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john
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Victoria
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 Posted - 29 May 2009 : 2:45:05 PM
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There has been interest expressed for a Regularity event, the overwhelming view at the moment is they would rather watch paint dry. The best way to get things happening is to "Drum up support"
I have drafted a set of regulations, but there is no substantial interest at all for the moment.
Personally I like to see some of the car regualrity vehicles, but I see more of them in the pits where they are of real interest to me.
The other important issue is what part of the weekends racing to we alter to get a regularity in. We have tried a few runs of machines, but people have misbehaved and we have got into trouble over it. So we are a bit "gun shy" at the moment.
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John Daley Sidecar #68
' there are those who do, those who dont do and those who undo. We must lampoon the latter." |
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john feakes
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Victoria
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Posted - 30 May 2009 : 08:40:20 AM
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John, I think this is a great idea.
I'm sure there would be many ex racers who would like to have a ride without the pressure of competing in a race.
But it is no good asking the current racers. I could start by canvassing those who expressed an interest in riding at the Southern Classic, which I thought was a success, despite the obvious hiccups that spoilt it.
The only potential problem that I can see would be that of time constraints.
When P6 comes on line the situation will be further complicated and some hard decisions will have to be made.
I have a programme here from the 1995 Historic Sandown car meeting and they had 69 entrants for the regularity events.
Surely there would be enough interest from our people to make it happen?
Plenty of bikes turned up for the Little River reunion so they are out there.
Cheers, John |
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GD66
Senior Member
Western Australia
390 Posts |
Posted - 30 May 2009 : 9:12:14 PM
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John, whatever the Paint Drying experts say, this is a hell of a good idea, and to my mind is the only real hope for the future of getting genuine classic machines back out on the racetrack. Now, I don't know what the format was for the HBBB at Broady, but I'd imagine it was just open season on the untimed, non-competitive runs in a variety of classes... If you, for example, canvass all the Period 3 500 racers of 10 years ago, of which there were around 40 on the grid for the Island Classic, those who have disappeared will nominate the reason for their withdrawal as futility in competing against Walmsley/McIntosh/Molnar replicas of their own original machines, with the fear of grenading their originals in pursuit of bikes running on later technology and metallurgy : to me , that's fair enough. And yes, there will always be seasoned campaigners like Bruce Marston and the like, who will continue to tilt against windmills, and receive the acclaim of fellow racers, with little chance of achieving an ouright win against the alleged "hotrods" of the class. But if you wish to enjoy the continued involvement of Manx and G50 owners and the like, then a regularity class/event seems to be the way to go. They ran just such an event at the fabulous Assen Centennial TT of 1998. and had the world's greatest-ever assemblage of works machines, and world championship riders, of all time, so it has to be worth much more consideration than a mere passing look. Let's check it out in more detail, and if it gets more great classic machines out of the workshop and onto the track once or twice a year, then it's been a worthwhile excercise.... |
Edited by - GD66 on 31 May 2009 11:45:45 AM |
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john
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Victoria
3130 Posts |
Posted - 31 May 2009 : 10:20:15 PM
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I wonder if we could do something focussing on "Works" style machines along the lines you mentionGD66.
When it works we may be inundated with others trying to get involved. I guess we would need to promote the details of each style of macvhine and not bother about timing. Instead of fiddling around with Rec. licences they would all be eligible for National One evnet Historic licences and so we just let them go. Last time we did it on Rec. licences they just about raced and I got by backside kicked. With the $76 Historic Licence they may be able to do anything. I will just need to see if they need log books which is something I would try and avoid for that style of event.
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John Daley Sidecar #68
' there are those who do, those who dont do and those who undo. We must lampoon the latter." |
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john feakes
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Victoria
791 Posts |
Posted - 01 Jun 2009 : 09:54:35 AM
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John, I don't think log books would be an issue unless it is programmed as a race.
A lot of our problems at the Southern Classic emanated from the fact that the programme had the parade listed as a race.
The issue was further compounded by someone trying to use a sidecar as a weapon of war after being refused entry to the track.
I made a point of finding our steward to find out what all the fuss was about.
I was told that some of the riders went too fast. My response was, what speed limit would you like to have imposed on a race track? I did not get an answer so concluded that the issue was closed.
I am sure that with forethought such an event could take place without causing any problems. We just need to get things right before letting people loose on the track.
The major obstacle that I see would be one of time. I'm sure that with proper planning we could make it happen. You have my support.
Cheers, John |
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