Part worn AO48's
For those hunting tyres, I managed to find 4 at DemonTweeks in Wrexham this week, but I think they may have been the last set. £83:50 each delivered. I needed them for an MOT as last years were borderline. Anyway, I've now got 4 old tyres to get rid of if anyone is interested. The two off the front are worn on the inside edge (1 heavily worn but good enough for a dry race, the other is still road legal with tread across 2/3 of its width and just low on the inside edge); the two off the back are worn in the centreof the tread but have a godd few laps left in the tread in the outer 1/3's.
They're 12 months old and have only been used on the road so no high heat exposure. I'll add a link with photo's of the tread tomorrow.
call if interested 07796521791
Steve D
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| Steve Devine steve.devine@tesco.net
on Friday, July 30, 2010
at 20:31:52 |
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Now I can fully appreciate the argument for windscreen removal in wet weather!
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| Dan
on Friday, July 30, 2010
at 18:59:02 |
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thanks
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| mra
on Thursday, July 29, 2010
at 16:30:17 |
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Martin - First session for Megas in the morning 10.10. See you there.
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| TomO tom.overton@totom.co.uk
on Thursday, July 29, 2010
at 15:26:01 |
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Does anyone know what timings are for tomorrow? Sign on? Start at 9.00? Any idea of the sessions?
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| Martin Amison mamison@trowers.com
on Thursday, July 29, 2010
at 14:51:35 |
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Have any Classics that have not yet left for Anglesey got a spare rear damper or maybe even a pair? Colin Rothwell's rear end has just failed and it's broken both of his. Please call me on 07903 851519 if you can help - thanks!!
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| Andrew Smith
on Thursday, July 29, 2010
at 14:13:01 |
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Seemingly weird question:
Has anyone out there ever completed an "Outward Bound" course. If so, please contact me.
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| NF chairman at graduates dot org dot uk
on Wednesday, July 28, 2010
at 19:36:24 |
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I thought the thread below suggests you can't book a half session....
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| Paul Allen Allen@confused.com
on Wednesday, July 28, 2010
at 14:59:39 |
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To all those wanting to test at Brands on Friday 13th. Today I canceled a booking for a pm test on the 13th in favour of doing the open pit day on the 12th so there should be an afternoon slot free.
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| LukeTzourou
on Tuesday, July 27, 2010
at 22:11:42 |
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Anglesey - Supers, over subscribed: Qualifying
race?
It looks as though we will have 34 entries for
Anglesey. Circuit race grid capacity is 38 on the "International" layout
on Sunday, but only 32 on the "Coastal" on Saturday. Saturday Qualifying
capacity is 32 + 20% = 38, so at least everyone can qualify together. But
then we have a problem, if more than 32 cars/drivers are still
ready, willing and able to compete at the end of Saturday's qualifying.
A
problem, but not a new nor insurmountable one. It means having a
qualifying race. Supers is the second of our races, after Megas, with a
reasonable time gap between them (about one hour of "paddock time"), and the max
number of Megas we expect is 28. So there will be at least four empty
spaces on the Megas' grid. So, Supers can do a qualifying race with the
Megas. Our provisional plan is that the qualifying race will be for the
three Supers with the slowest qualifying time. The other 31 cars will be
allocated grid positions as usual, but slot 32 will be the one that the other
three are racing for. They will race with the Megas, starting behind all
the Megas, and the one Super who finishes in front of the others will take
Supers' grid slot P32.
If you see more than 32 cars on the Supers
qualifying sheet and your name listed as 32nd fastest, or slower, it seems as if
you will be in the qualifying race - we'll come and find you and
tell you what you need (or don't need) to do.
So, everyone gets a race on
Saturday, but one driver may get two races (for no additional
fee)!
If perchance we should get 35 entries, we will amend the
above so that the qualifying race accommodates the slowest four Supers. If
dropouts, or crash-outs, reduce the number of Supers to 32 or fewer, by the end
of qualifying, we can abandon all of the above and go back to "Plan
A"!
