a side note, time would be limited, so everyone would need to arrive with CHARGED batteries & more than one pack as we wouldn't have time for delays between rounds.

[CARB]

Hello
sounds worth doing a meeting to see how goes. so let's get it done.
Neale

[blue_pinky]

This has always been the plan...my preference (purely selfishly as it's the only night I can do) is Thursdays!

We are now getting to that time of the year, so as soon as we get it sorted we'll post details

General plan would be to have "practice nights". First idea being just to get a night where a fair number show up at the same time, to make track time, marshalling, hanging out trackside more fun/interesting.

Second plan, if enough turn up and interest is there then we can set up the timing and run timed races. Turnouts would be lower than weekends at a guess, so timings would suit minimal charging, probably just 3 rounds of racing to be had before light goes...4 at a push at the point of longest light...I would guess

As for gaps between rounds at weekend meetings: Comments have been noted from both positive and negative angles, and we can only go with the majority. I personally think we could speed things up a bit, some of our gaps have been excessive at times...but a bit of a gap is ok to keep it relaxed.

Point to note, Tiverton run straight through because they have bigger turnouts (as far as I know!). Since we don't have that pressure, we can run things differently. If we get busier, things will need to speed up accordingly.