How far would you travel to a track and why??

[RudeTony]

Like the heading says.....
How far would you travel to a track and why would you....

[The Pookster]

I'd like to vote for more than one.

[gnr racer]

Yeh, those options definately need more than one vote

[RudeTony]

I agree with you that more than one can be chosen but it's very important it's claer which people have the most importance to.
Its simple to say the best people with the best track and the best rostrum and so on.
Post here if there is anything you feel needs a mention - cheers all

[GRIFF55]

100 miles isn't that far maaaa, it is a shame you cannot select more than one

[racingdwarf]

Is this in genral just to have a race on a sunday? as doing nationals most do more miles than that each time.

I would travel a distance to a good meeting with a good track quite regularly....but not twice a month for club meets.

I live in norfolk and love rallyx at slough, good track good rostrum and a 300mile round trip

[The Pookster]

Originally Posted by RudeTony

I agree with you that more than one can be chosen but it's very important it's claer which people have the most importance to.
Its simple to say the best people with the best track and the best rostrum and so on.
Post here if there is anything you feel needs a mention - cheers all

I'd travel for the combination of good weather and track, but not good track and bad weather, or good weather and bad track, if you get my drift.

[sldmodels]

I chose good organisation, as it should cover all the other good aspects of a meet. The furthest places I have gone, is West London, Swansea and Cardiff (I'm in Stafford).

[simoncrabb]

Good racing and travel go hand in hand when you choose to live on the beach like me n Griff!

[Danny McGee]

I'd travel as far as necessary if the weather was going to be good and the track was ace. I.E. Indoors

[antnee]

No more than 100 miles, Got West Bridgford on my doorstep (well I can see the indoor hall from my bedroom!) Broxtowe 30mins away, Worksop and RHR 40-50mins away, Coventry 50mins away, don't need anything else tbh

[Jamie.T]

I would travel most of the lower part of the UK if the track was good, but more importantly a decent bunch of people to have a few beers with on the Saturday night.

Also helps if there is a take-away place near-by and its not too far out in the wilds. I never went to the oOple invernational, but it looked like the ideal event i would attend, and that is approx 4 hours for me as i live in South West Wales.

[danDanEFC]

I voted 'no more than 100' but that is probably due to my local track being 20 mins away and it's brilliant!

[Si Coe]

I'll drive up to an hour for a track, but after that its too far. Now this makes for some weird definitions of 'local' because travelling across Manchester on a weekday for Roundabout actually takes longer than zipping up the motorway to Preston, even though its a lot closer.

[racingdwarf]

Hmm well if it's for club racing 100m trip once a month is the most I would do in the winter, but in the summer my travel budget is well taken up with nats etc

[Mike Parker]

I think most would travel 100+ miles whether it be for nationals or regionals, me included and be definately up for the nationals next year

I'm very close to Batley for the club meets, they run a pretty regular calender and a very laid back & well organised day too so quite lucky in that respect

[/tobys]

post #8 suggests that we should be making a judgement not on the bigger meetings (of which travel is part and parcel) but for club meetings.

Personally, 100 mile round trip would be acceptable (i.e. 50 miles each way) but 100 miles each way wouldn't UNLESS it was prep/practice for a larger meeting.

[antnee]

Originally Posted by Mike Parker

I think most would travel 100+ miles whether it be for nationals or regionals

regionals should be no more than 60 miles away imo (unless you live right on the edge of a region)

[flipside]

I voted for good organisation. But in fact mean how the race format is. For example Oople race was good, because lots of track time was assured. Friday practise, lots of qualifying and 3 finals for everyone.

That's the reason I'm not going to petit this year. Way too many people, you have to wait hours in between 2 runs, hardly any practise, and only 1 final (and tq qualifying).

So for me the main thing is track time, as it's a bit crazy to travel a long way to be a few minutes on the rostrum.

edit: so I agree with bart on this issue :-)