Which is the prime reason for posting this: any
entered Super who withdraws or drops out, either because they suddenly cannot
get to Anglesey or because of a problem in testing or Saturday qualifying, is
asked to contact any of the Exec (Nick Frost, Nick Haryett, John Parker, Graeme
Smith) and tell them about it ASAP, OK? That way, we can
avoid running around unnecessarily organizing an unnecessary qualifying
race!
Note that one of the Supers entries is a "guest" driver - James
Sykes, who many of you will remember from previous years' Super-Grad
racing. It would not be right that championship contenders are forced to
undergo a qualifying race if the only reason is to make space for a guest.
So, if we end up with exactly 33 cars ready to race, and one of them is James,
he will be asked to step down so that the championship Supers can have a
"normal" championship race.
The more thoughtful among you might think
that a possible solution would be to use this as an opportunity for the Sigmas
to run separately from the rest of the Supers. Yes, it would. They
could run with the Classics, for example. Except that this doesn't work
within our MSA championship regs. The system for allocating championship
points to Sigmas is based on the fact they race with all the other Supers -
there is no defined mechanism for awarding points for a "Sigmas only" race, so
we can't do it. Simples.
Finally, all Supers should be aware that
it could be you who has to do a qualifying race (after all,
anyone could break down on their first qualifying lap), and should consider that
they may then need access to ten litres more petrol than they otherwise
would!
Regards, Graeme Smith, Secretary, Caterham Graduates
Racing Club
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| Graeme secretary at graduates dot org dot uk
on Tuesday, July 27, 2010
at 22:10:56 |
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Sean: Best to call BH if you want to arrange a two person split day. Call Alan Tapson on 01474 875 340.
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| NF chair
on Tuesday, July 27, 2010
at 21:37:02 |
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There's usually a "2nd driver" fee to try to discourage that...
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| Andrew Smith
on Tuesday, July 27, 2010
at 21:11:16 |
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Do we know if MSV will allow splitting a test session between 2 drivers/cars? If yes if anybody wants to do a split day let me know, cheers
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| Sean Sean@mightech.co.uk
on Tuesday, July 27, 2010
at 20:37:46 |
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For sale a set of the later style anthrocite wheels with A048 tyres which are half worn.
These can be viewed at Anglesey on Andy Mc's van. See for sale section for pricing.
KC
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| Keith Chanter
on Tuesday, July 27, 2010
at 20:29:49 |
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BH testing:
I spoke to them earlier today and they explained why is is that they could take bookings only for full days, not half days (but I'm darned if I could understand it!). One wheeze you might like to try is pairing up and booking a whole day between two of you.
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| NF chair
on Tuesday, July 27, 2010
at 19:25:33 |
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Lewis Hamilton drives Ayrton Senna's McLaren on BBC Top Gear Video HERE:
They used 6 GoPro HD Camera's on the McLaren!! They are also using the new Black silicone cover.
Cameras and accessories available from MSAR
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| Jen
on Tuesday, July 27, 2010
at 18:12:44 |
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Jimmy Cranky?
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| Not who you think
on Tuesday, July 27, 2010
at 17:33:54 |
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I have testing full day booked for Anglesey i am now not going.
If anyone wants the full day i can change the name up to Thursday 5PM and sort out with who ever in due course.
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| PT
on Tuesday, July 27, 2010
at 16:11:19 |
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Any news on Half-Day Testing availability for brands anyone? have to decide between testing and the thursday trackday.
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| James R
on Tuesday, July 27, 2010
at 15:43:02 |
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I know the three at the bottom they are past acquaintances
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| Prison Warden
on Tuesday, July 27, 2010
at 14:37:34 |
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The five candidates for three places on the Club's board in this coming weekend's election at our AGM:
Yo Humphreys
I joined the club in 2007, having first competed in the 2006 ‘Formula Woman’ Championship. I specifically
chose the CGRC because of its friendly and helpful attitude towards new members, and I was not disappointed!
