REGIONAL @ CML RACEWAY

[Andrew Simpson]

in the end it think it was

lee
nick goodall
ralph
kit
trist
lloyd storey
me
simon overall
james ebden
alex carter

[Nick Goodall]

Another good days racing, thoroughly enjoyed myself!

Well done to Lee, and Trish did awesome to Qualify 3rd

[Lee Martin]

yeh he did......was a bod in the final though....

mr NERVES!!!

[jim76]

the finals were quite amusing. all i could hear was Lee moaning about people letting him through and not defending their position against him! Shame he was never behind me, i wouldn't let him through!!!

turn out was a little low which was a shame, everyone up at Stotfold for practice. Another smoothly run day at CML.
And a huge thumbs up to the kitchen staff!!!!

[Lee Martin]

well combined with people going stotfold and having raced for many weeks on end caused this low turn out.....

i was a bit dissapointed and really beleive that regional clubs should work together in getting people to attend each regional venue. and that club meetings ideally should not clash with regional meetings. only free weekends and nationals.

if we want things to grow and the region to become stronger this is the only way forward.

lee

[jim76]

It's difficult to squeeze it all into a tight calender, but overall i think the numbers this year were slightly up on last year.

And it's their loss if they wanted to miss a great meeting on one of the most challenging and rewarding tracks around!

[Nick Goodall]

I know where Lee's coming from, it's a bit gutting for his Dad to walk out and see this huge investment only being enjoyed by a few people when a Regional should really have at least 40-50 people.......

Hopefully next year there will be some consideration with the calendar and it would be good to find a way for it to be compulsary for people (maybe Non-F1's) to do Regionals before being able to enter Nats (IMHO)??

[JCJC]

Well - we had another great days racing, weather stayed good, Lees mum again kept us fed & watered all day - good work. Small turnout also due in part to school holidays, we were lucky to fit this in - tho I expected we would miss it, also cannot believe the Juniors at Silverstone are in our school holiday period, hoping the field there has dried out by then. Good to see Trish do well, in fact seemed to me that everybody felt they were doing well, good racing, good atmosphere and John was as usual his capable self in race control. Thanks to everybody. Enjoyed all the meetings we attended this year.

[GRIFF55]

If it hadn't have been for the mid west region being on, i'd have been there! Track looks amazing from photos and i would love to give it a go.
I agree with the no regionals, no nationals theory but whether it would work or not i don't know. Raced at one of your regionals in swindon a few weeks back and there was a good atmosphere even though it rained.
Keep up the good work.

[_sleigh_]

Originally Posted by Nick Goodall

Hopefully next year there will be some consideration with the calendar and it would be good to find a way for it to be compulsary for people (maybe Non-F1's) to do Regionals before being able to enter Nats (IMHO)??

I think the number of racers that are entering Nationals has made it almost compulsary by default to race at Regionals so you gain the best license possible. I know of two people (one very very very good) that are strugglin to get enough regionals in to gain a good license, and this will almost certainly impact their hopes to do Nationals in 2008.

You're in a nice position in your regioan, as out of the tracks we race at in the Mid-West I can only think of two that do regular club nights. One other might do some outdoor, but mainly indoor "Snoring" cars. I can understand why our club can't support club night, as the organising members are committed to so many other things. It would still be nice to have somewhere close to practice.

[Swiss]

Originally Posted by pidge

well combined with people going stotfold and having raced for many weeks on end caused this low turn out.....

i was a bit dissapointed and really beleive that regional clubs should work together in getting people to attend each regional venue. and that club meetings ideally should not clash with regional meetings. only free weekends and nationals.

if we want things to grow and the region to become stronger this is the only way forward.

lee

Lee

I appreciate it's never not good seeing a low attendance at a Regional Meeting, but in the case of Stotold it has always been a club for beginners to National level drivers, and why should we deprive the guy's that don't want to travel 260miles, (round trip) a chance to race? Saying this, I believe Stotold had a very good attendance there, with approx. 7-10 drivers....

P

[Southwell]

What lap times were being done? Averages and best?

[jim76]

in fairness, CML and Silverstone don't run weekly club races, although Lee did run a winter series last year for 5 meetings.

Silverstone only do the regionals outdoors, the rest is snoring cars/micros.
Swindon race a lot of Nitro at their track also, more so than electric.

Stotfold is the only club with regular weekly electric races.

[jim76]

Originally Posted by Southwell

What lap times were being done? Averages and best?

think Lee and Nick were posting 22 second laps

[Lee Martin]

Originally Posted by Swiss

Lee

I appreciate it's never not good seeing a low attendance at a Regional Meeting, but in the case of Stotold it has always been a club for beginners to National level drivers, and why should we deprive the guy's that don't want to travel 260miles, (round trip) a chance to race? Saying this, I believe Stotold had a very good attendance there, with approx. 7-10 drivers....

P

Stotfold hold a meeting every Weds night.....

so missing 5 weekends a year for regional events is not the end of the world is it???????????????

to try and push on regional competitions????

if they want to race that bad then they could travel...

i wouldnt put on a club meet if a regional was on.............

[Elliott Hopkins]

I had a corking day. Not hugely competitive, but I'm feeling better about my abilities. I managed to stay on the track most of the day. I was fast and my lap times should have been roughly equal for a change. I glided, I flew over the jumps, my car was an extension of my person.

The track was so grippy I could do the big fat double bump before the wall in one impressive jump just like a Pro.

Thanks to Lee and Mr. Truman for digging my car out from behind the wall that time. Thanks again to Lee for the spares before the final and to Mick for the wheels early on. Mrs. Martin's cooking was godlike as usual. Thanks to Nick for prerace coaching over PM.

The track is just 1st class. A hidden gem in the Berkshire countryside etc etc

Most fun racing experience evah.

Elliott.

[Lee Martin]

thanks elliot.....

sayign that means alot....and obviously is a real boost for us all.....

and try to push the track onto bigger and better things

[Swiss]

Originally Posted by pidge

Stotfold hold a meeting every Weds night.....

so missing 5 weekends a year for regional events is not the end of the world is it???????????????

to try and push on regional competitions????

if they want to race that bad then they could travel...

i wouldnt put on a club meet if a regional was on.............

Didn't say it was the end of the world... Just surely you can't dictate to people where they should race and when? Some people like Stotold because they have other commitments on a Sunday Morning...
Maybe they don't want to travel.. Why shoould we be telling them what they can or can't do!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Anyway, from what I have seen at this years mid south regionals, all drivers have attended, (that would) rom Stotold. This was the only one, people had other things to do!

[_sleigh_]

On a slightly off-topic note.... Lee.. are you still allowing use of the track during the day, for a charge of course??

[Lee Martin]

yep.........

of course.

as long as someone is around its all fine and dandy.