TORCH Regional?

[mikeyscott]

Who from the TORCH members would like to see TORCH hold a regional event?

If people vote yes they must realise a lot needs to be done. I would love it to happen and hope people would rise to the challenge in making TORCH a premier club on the South Coast. Equally I don't want it to break us.

[Samspeed1]

I have voted YES. Not sure how you think it would break the club as a slightly longer and BRCA width track would also improve weekly racing.

I'm happy to help anyway I can.

[makinwaves]

All in favour of a regional at TORCH. It would need a lot of work by club members to make the track more 10 car friendly and a lot more pitting and parking space.

With respect to the track I believe a regional track layout must not be the same as a club layout used for the previous 7 days. i.e the layout should be a changeable one.

As Sam, i'd be more than happy to help out with digging and relaying, assuming the forward vision of the club would be to encompass the BRCA rules in respect of track design (length and width).

Having run a club for many years and run regional series with a good deal of success I feel that even if the club doesn't make hundreds of pounds from an event it's all about good exposure. Big meetings (run well) gives you much kudos in racing circles and the good vibe gets spread around.

It took me and Simon six months of off road racing before we knew you were our most local club!

At the end of the day it comes down to a lot of hard work and the reward is 40 or so drivers having a good day out, (some will even thank you!) and spreading the word that TORCH is in existence and a great place to race.

Go for a regional!

[super gripper]

The South has so few tracks, a regional at TORCH would be fantastic for the club.

Pitting space would need to be sorted out and much more space provided. Even on a Summer Series day we struggle for pit space.

The commitee needs to decide and soon when the track will get re-done.

[mikeyscott]

The key to this is obviously help with getting the track sorted and ready.

[RobW]

Voted yes but think we need to be realistic about when we think we will be ready - if we commit ourselves too early we will end up falling on our faces when we run out of time and either cancel at the last minute or put on a poor show.

There is a lot to be done and we all have other commitments outside racing. I know a few people have obviously been very generous with their time as can be seen from the improvements already seen but I cannot commit to a lot of time so would not want to set a demanding timeframe and expect others to do all the work. Also need volunteers to give up racing that weekend and run the show - race control, scrutineers, ref (??) etc. We unfortunately do not have a lot of dads hanging around to help out.

I don't, however, see how working towards have the track and facilities to hold a regional can hurt us as any improvements will improve club racing and only attract more racers.

Rob