I am currently a member of the club’s board, serving as a trustee director for the past three years. During this time
possibly my greatest contribution was perhaps raising over £1500 for our adopted charity, TCT.
I am passionate about making new members feel welcome and try to ensure, where possible, the opinions of
new our members are used to help the club continue to develop as the front running club in which to race your
Caterham.
You will be aware (if you’ve seen my results) I believe in racing for enjoyment. Affordable racing is always my priority and I will
continue to ensure we get the very best possible package available for our members.
I am very proud of the club and the membership which makes the club what it is and would very much like to be given the opportunity
to continues to help it grow.
Myles Packman
First raced with the club in 2006 and have competed in Megas
(with one "guest appearance" in Supers) since
then. Now that I’m doing all the
rounds I’m keen to contribute more to the running of the club. I’ve always been
active on the forum and in providing suggestions and ideas to the Exec so this
seems like a logical step.
Over the last year I’ve promoted the idea of
varying our timetables so we all have our share of dawn
scrutineering and late
races. In addition I was vocal in my opposition to the Megas’ engine upgrade as
it
appeared to risk increasing reliability issues without making the racing
closer.
My "manifesto":
* Focus on maintaining and improving the
best (and best value) UK club racing
* Work to keep costs down wherever
possible
* Make best and most efficient use of race weekends
* Give Sigmas
more recognition as a separate class
* Introduce a volunteer press officer to
promote the club and expand our online presence
* Reinvigorate the promotion
of the club to potential new drivers
* Work with sponsors such as Arch to
provide deals for club members
* Be available to represent the views and
ideas of all members of the club
David Shaw
Mega #40. Married with 3 kids and work as a teacher of Design &
Technology. I have been racing with the
Graduates Racing Club for the past 4
years in both the Supers and Mega classes and have raced in other
series
(Porsche 924’s, Tomcat Vento Challenge, MGF Cup) for over 10 years.
I am
very enthusiastic about Graduates Racing and its continuing success and feel I
would like to offer my
services and get more involved with the running of the
series. I have helped out McMillan Motorsport
occasionally so have quite a good
knowledge of the cars and needs of the drivers, technical support and the
club.
I am keen to promote ‘self help’ checklists for drivers with set-up
advice, simple maintenance checks and ‘what
to look out for’ to maximise the
weekends enjoyment with the minimum of
problems!
I also wish to work with the board to look at new ways to develop the reliability of the cars and find cost effective ways of keeping the
cars running with even performance. Having previously worked as a Design Manager for a metal fabrication company I feel that I have
the skills combined with racing experience to do this.
Andrew Smith
I started
racing in Classic Grads in 2005 and have raced in all our classes. After 5
pretty much full seasons I
am having a bit of time off and only doing a few
races this year, though I still attend almost every event. I have
been the
club’s “new drivers” person since 2006 – a role I created - as it’s important we
encourage and help
novices to come racing with us.
I have served on the
board as a trustee director for the past 2 years, and have been very keen that
the membership gets more say in the decision-making – hopefully you’ll have
noticed more
questionnaires/canvassing opinion recently! I have also been
taking the lead in helping the board come up with
a long-term strategy for the
club, with the various challenges that entails.
The same things remain
important to me as when I was elected in 2008 - that the playing field remains
level, we have the safest
racing we can, and that costs are kept down. But
above all that we keep our great club spirit both on and off the track, where a
weekend’s racing is something to be looked forward to and
enjoyed.
Graeme Smith
I've been racing with Graduates since 1999, and was co-opted to the management committee
in 2000. I was
Chairman of CGRC from 2002 to 2004, before handing back
over to Nick Frost. Along with Nick, I’m one of the
BARC drivers’ reps,
feeding back issues to BARC to improve our racing. I recently represented
a Grads driver
in a judicial protests - and won!
I’m one of the points of
contact for new members and attend, and minute, all board meetings. In
2005, I
instigated overseas championship races at Spa and, after several years
of trying, arranged last year’s races on
Brands Hatch Grand Prix circuit.
