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23-10-2012
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Well another good turn out last night with 18 cars on track tho strangely only 3 buggies, meaning 2 busy touring car heats!
Another 2 new racers in Shawn completing his first full nights racing and Paul Carr’s mate Stu racing for the first time on a track, both seeming to enjoy the night? We seem to be attracting lots of new drivers at the moment which can only be good for the club and the sport so long may it continue!!! 4 quali and a 2 leg final although the laptop didn’t run smoothly meaning the second leg was a bit messed up L Marshalling was a bit sketchy last night but with so many new drivers I guess that’s understandable for a week or 2. A win for Gary in the A final and an impressive 2nd for Old Man Ray the first meeting after having his eyes fixed - good on you Ray! Hope to see you all again next Monday - and a few more from the dark side. 
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#662
26-10-2012
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Ok lads time again to get your cars prepped and cells charged for Monday nights racing. Hopefully see some of the new racers back on track and a few more of the lads from the dark side with their buggies. And Ray with his new eyes aiming for a high finish again?
See you all Monday - don’t forget, if you turn up late and miss setup you’ll be expected in the store stacking track. Cheers
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#663
30-10-2012
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Well another busy night again last night with 19 cars, again only 3 of which were buggies strangely! A little expensive mid evening pyrotechnics entertainment provided by Steve Allan managing to massively smoke both his speedo and more worryingly Li-Po’s which at one point looked like they were going to go up!
Luckily the car was dispatched out through the fire exit and disconnected before anything more spectacular than the huge smoke cloud occurred. Fortunately it didn’t set off the fire alarm!!!! Also good to see almost a full heat of relatively new drivers J Also those of you there early enough will already be aware but for those of you not, we were informed that a couple of the Zumba class have asked us to be kept out of the hall while their class is still going on. While I don’t particularly mind them overrunning so long as it doesn’t delay us, them expecting us not to even go in until they’re finished when it is them taking up our time is way out of order and I will be having a word with Chris the gym manager about this. I’ll post the email on oople later for those of you interested. See you all next week after yet another full rebuild of my car following last nights awful performance. 
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30-10-2012
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(we were informed that a couple of the Zumba class have asked us to be kept out of the hall while their class is still going on. While I don’t particularly mind them overrunning so long as it doesn’t delay us, them expecting us not to even go in until they’re finished when it is them taking up our time is way out of order and I will be having a word with Chris the gym manager about this. I’ll post the email on oople later for those of you interested.)
Hi good nights racing last night. As far as the zumba lot go well if its 7pm and there still in then its TUFF luck if thay don't like us setting up thay can always leave if thay don't want to be there. There lucky we don't start building the track around them ZUMBA get outttttt its past your time thats my say on it anyway lol  Gary 
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#665
30-10-2012
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Well said i completely agree!
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#667
31-10-2012
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Ok lads, copy ot the email I've sent to the centre manager about the Zumba for those of you interested.
Hi Chris Firstly apologies if there was any strange smell on the hall today. One of the lads shorted out his speed control in his car which as well as a rather large expense results in smoke from melted electrical components and a bit of a lasting smell. The car was dispatched out through the fire exit as quickly as we could but not quick enough to prevent a fair amount of smoke and odour escaping into the hall. Unfortunately the main reason I’m mailing you is a bit of a complaint I’m afraid for which I apologise as I’m sure you have better things to do. As you know we’ve had one of two issues in the past with the Zumba girls, or rather they’ve had issues with us. While it was initially agreed with Sandra that we went in a couple of minutes early to set up and they finished a few minutes late some of the class took exception to us being in the hall at the same time claiming they were being stared making them feel uncomfortable. Since then we have waited in the corridor until 7pm to go in and after claims they were stared at through the door one night, which I was in a position to categorically deny as I was the first there on the said night and it was me stood closest to the door, have taken to standing further back down the corridor away from the door. While we always wait until 7pm to enter the hall the girls do invariably run over past 7pm with their class and by the time they’ve finished, gathered their belongings and had a chat with their friends it is often closer to 7:10pm by the time they vacate the hall. In this case we simply work around them and while it does irk one or two of the racers, I have no problem whatsoever with them overrunning as it does not really delay us. However on arrival last night I was informed by the lad on duty that a couple of the girls (again not Sandra) had requested we be kept out of the hall until the class had fully finished as they felt self conscious with us being in the hall while the class was going on. While I don’t want to cause Sandra any problems nor cut her class short for the sake of a few minutes, we are usually very pushed for time to get cleared up and out of the hall by 10pm and to start 5 or 10 minutes later each week would cost us a full round of racing as us overrunning is not really an option with your staff waiting to go home. As it is we are usually hurried out of the car park by the security guard wanting to lock If we do not object to the Zumba class running into our time slot each week I think that for them to ask that we stay out of the hall during their overrun is well out of order. The lad on duty did his best to help us by going into the store and moving the equipment so we could get started asap. I certainly don’t want to spoil Sandra’s class or anyone’s night but if some of them have a problem with us being in the hall at the same time as they are, the simple solution would be for them to vacate the hall by 7pm - I’m in no way asking that this happen but it may be worth pointing out the option to the few that are complaining. I did chat about this with both Sandra and the lad on duty last night and mentioned I’d be mailing you and both blamed earlier bookings overrunning, the lad on duty telling me that a gymnastics slot had overran by some 20mins and when he chased them was met with abuse! Sandra mentioned she has been late in getting into the hall the last few weeks due to a new booking before the Zumba class but I can’t remember the last time the Zumba girls had finished their class let alone were out of the hall by 7pm. As I say Chris, I’m not complaining about them overrunning each week but do think that them asking us not to go into a hall that we have booked and paid for until they are finished is unacceptable.
