Ilkley Motor Club

[benjj]

Jez, just printed out the entry form for the 12 car on the 30th Oct. Will fill it in and send out today. Will email you shortly for info to put in for you, think you'll be able to sign it on the night.

[benjj]

Jez, do you have all your own nav kit now? If you need anything just say and I can raid my nav's kit which is in the garage at home. From memory it contacins a couple of digi stop watches, a mechanical Heuer stopwatch, an LED don barrow style potti, speed tables, etc etc etc.

[velocemitch]

You should just need the basics guys, Romer, Stopwatch, soft pencils, sharpener, rubber, map board, maps, clipboard. A potty and a trip would certainly help obviously, but a few will do without them.

There's a paragraph in the regs which I should have deleted about relaxed sections and a tulip roadbook. We aren't using the term 'relaxed' we are using Neutrals instead, navigation on them will be simple map references given out at signing on. I think Tulips would be confusing as we go through a small town with lots of one ways.

Yes Jez, like to see how they laid that event out on Anglesey.

[benjj]

Ian, can you confirm what specific scrutineering will be done!?

[velocemitch]

Not much.
But I'd not want to see more than four forward facing lights, is there anything specific that worries you?

[benjj]

Hmm, could get interesting then. Will report back.

Car is just being fitted with a 4 lamp pod for LeJog so 6 inc the 2 std popups. May have to look at some kind of 2 light blanking.

[benjj]

Ian - mine and Jez's entry just posted out with entry fee.

As for the lights 'issue', I'm sure we'll work it out on the night with the scrutineer. I've asked the chap fitting them to add on an under bonnet disconnect meaning I can show the scrut that at least 2 of the front lights can be permanently shut off and disconnected - hope that will satisfy them.

[YorkshirePudding]

velocemitch said:

You should just need the basics guys, Romer, Stopwatch, soft pencils, sharpener, rubber, map board, maps, clipboard. A potty and a trip would certainly help obviously, but a few will do without them.

Got most of those, any recommendations for keeping my tea down,

Ian, I'll have the Roamerlight with me Sat if you want to use it again.

[velocemitch]

YorkshirePudding said:

velocemitch said:

You should just need the basics guys, Romer, Stopwatch, soft pencils, sharpener, rubber, map board, maps, clipboard. A potty and a trip would certainly help obviously, but a few will do without them.

Got most of those, any recommendations for keeping my tea down,

Ian, I'll have the Roamerlight with me Sat if you want to use it again.

Not much I can recommend for that one Jez, I take some of those squashy chewy chalky things now and again, but mainly it's just an attitude of mind I think. If you think you are going to be Ill you will be. Yes love to borrow the romerlight again, swap yu on the night for my cheapo thing if you like.

Ben, I doubt we will have a formal scrutineer, just make sure you don't use the pod, or at least all of it anyway. There will be lots of Cars going much quicker on this weekends shindig than anybody will need to do on the 12 car, all on just four lights.

[velocemitch]

So counting Ben and Jez, we now have two entries as Chris Warren has entered in his MGB... it goes past his house and starts from his sisters pub so he has no excuse...

[benjj]

Noted on lights.

[YorkshirePudding]

I knew all those hours spent marshalling would come in handy, the route examples sent out by Henry actually made sense, even the Herringbone.

[velocemitch]

I find they always make sense
















On the table.









Seriously though it won't be too hard to plot,

[velocemitch]

Navigational scatter again this Wednesday, organised by Andy Pullan, I'm sure it will be a good un. Details on the IDMC website.

[velocemitch]

6 entries for the 12 Car so far, I'm sure there will be more.

[YorkshirePudding]

Enjoyed last nights scatter, wasted a bit of time with poor route planning but didn't come last and had a

[velocemitch]

Yes well done Jez, really pleased that you held it together and Nick enjoyed himself. Relieved to see the 205 was in one piece too... we need that for the John Robson.

Barry and I a brilliant night last night, most enjoyable scatter so far for us. Thought we had bitten off more than we could chew though, but we just nicely made it back on time after a frantic few miles.

Snatched defeat from the jaws of victory mind.... a wrong telegraph pole (of all things)!!!, cost us 20 points and dropped us from first to fourth!.

We still benefit from the extra 15 minutes for technically being novices, which makes a real difference.

[velocemitch]

Right looking ahead then we have 8 entries confirmed so far for the 12 Car on the 30th October.

Not seeded yet,4 experts 4 novices.

Hazel Pullan Nick Cooper Mazda 2
Mark Halls Andy Pullan MG Midget
Thomas James Richard Lambert 205
Ron Kendal Les McGuffog Anglia
Ben Williams Jez Turner Porsche
Chris Warren Robert Fielding-Martin MGB
Leon Humphries Graham Hepworth Corsa
Henry Hitchin Sioned Hitchin Corsa

Room for 4 more, or Marshals required if you fancy that?.

[benjj]

Well done Ian, good to have 8 confirmed.

Is there a minimum number to run the event if you don't hit 12 dead on?

[velocemitch]

Yes the minimum was 8, but we now have 10, I missed one of the list yesterday and another confirmed today on Facebook.
I know of another another who will enter or marshal if we don't have enough marshal teams.

We need five sets of Marshals to cover ten controls, so if any body fancies an evening out doing that they would be most welcome.