thinking about building a track in yorkshire

[Jim Birkitt]

right guys im just starin racin soon and at my house ive had pit bike tracks for me n my mates to play about on for years so was tslkin to the old man about startin racin and hes mentioned mayb setting a track up here between selby n pontefract!!!!!!!!!what do we need to run it?im thinking a portacabin for laptimin and up top for podium maybe??we got water electric but how big will the car park need to be?will we need a building for the pits??any special plannig?insurance?

any advice will be helpfull thanks

[dave-p]

i see you are near wakefield, there is a new venue just opened near you .

[Jim Birkitt]

yeh im goin to have a look soon but thought if we could get another track going then its abit of variety rather than same track every week

[Simon_b]

Sounds like a great plan, however.

There have been many before you with this idea.

You will need a very big field a jcb, a roller, 1000's/m of ducting pipe and some racers that have many years of experience to help you designa track that is gonna be suitable.

timing gear, which can be upto £6000.00

and then the main issue, no neighbours for miles around. A local model shop opened one not to long ago, they spent a lot of money developing the site only to have it shut down due to 1 complaint and unfortunately it only takes the 1.

I would welcome a new track in Yorkshire however unless it is indoor i would have to keep my loyalties with MMRX although i would be more than happy to attend everynow and then.

Do you have some land in mind or are you just gauging interest. I would consider approaching a farmer who has an unused barn (most have these days as they contract out their work.) that you could hire and build an indoor dirt track that is fully lit and available to use all year round. If you were to do that i'm sure you would soon gain a lot of new friends.

Best of look with whatever you decide to do, and i look forward to seeing you down at MMRX should the rain ever stop.

[Jim Birkitt]

Originally Posted by Simon_b

Sounds like a great plan, however.

There have been many before you with this idea.

You will need a very big field a jcb, a roller, 1000's/m of ducting pipe and some racers that have many years of experience to help you designa track that is gonna be suitable.

timing gear, which can be upto £6000.00

and then the main issue, no neighbours for miles around. A local model shop opened one not to long ago, they spent a lot of money developing the site only to have it shut down due to 1 complaint and unfortunately it only takes the 1.

I would welcome a new track in Yorkshire however unless it is indoor i would have to keep my loyalties with MMRX although i would be more than happy to attend everynow and then.

Do you have some land in mind or are you just gauging interest. I would consider approaching a farmer who has an unused barn (most have these days as they contract out their work.) that you could hire and build an indoor dirt track that is fully lit and available to use all year round. If you were to do that i'm sure you would soon gain a lot of new friends.

Best of look with whatever you decide to do, and i look forward to seeing you down at MMRX should the rain ever stop.

i have 10acres at my home and a concrete barn and the next neighbour is quite abit away as i live in middle of nowhere just need to know the basics to get set up and see how it goes have acces to big 360 and mini diggers rollers forklifts

[johnnygibbon]

if you got a barn you could be king of rc., i no round here in the rossendale/bury area
there has been a lot of searching for such an indoor venue and it has not been easy to find one yet
an indoor dirt/astro tack in a barn that that could be used all yearr by 10ths 8ths and 5ths electric or fuel . would be a very very popular venue. inthink you should go for it . big time
on the timing system they are exepnsive but there are 2nd hand ones and also some cheaper infra red systems that run cheaper ,maybe a local club could lend you a system on certain days to get you going.
but yeah dude go for it i will travel up for a few laps
bet quite a few others would to