I’m currently negotiating a return to Spa Francorchamps for 2011.
I
liaise with race organisers over all the details to ensure smooth running of our
events, such as timetabling,
qualifying races, qualifying arrangements
& correcting timing errors, and have organised marshal’s rewards. With
Karen, we do the
lapboard for all racers and calculate the best improvers.
I’ve been a big defender of the Classics class, ensuring its survival
&
growth, and did much of the “fetching & carrying” for the Rakeway axle
upgrade.
(note: only Racing Members who attend in person are permitted to vote)
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| Nick Frost chairman at graduates dot org dot uk
on Tuesday, July 27, 2010
at 12:15:09 |
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If that doesn't work for any reason I believe Ben Rockey has some or can get some.
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| Roger
on Tuesday, July 27, 2010
at 09:26:49 |
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Thanks JP. Nigel, we have a set of the 48RM's at the Fauldsport workshop in staffordshire (ST18 0PF). Assuming you're doing M6 or M6 Toll from Cambs it's about 20 miles/half an hour out of your way. Let me know if you want them and i'll put them to one side for you.
Jonny
BaT
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| Jonny Leroux jonny@bookatrack.com
on Tuesday, July 27, 2010
at 09:14:15 |
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Nigel: Try giving Jonny Leroux at Book-a-track a ring
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| JP
on Monday, July 26, 2010
at 21:19:38 |
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Paolo - maybe not as long as you think - see here
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| Andrew Smith
on Monday, July 26, 2010
at 21:01:51 |
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Tyre Supplier
George Polley is out of stock of the Yokos A048s and I'm desperately trying to get hold of a new set before this weekend.
Does anyone know a supplier, ideally between Cambs and North Wales that might have some in stock? Many thanks
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| Nigel Cow Car Nige_a_smith@hotmail.com
on Monday, July 26, 2010
at 20:58:24 |
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Thanks for clarifying guys, much appreciated. I'll try and locate a MOT tester in Milton Keynes who actually knows what a Caterham is, it may take a while.... :-)
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| Paolo
on Monday, July 26, 2010
at 19:22:27 |
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Headlight alignment is the usual favourite, I suggest taking it to a "Caterham-friendly" MOT place, where they are used to seeing them. Chances are the bloke at your local Kwik-Fit or the like won't have a lot of experience of them.
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| Andrew Smith
on Monday, July 26, 2010
at 19:07:34 |
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Hi Paolo, yes I can confirm that the A048's are road legal as long as they have more than 1.6mm of tread remaining. The same requirement as any car road tyre.
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| Tired Bish
on Monday, July 26, 2010
at 19:07:28 |
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Yep, they are road legal, I had more of a issue getting my seat through!!
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| James B
on Monday, July 26, 2010
at 19:04:12 |
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Slightly off topic, but am I right in assuming that the tyres we race on in Supers (A048s) are road-legal...? It's just that my MOT is due this week and I'd rather not be fobbed off by the MOT tester and have to buy some tyres of his mate next door.......
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| Paolo
on Monday, July 26, 2010
at 18:57:14 |
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Brands closing date - TOMORROW, Monday 26th.
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| Roger
on Sunday, July 25, 2010
at 17:16:37 |
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JP - if they're still offering full days then there is clearly still space in both the morning and afternoon. Seems a bit opportunistic not to offer split sessions.
James, it didn't even occur to me that Friday wouldn't be open pit - which makes it even worse value for money! And it looks like half day sessions have also been withdrawn for the 12th. As for the duel I think we should keep our handbags holstered until the 14th :)
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| Dan
on Saturday, July 24, 2010
at 19:25:49 |
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Brands test sessions - I noticed this a few days ago and have asked BH's Alan Tapson if he can review their offering. He's on hols but back on Tuesday.
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| NF chair
on Saturday, July 24, 2010
at 18:37:37 |
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Dan, I agree £220 is a bit rich for a sessioned test day (especially before a single race!) So I'll be doing the PM open pit trackday on the 12th for £119 or maybe the full day open pit testing (also on the 12th) for £225 (much more track time as its open pit)
Up for a duel?