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#668
31-10-2012
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#669
02-11-2012
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Gents - time to charge and prep for Monday night racing again. I spent last night dismantling my car after the last few weeks of dismal handling and am hopeful I’ve found the problem so should be able to get round without getting in your way again next week. See you all Monday - oh and never thought I’d be doing this but an appeal on behalf of the boys from the dark side! Last 2 weeks have seen only 3 buggies, Jim, Gary & Westy. I know the Shears cant make it this week so if you can get along to race a buggy against Westy please do so otherwise he’ll spend all night playing with himself, er I mean racing with himself…………. Cheers Mark
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02-11-2012
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To keep you all posted - below is a raply I got from Chris re the Zumba girsl problem.
Hi Mark, Thanks for this email and I am sorry you have experienced this. I am going to have a sit down with my staff and let them know what has been happening and ask them to chance up the booking getting out. I will also have a word with Sandra as she has, for a long time had no one in before her. However this should not affect her booking as she only books from 6-7pm, if she struggles to take payment and then run the class she will have to look in to getting someone down to help out. [FONT=Calibri]If you are free to morrow please give me a call at work on or alternatively please contact me on my mobile which is/FONT] Sorry again for the way you have been treated by the other booking and I will not stand for this to happen. Many thanks Last edited by lazysurfer; 05-11-2012 at 10:58 PM. Reason: Deleted nos
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#671
05-11-2012
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Looks like a good result. (Chris response). Well done Mark.
Just like to say that the track layout tonight was much better then what we've had over the last month. Nige.J had alot to do with it I think. Sure there were no jumps for the (surprisingly few) buggies that attended tonight, but having just the one, or no jumps, maybe helps with a smooth flowing/ faster track layout. Two jumps is probably overkill...in my humble opinion, but then I don't drive a buggy Nige.H
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#672
06-11-2012
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Well a few more buggies last night, 4 meaning the Westy didn’t have to play with himself or join in a TC heat. Also 2 heats of 7 TC’s making 18 in total racing.
Obviously Chris has had a word with people at the hall and the Zumba girls were finished pretty much on time for once. Nice to have Ian Watson back finally from maternity leave. Can’t comment on grip levels as yet again I had none at all on the back of the car - new tyres next week as a last resort as I’ve changed everything else. Hopefully the past 4 weeks since have just been down to a bad set from new. Otherwise it’ll be a change of car or thumbs! Oh and just a quick mention - there was some rather too laid back marshalling last night, a little urgency wouldn't go amiss when it comes to getting someones car pointing back in the right direction See you back there next week
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06-11-2012
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Oops, forgot I promised Nobby a special mention for helping out in the store. Much to the surprise of one or two of us ;-)
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06-11-2012
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#678
09-11-2012
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I’ve already had my reminder on this today from potential future chairman “Red Mist Johnson” , presumably as the start of his election campaign J
So I thought I’d just forward it on instead of bothering to come up with anything original myself……….. “Reminder to get your batteries charge and cars prepped for Monday night. Don’t turn up with your car in bits expecting somebody else to work on it or with bad tyres and complain about the lack of grip or with one pack of cells and complain you aren’t ready for the next round. Don’t turn up late to miss the track prep or too early so you cause bother watching the Zumba whales. How’s that sound, thought I’d better practice? ;-)” Red Mist Johnson - 9th November 2012
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#679
13-11-2012
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Another busy night again this week with 21 racing, the first time for around 10 months we’ve topped 20 on the track. The mix being 16 TC’s and 5 buggies meaning 2 very busy TC heats. 4 quali and a final for everyone with a 5 min break between rounds 2 & 3 and a 10 min gap between quali and finals for those who don’t like being rushed
Just a couple of reminders, please don’t get off the rostrum until the LAST car has finished their race and the race isn’t won on the first lap - lots of bad first lap driving last night not helped by poorly spaced grids. Also if you want to practise and set up your car, do it in the breaks, not in the pits when there is a race going on and if you do practise in the breaks, please don’t drive the wrong way on the track. A head on crash on the straight WILL be expensive and whoever was going the right way around the track WON’T be happy Hopefully as good a turn out next week and I keep saying this but hopefully my car will be driveable next week!
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#680
16-11-2012
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Well here’s hoping for another busy Monday’s racing this coming week so time to charge and prepare and for me to swap my diffs back to the right ends of the car!!!
See you Monday
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