bstardchild
Club Retro Rides Member
Posts: 14,971
Club RR Member Number: 71
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Applied to get the truck on track, sorta hoping it get's rejected as it's terrifying haha As long as you empty out the load bed you'll be fine............... kevfromwales didn't and I have vivid memories of the cleanup before track activity could restart!!!
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Applied to get the truck on track, sorta hoping it get's rejected as it's terrifying haha As long as you empty out the load bed you'll be fine............... kevfromwales didn't and I have vivid memories of the cleanup before track activity could restart!!! It is something that did cross my mind funnily enough. Fortunately there's nothing usually in the bed and the ammo crate is well and truly bolted in with nothing in it haha
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Mine is a bit of an unusual choice, admittedly,but is a hoot to drive and has a surprising turn of pace
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Last Edit: Apr 9, 2019 16:42:16 GMT by knobstar
"Mechanical Power Subduing Animal Speed" (Robert Trevithick, 1808)
'72 BMW 2000 Touring '99 TT 180 (mrs) '72 BMW 2500
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Apr 11, 2019 12:06:52 GMT
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I've applied for track time - how do we know if we are sucessful?
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bstardchild
Club Retro Rides Member
Posts: 14,971
Club RR Member Number: 71
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Apr 11, 2019 13:44:04 GMT
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I've applied for track time - how do we know if we are sucessful? I'm working my way thro the entries at the same time as HoTWire is tweaking the system to allow me to send automated emails to those accepted Probably going to be sometime next week depending on both our respective workloads (In our proper jobs I mean) It's fairly oversubscribed but we will be selecting based on the normal rules
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bstardchild
Club Retro Rides Member
Posts: 14,971
Club RR Member Number: 71
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Apr 11, 2019 13:45:43 GMT
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From the Track Questions thread What do we look for in the cars that apply We look for a representative cross section of our diverse community - we have just 40 spaces in the morning and 40 in the afternoon - this is less than we would run at a Gathering event because we have some “Guest” cars taking out some of the track time before lunch and again at the end of the day. Variety is the spice of life – but we take a "Noah Approach" what we mean by that is ideally we'd like no more that 2 of the same vehicle for morning and no more than 2 of the same vehicle for the afternoon - this is to limit what can happen in terms of specific marque clubs hammering in applications because of word of mouth outside this forum. We also decline applications for both morning and afternoon for the same reason - it wouldn't be fair to others (we always tell people who would like both morning and afternoon that they should take a morning slot and if we have any drop outs for the afternoon we would consider dropping them in as replacements in the afternoon but there is no guarantee - it does however happen in very small numbers) We also try to limit accepting applications from cars that have done the event several times in the past, however this is not a rule as such more a guide and let me explain why just a few cars frequently get approved even if they have done the event before. If we had 80 cars and drivers that all have never done the event before we'd have a bloody tough time keeping control in the paddock - so there are a few "old hands" (I might get a slap for that because they aren't old) that we would welcome to every event because they help in the paddock background to calm nerves and explain to drivers who haven't done the event before how it's going to work, to take the first run to understand the venue and to build the speed up gradually - those people know who they are and how much we value their help in this area - they can also pedal their respective cars very well and know their limits so we can trust them to respect the track) We should also add they are not "mates" of us or any of the RRG team but people who have provided guidance to newbies before without being asked and were happy to continue to do that when asked. The important thing to recognise in all this is that if you've done RR events before it's likely that you could end up on the reserves list - this is not a disaster - we frequently get a lot of drop outs just before the event and use all of the reserves to fill up the spaces
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Apr 11, 2019 15:02:08 GMT
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Thanks BC - are helmets required as per the hillclimb?
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bstardchild
Club Retro Rides Member
Posts: 14,971
Club RR Member Number: 71
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Apr 11, 2019 16:41:44 GMT
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Thanks BC - are helmets required as per the hillclimb? Yes as per the track q&a thread I lifted my last reply from
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Apr 11, 2019 19:33:02 GMT
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I know what my birthday pressie is now then
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pu72
Part of things
Posts: 67
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Apr 14, 2019 16:25:04 GMT
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Applied to get the truck on track, sorta hoping it get's rejected as it's terrifying haha Be nice to see another Pick Up on Track, hopefully won't be on my own this year. Yours definitely looks more 'Sorted' than mine.
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bstardchild
Club Retro Rides Member
Posts: 14,971
Club RR Member Number: 71
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Apr 14, 2019 20:26:02 GMT
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Applied to get the truck on track, sorta hoping it get's rejected as it's terrifying haha Be nice to see another Pick Up on Track, hopefully won't be on my own this year. Yours definitely looks more 'Sorted' than mine. Currently I have three selected
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Be nice to see another Pick Up on Track, hopefully won't be on my own this year. Yours definitely looks more 'Sorted' than mine. Currently I have three selected Looks can be deceiving haha!
bstardchild, one wouldn't happen to be bright yellow would it?
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bstardchild
Club Retro Rides Member
Posts: 14,971
Club RR Member Number: 71
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Apr 15, 2019 14:40:12 GMT
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Currently I have three selected Looks can be deceiving haha!
bstardchild, one wouldn't happen to be bright yellow would it?
Couldn't possibly say as I am colour blind One looks like this tho
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Yeah that's my mate's truck, who happened to build mine also haha
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dodger01
South East
Posts: 27
Club RR Member Number: 179
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Track Application is now Open!dodger01
@dodger01
Club Retro Rides Member 179
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Apr 18, 2019 20:25:05 GMT
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Applied. Fingers crossed ! !
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Magnum MkI Volvo PV544 V8 Fiat Abarth 126 Fiat Panda 100Hp
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Track Application is now Open!fr€$h&m1nt¥
@freshandminty
Club Retro Rides Member 99
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Yeah that's my mate's truck, who happened to build mine also haha Saw that on Instagram and assumed it was you - think I offended him when I asked if he’d roller painted it
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Apr 20, 2019 11:56:57 GMT
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I’ve applied for track time with my mk1 Golf GTi but just wanted to say even though I’m trailering it down the tow vehicle and trailer will be in the camping area as I’m there for the whole weekend anyway.
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bstardchild
Club Retro Rides Member
Posts: 14,971
Club RR Member Number: 71
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I’ve applied for track time with my mk1 Golf GTi but just wanted to say even though I’m trailering it down the tow vehicle and trailer will be in the camping area as I’m there for the whole weekend anyway. Is it road legal ie insured, mot and ved? To get from campsite to circuit without being on a trailer it has to be driven on public roads So you see why trailers would still be an issue
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Apr 24, 2019 12:50:36 GMT
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I’ve applied for track time with my mk1 Golf GTi but just wanted to say even though I’m trailering it down the tow vehicle and trailer will be in the camping area as I’m there for the whole weekend anyway. Is it road legal ie insured, mot and ved? To get from campsite to circuit without being on a trailer it has to be driven on public roads So you see why trailers would still be an issue Yep, insured, taxed and MOT. I’m bring the tow vehicle to sleep in. Mines the white 20vt mk1 Golf.
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bstardchild
Club Retro Rides Member
Posts: 14,971
Club RR Member Number: 71
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Apr 24, 2019 23:20:40 GMT
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Is it road legal ie insured, mot and ved? To get from campsite to circuit without being on a trailer it has to be driven on public roads So you see why trailers would still be an issue Yep, insured, taxed and MOT. I’m bring the tow vehicle to sleep in. Mines the white 20vt mk1 Golf. Then I hope you didn't tick trailered to the event
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