Fancy Sprinting ?
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Hi Folks,
I was wondering if anybody here fancies trying sprinting there car in a friendly club atmosphere.
If so I'm currently running a series of sprints at North Weald this year (Near Stansted air port). The overall event is being run by Borough 19 which are a well known motor sport club that runs a formal series each year, however this year SELOC the Lotus Enthusiast club is running 3 groups on the day for cars with the Elise/vx220 chassis and as such the groups are far more suited to our cars and your unlikely to get mashed by motorbike engined Caterham's as often happens in open series.
All this said the day isn’t restricted to these cars and there are several other groups that cover every thing from single seaters to Turbo nutter cars.
On the day you need 3 things, a crash helmet, a fire proof suit and finally a license. The license can be obtained on the day.
There is a bit more info below and loads more at the following link, however if you are interested don’t hang around as the 1st event is on the 9th April. All the days are run on a non profit making basis by the club.
Its free to sign up on the forum and only takes a few seconds....
www.seloc.org
2006 Diary
Borough 19 Championship Calendar
Round Event Date Organising Club
1 North Weald 19th March Borough 19
2 North Weald 9th April SELOC/Borough 19
3 Bentwaters Parks 28th May Borough 19
4 North Weald 11th June SELOC/Borough 19
5 Lydden Circuit 17th June Borough 19
6 Bentwaters Parks 23rd July Borough 19
7 Hethel Test Track 6th August Borough 19/Lotus
8 Cadwell Park 16th September Borough 19/Sevenoaks
9 North Weald 8th October SELOC/Borough19
CLASSES FOR SELOC MEMBERS
A. Road Going Cars using Standard or VVC variants of the K Series engine based on the Lotus 111 Chassis
Elise, and derivatives of these cars, such as the Standard Vauxhall 220, Series 1 111’s, Sport 160 and Sport 135r. Road going tyres as per List 1A of the MSA Year Book for 2006.
B. Road Going High Performance Cars using tuned variants of the K Series engine, the VHPD variant and the Toyota 111R/Exige variants based on the Lotus 111 Chassis. Elise, Exige, 111r, 340r and derivatives of these cars. Road going tyres as per List 1A and 1B of the MSA Year Book for 2006.
C. Modified High Performance Cars developed for competition and cars with non-standard running gear or Forced induction based on the Lotus 111 Chassis. Including Audi, Honda, Duratec etc transplants. VX220 Turbo, Exige S, and 240r these cars need not be road-going. No restrictions on Engine, Transmission, Brakes, Suspension, Springs, Shock Absorbers Road going tyres as per List 1A and 1B of the MSA Year Book for 2006.
>> Edited by black_potato on Tuesday 28th March 10:11
I was wondering if anybody here fancies trying sprinting there car in a friendly club atmosphere.
If so I'm currently running a series of sprints at North Weald this year (Near Stansted air port). The overall event is being run by Borough 19 which are a well known motor sport club that runs a formal series each year, however this year SELOC the Lotus Enthusiast club is running 3 groups on the day for cars with the Elise/vx220 chassis and as such the groups are far more suited to our cars and your unlikely to get mashed by motorbike engined Caterham's as often happens in open series.
All this said the day isn’t restricted to these cars and there are several other groups that cover every thing from single seaters to Turbo nutter cars.
On the day you need 3 things, a crash helmet, a fire proof suit and finally a license. The license can be obtained on the day.
There is a bit more info below and loads more at the following link, however if you are interested don’t hang around as the 1st event is on the 9th April. All the days are run on a non profit making basis by the club.
Its free to sign up on the forum and only takes a few seconds....
www.seloc.org
2006 Diary
Borough 19 Championship Calendar
Round Event Date Organising Club
1 North Weald 19th March Borough 19
2 North Weald 9th April SELOC/Borough 19
3 Bentwaters Parks 28th May Borough 19
4 North Weald 11th June SELOC/Borough 19
5 Lydden Circuit 17th June Borough 19
6 Bentwaters Parks 23rd July Borough 19
7 Hethel Test Track 6th August Borough 19/Lotus
8 Cadwell Park 16th September Borough 19/Sevenoaks
9 North Weald 8th October SELOC/Borough19
CLASSES FOR SELOC MEMBERS
A. Road Going Cars using Standard or VVC variants of the K Series engine based on the Lotus 111 Chassis
Elise, and derivatives of these cars, such as the Standard Vauxhall 220, Series 1 111’s, Sport 160 and Sport 135r. Road going tyres as per List 1A of the MSA Year Book for 2006.
