Ideas to keep memberw interested at club nights..

[markwilliamson2001]

I havent been doing much Sunday racing of late, and maybe like some others, am finding club nights just a bit repetitive.

What do other clubs do to keep members coming along regularly? Vintage nights? Competitions, championships?

Ideas PLEASE!

[c0sie]

Atmosphere.
It wont matter what you do, if the atmosphere is shit then people will get disheartened.

Efficiency.
If it takes ages to put the track out/book in/get heats sorted/yada yada then people will resent having to wait so long.

Get the building blocks sorted first before trying to branch outward and upward.

Just my opinion of course..

[Apricot Slice]

We are doing a 4 hour enduro tomorrow at the GRCC. it usually attracts folks from further afield and is more track time than most usual racing.

we have also started doing a Mardave class (Up until this year it has just been TC) and an off road class.

The off road involves a bit of running about with jumps etc but for me at least it is the highlight of the meeting. There is no motor limit and run on foam tires. they are as quick as the touring cars.

[reg]

total agree with c0sie

[c0sie]

Originally Posted by reg

total agree with c0sie

Thanks

I really need to start my own club oneday, would be a great project

[mrspeedy]

I'm assuming it's for off-road so ....

Fun tracks with big jumps, wall-rides and always different layouts with anything goes type attitude seems popular with members and helps promote a good fun atmos ....

We always run a summer and a winter championship, 5 meetings over 5 months, with 4 to count. And each heat with a "bump up" Its surprising how competative peeps can be and won't want to miss championship rounds.

Our summer series is usually run as "drift" racing with cut up inner tubes for tyres. Its cheap, very different and VERY popular.

I would also say don't worry about trying to include all classes, peeps will generally go and buy whatever class you race ....

HTH

[rondoolaa]

our weekly track is held on a friday night and we race sharks and blaze's,

we get between 15 and 20 people race a week, i dont think we get bored because the guys that set up the track set it up different from week to week,

also we all enjoy racing,

i would never get bored of it, i've been racing rc since i was about 14 when i got my first car, think it was a tamiya frog or something like that,

i'm 42 this year and still enjoy racing as much as when i first started