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| James Russell James.Russell1[AT]kbr.com
on Saturday, July 24, 2010
at 16:59:01 |
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Dan there was as I booked the afternoon some time ago so it looks like all the half-day sessions have gone. If you're not fast you're last!
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| JP
on Saturday, July 24, 2010
at 16:06:21 |
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There doesn't appear to be an option for half day testing at Brands on Friday 13th August. Seems a little unfair and expensive.
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| Dan
on Saturday, July 24, 2010
at 14:34:52 |
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It's fine. Good luck with the 1800!
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| Andrew Smith
on Friday, July 23, 2010
at 20:34:26 |
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Looks like I'm a hot favourite for my first race at Anglesey - due to a cockup entering my details, the competitor list has me down as the only entrant with an 1800cc mega!! :-)
On a more serious note, my fire extinguisher says "Recharge in 2011" - does this mean it's good to go, or do I need some kind of inspection on it?
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| pete neal doabackflip@gmail.com
on Friday, July 23, 2010
at 19:34:00 |
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Anglesey, AGM, Election of board members:
See earlier posting here. Closing date for nominations is TOMORROW. Don't be shy!
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| Nick Frost chairman at graduates dot org dot uk
on Friday, July 23, 2010
at 15:50:29 |
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Anglesey, in-car vid:
See here.
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| Nick F chair
on Friday, July 23, 2010
at 15:45:57 |
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grmpph.
Sorry I was in the middle of elevenses. My schedule is up to date.
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| Bunter
on Friday, July 23, 2010
at 11:17:58 |
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I've a free pair of tickets to the Diamond Anniversary meeting at Castle Combe next weekend (31st July/1st Aug), if anyone would like them drop me an email and I'll post them out.
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| adam adambettinson@hotmail.com
on Friday, July 23, 2010
at 09:04:37 |
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Says you Bishy!! And me... Bunty will probably be along soon as well... :-)
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| Coyote
on Thursday, July 22, 2010
at 13:05:59 |
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Roger obviously having another easy day!.......................:-)
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| Busy Bish
on Thursday, July 22, 2010
at 11:25:21 |
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Very well spotted Roger - a good test of Schedule accuracy and an indication that, at the moment a large proportion (actually 56) of drivers do not have accurate Schedule data!
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| NF chair
on Thursday, July 22, 2010
at 11:13:21 |
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Race schedules. I note 38 drivers are "definitely" racing at Donington. Do they know something I don't?
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| Roger
on Thursday, July 22, 2010
at 10:50:50 |
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Race Schedule - update your info for Anglesey -
please!
We need to finalize our plans for Anglesey and it would
be a great help to know exactly which drivers are intending to race there.
Currently, it seems as if 16 drivers haven't actually made up their minds - by
now, I would expect almost everyone's entry in our on-line Race Schedule to say
either "Definitely" or "Definitely not", although I accept that there might be a
good reason for just one or two to still be "Don't Know".
PLEASE help us
to help you by ensuring that your schedule data is correct. It couldn't be
much simpler, just click here, log-in,
and click the appropriate buttons next to each race. While you're there,
please check not only your Anglesey data, but also see if you can provide more
accurate information about your intentions for the rest of the year. And,
since it provides useful data about past race entry levels, perhaps you could
even check that your data for all the past 2010 races really matches your actual
attendance (how can anyone still be a "Don't know" for the Easytrack day at
Oulton????) It seems to me that at least 29 of you have incorrect
historical data, which makes me worry about the accuracy of the data for the
remaining events!
So PLEASE - EVERYONE - don't just assume your schedule
data is correct, click the link and CHECK IT!
(If you have mislaid or
forgotten your Members' Area log-in details, contact me)
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| Nick Frost chairman at graduates dot org dot uk
on Thursday, July 22, 2010
at 10:49:28 |
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