RogerLegg

Dan is quite right in saying that there is an inner paddock in the middle of the raceway and an outer paddock behind the main grandstand. The outer paddock is potentially enormous but I guess it is not as secure as the inner paddock. Having said that there would appear to be security 24/7 in that the front gate seems to be permanently manned. They often use the outer paddock to store large numbers of vehicles so that may require security. Having attended this event before I can tell you that it normally takes place entirely within the inner paddock. In fact they normally allocate garages for all the open top cars. As we will have a larger number of trailers than normal it may be a bit tight for all of them. As regards leaving the caterham there overnight it will probably depend on what is happening on the day before. They can be quite strict in not allowing anyone into the inner paddock before 7.00 a.m. but they seem quite relaxed about using the outer paddock. You need to check nearer the time.

Hi Jon I am currently using Harry's Lap Timer. I am still learning its capabilities but as far as I can see there is little difference between Harry's Lap Timer and RaceChrono. The reason I chose Harry's is that it was written for an iphone/ipad and RaceChrono was written for an Android device. There is now a version of Harry's for Android but it always seems to lag behingd the iphone version for developments.I suspect that Racechrono will also have a version for iphones. I particularly like the way that Harry's shows the sideways G as a green/yellow/red shaded area. An advantage of both of these Apps are that you can set up your own track. Although Harry's has a huge database of tracks you can develop your own (or modify one from the database). In both of these apps you need a separate GPS and a phone or tablet. You will also have to make sure that they are bluetoothed together at the start of the run but you can set it up in the paddock before you go out and just leave it while you compete. If you decide to go down this route you should look at the respective websites before you take the plunge as they both have a lot of information about their products.

Like Gill I am drawn to sprinting as it allows me to drive on the track without worrying about other cars. It is a test of the driver against the limits of the track. I am not sure if much benefit will be obtained by having a 10 minute track day session looking out for other cars, not to mention the risk of collision and holding up other drivers. This has been done to try and reduce the time for practice but I am not convinced it will save much time. With a field of nearly 100 they are presumably going to have at least 6 groups. If each group has 10 minutes track time that equates to one hour but there will be gaps when cars are leaving and joining the track and additional time will be needed for breakdowns and offs, not to mention the risk of collisions. I would expect it to take at least one and a half hours and possibly longer. I was at Goodwood last weekend and, with a field of 100 competitors, we completed the practice and the first timed run before lunch and then had two more timed runs after lunch to finish around 3.30. Perhaps the double lap approach used by Goodwood would give similar time saving. This does gives one timed lap and reduces the overall time.

Garage space for me please Chris, thanks Roger

The entry form only went up last night. I contacted Alun Morgan about our class being missing and he said it would be OK to put Lotus7 in the class. He already has our race numbers.

Thanks for organising this Graham. You have mail from me asking for what looks like the first place in the queue.

Hope the operation goes well Matt and that you are soon back to fitness. You do realise that you will have to be very careful that you don't change gear too quickly for at least a year after the op!

Many congratulations to you both. Don't miss any time seeing her grow up Oli as these moments only happen once. It will be no time before she will be beating you in the Caterham!

Can you leave the car and trailer the night before?

I sent my entry in on 14th May and I have an entry. It looks as though the entries have been allocated in the order that they have been received. It will be interesting to find out how early you had to get your entry in.

Yes please Chris. Thanks for organising this again. Roger

Just a heads up that the supplementary regs and entry forms are available on the BARC Wales site. Don't know how this went up twice and I don't know how to remove the second post!

Just a heads up that the supplementary regs and entry forms are available on the BARC Wales site.

I can report that it is a lovely sunny day in East Anglia today. Shade temperature is currently 13 degrees in my garden. The forecast is even better for the weekend so I am crossing everything that sunny East Anglia can live up to its reputation this year.

Having just parked the Caterham in a bog and signed in, a word to the wise. We will be running first this weekend so you need to be ready for scrutineering at 8 am!

I have received the final instructions via email. Should I have received some tickets by snail mail as well? Passes have arrived this morning!

If its 30th September I will be interested together with a number of other sprinters. Members could also stay on and watch the sprinting during the weekend of 1st-2nd October.

I have had an email from the Borough 19 competition secretary warning that Hethel is likely to fill up very quickly so you should all get your entries in ASAP.

Great news Paul and Becky. You might be even quicker now. Look forward to seeing you at Loton.

Thanks for organising this Andrew. Please will you reserve me a place. Roger

I have been coming to Anglesey regularly since I started sprinting and up to now I have really looked forward to this event over the years despite it being a 700 mile round trip from sunny East Anglia. The track is superb with its range of bends and change in altitude and over the years we seem to have more good weather than bad. This year the weather was excellent but unfortunately the new format just didn't work. The organisers worked hard and the marshalls remained in excellent humour right up to the end but to only get one timed run on Sunday at nearly half past five was unacceptable. I did not fully understand why they only applied to the MSA to have three cars on the track at once on Sunday. Due to the length of the track it was clearly possible to have at least 5. A group of three cars were let out at around 15 second intervals and the next car had to wait for them to come round before being released. Rather than releasing the fourth car 15 seconds after the last car had completed one lap we had to wait until the first car had crossed the finishing line. According to my calculations a lap was taking around 1min 15 seconds and one minute 30 seconds so somewhere between 30 seconds and 45 seconds was wasted every three cars. Running more cars on the track at once on the longer format would help but with a wet rack it would still run into difficulties. There are two solutions to the problem as others have said, either the entry has to be reduced to around 90 cars or the format should be returned to the original single lap format. Personally, for what it is worth, I would favour more runs with the original one lap format.

Look at the post Premier Power Lotus 7 Club - Round 11 - Curborough 8. The third entry contains a link to the regulations and the entry form.

Welcome back Chris. There seems to be a mistake as my previous best for Epynt was 70.32. You will no doubt blame it on your assistant! Roger.

Paul There is a slight typo in this post. It should start by saying "No passes can be issued at the entrance gate". You should all have received car passes that you can print out. Make sure that you bring them with you. Roger

Yes Please Chris. Thanks for organising this.