Class numbers

[Mrs Kipper]

We are coming up to Curboro in a couple of weeks, the venue where we get our main spectator participation from the rest of the Club. For many that come along it may be their first time at a sprint event and they will probably be confused by the class structure and which car is running in which class. (Before anyone else says it - many of the competitors are confused as well )

 

Would it be a good idea to have a Class Number on each car to show which class it is running in? This would have to be something on the lines of a small 1, 2, 3 etc next to the main competition number.

 

The next question is where you would source the numbers from and I don't really have any idea. Maybe somewhere like Homebase or Wickes sells small adhesive numbers or maybe a Blatchatter in the trade knows somewhere that supplies them. They would need to be available in black and white to show as a contrast colour on the car.

 

And for next year, perhaps we could get stickers made up as, say, a small white roundel with a black number to go along with the championship stickers?

 

What do you think?

 

 

 

Kipper

 

Fun is not a straight line.

[david nelson]

I think its not a bad idea. let get all class 1 car be painted in White, Class 2 Green, Class 3 Blue, class 4 red, ect 😬

 

not sure what system would work best.

 

David

[Gambo]

I was going to do that sort of numbering system for lLANDOW THIS YEAR. The only problem comes with double drive if you have over 10 in a class e.g 101,102-110 how do you double drive I thought, no problem, 171, 172 ect, but not easy to cover a zero with a seven if you see what I mean. so I liked to idea my self, But abandoned it cause the double drives messed it up. ☹️

 

RED 2.0 HPC

[Jason Plato]

explaining the classes is easy . I just hope they dont ask about the points system 😬 😬 😬 😬

 

*wink*

[Jason Plato]

a nice little round sticker say 3" with Class (round the outside) and 3 (in the middle) printed on it would do the job

 

There was a club member up north who owned a sticker making shop - I had some stickers made for Llandow sprint a few years back - cheap too

[Mrs Kipper]

Listening to the confused commentators at Loton, I think it would be a good idea for all events

It helped at Loton that we were running in class order. If that had not been the case, the commentators would have had real trouble, especially as the cars were being despatched up the hill so quickly they could hardly keep up

Mrs K

[Mark Durrant]

I think we need to be careful with placing any additional numbers on the car as this could cause problems with the time keepers and we have already had one event this year where there was some confusion.

 

To help the commentators understand the difference in classes etc one of our more 'mature' competitors is working on a commentary sheet that will be a template that we can update for each event. In addition it will include information such as class records, leading drivers for each class and may be a few humorous anecdotes 😬 added by me

 

Mark D

Comp Sec

 

[Graham Perry]

Why not re-badge the classes A-F, then there wouldn't be any confusion with the numbers if you had an A or a D on the side 🤔

[Jason Plato]

[Mrs Kipper]

Graham

Some events use "A" for the second driver.

 

Mark

The commentators at Loton were very well informed regarding the classes so a big to whoever supplied the information.

 

Mrs K

[Jason Plato]

"Some events use "A" for the second driver"

 

☹️

[Mattj]

why not just use the word for the number instead of a number figure i.e. "one" "two" "three" instead of "1" "2" "3"

 

I quickly scrapped up an example mock-up sticker here

[Jason Plato]

[Mrs Kipper]

Matt

 

That looks great but I was thinking of something a little more basic that could be read by a spectator at a distance and speed.

 

One to go forward for the agenda at the end of the year discussion.

 

Kipper

 

Fun is not a straight line.

[Jason Plato]

"speed"

 

we could adopt it in class 3 then 😬

 

we take a more laid back approach to the apex

[Mattj]

Kipper,

 

I didnt tell you that the sticker was 6 foot across did I? 😬 😬

 

Edit: Maybe dice-style? Class 5 example here

 

Edited by - Mattj on 9 Aug 2006 14:53:46

[neil.cavanagh]

I think it is a great idea... if we can get something that will work at all sprints.

 

I would be nice to id the female drivers (hard to tell once the skid-lids are on!) and novices as well (big dunce hat sticker???) BUT that would probably start to be toooo complicated. Keeping with Mrs Kipper's thought of making it easy for spectactors to read, the simpler the better!

[Mrs Kipper]

Neil

What would you suggest - pink numbers for the ladies and green numbers for the novices 🤔 😬

Mrs K

[Shaun_E]

What about lady novices 🤔

 

Yellow SL #32

[Don]

What if you're a novice lady tho....

Maybe we should have stickers on our helmets rather than confuse the numbers

 

Lynda

[Jason Plato]

what if we have the hood up

 

I like the idea of the rectangular sticker like the champ sticker

[Mrs Kipper]

[/Monty Python mode on]

 

This is getting silly.......

 

[/Monty Python mode off]

 

Kipper

 

Fun is not a straight line.

[Shaun_E]

Have we got any novice ladies? Are they the ones with the deep voice and the 5 o'clock shadow .

 

OK, yes this is getting a bit silly 😬

 

Yellow SL #32

[robmar]

So Shaun - what are you implying for all those real novie ladies

 

comments like that could get you in real trouble

 

rob

[Mark Durrant]

Rob

 

Maybe Shaun has something to tell us as he has the 5 o'clock shadow and drives like a........ 😬 😬

 

Mark D

Comp Sec

 

 

Edited by - Mark Durrant on 9 Aug 2006 17:50:59