B. Road Going High Performance Cars using tuned variants of the K Series engine, the VHPD variant and the Toyota 111R/Exige variants based on the Lotus 111 Chassis. Elise, Exige, 111r, 340r and derivatives of these cars. Road going tyres as per List 1A and 1B of the MSA Year Book for 2006.
C. Modified High Performance Cars developed for competition and cars with non-standard running gear or Forced induction based on the Lotus 111 Chassis. Including Audi, Honda, Duratec etc transplants. VX220 Turbo, Exige S, and 240r these cars need not be road-going. No restrictions on Engine, Transmission, Brakes, Suspension, Springs, Shock Absorbers Road going tyres as per List 1A and 1B of the MSA Year Book for 2006.
>> Edited by black_potato on Tuesday 28th March 10:11
There's no way I can make this first one, but have looked into the site and downloaded the license form. Can I just ask a few Newbie questions:
1) The license is a "non-race" Speed National B one? Looks like that has implications on getting a medical if it's a Race National B.
2) I've read that there's a 1/1000 chance of causing damage to the car at NW, but do you know how much someone would charge to insure against this? I'm with Tesco so anything (including just taking the car out of the coutry) would be extra.
3) Realistically, what will this cost in terms of tyre wear / brakes etc., Should I also shorten my service interval? I realise this is probably dependent on how hard I push, but I guess I'm asking for an average perspective.
1) The license is a "non-race" Speed National B one? Looks like that has implications on getting a medical if it's a Race National B.
2) I've read that there's a 1/1000 chance of causing damage to the car at NW, but do you know how much someone would charge to insure against this? I'm with Tesco so anything (including just taking the car out of the coutry) would be extra.
3) Realistically, what will this cost in terms of tyre wear / brakes etc., Should I also shorten my service interval? I realise this is probably dependent on how hard I push, but I guess I'm asking for an average perspective.
BalhamLotus said:
There's no way I can make this first one, but have looked into the site and downloaded the license form. Can I just ask a few Newbie questions:
1) The license is a "non-race" Speed National B one? Looks like that has implications on getting a medical if it's a Race National B.
Correct, Non Race Nat. B Speed license. No medical required it's self certification on the form and that's it.
BalhamLotus said:
2) I've read that there's a 1/1000 chance of causing damage to the car at NW, but do you know how much someone would charge to insure against this? I'm with Tesco so anything (including just taking the car out of the coutry) would be extra.
CCI charge me £80 per event for sprint cover - I wouldn't bother for NW though.
BalhamLotus said:
3) Realistically, what will this cost in terms of tyre wear / brakes etc., Should I also shorten my service interval? I realise this is probably dependent on how hard I push, but I guess I'm asking for an average perspective.
You don't actually do that much driving - normally practice plus a minimum of two runs which are one "lap" (extra runs are normally timed but don't count) so the car won't take that much punishment. You must make sure everything is warm (oil and water especially) before the off and let it cool down afterwards. No need to change the service interval, just make sure levels are right and brakes and tyres have meat on them.
Edit>> I can't make the first one but might be able to do the second one and seeing as I won a free sprint entry a little while back it would be rude not to
Shangani - if you're on 48s you go into Class B as they are List 1B tyres.
>> Edited by cuzza on Wednesday 29th March 12:33
I never use 48's on the airfield - rather the standard spiders with bridgestones. In any event, the 48's won't work unless warm and one will not get enough time to warm them on the day. More drifting fun on standards anyway! I only use the 48's on dry track. 95% of the time I am on standard tyres.
shangani said:
I never use 48's on the airfield - rather the standard spiders with bridgestones. In any event, the 48's won't work unless warm and one will not get enough time to warm them on the day. More drifting fun on standards anyway! I only use the 48's on dry track. 95% of the time I am on standard tyres.
IRTA I don't want to go in with the Exiges
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