Timing equipment required for TVR fun at Kirkbride airfield

[dbv8]

Equipment or suggestions required please.

The TVR club had a run through the lake district earlier in the year ending with a little fun on Kirkbride airfiled (North Cumbria).
A simple affair using walkie talkies, you were counted down at the start and a second guy stopped the watch as you passed him further up the runway.
By my guess at about 2/3 of a mile.
It wasnt competetive but a chance to get the cars up to speeds that arent usually experienced on the public highway.

This event is to be repeated on Sept 28th and we wish to measure a fairly accurate 1/2 mile and get more accurate times and possibly top speeds.
Any suggestions as to where we can get hold of some equipment or ideas would be much appreciated.

Cheers

[Lee@LA]

I can help on this if you want 1/4 mile times and speeds. Our portatree system has a full christmas tree start lights. With this setup we can time two lanes and measure the following, reaction times, 60ft times , 1/8 mile & 1/4 mile times and speeds. We also have scoreborads that can be viewed from 200 feet away plus you get printed tickets for each run.

Edited by Lee@LA on Friday 22 August 08:08

[dbv8]

Lee@LA said:

I can help on this if you want 1/4 mile times and speeds. Our portatree system has a full christmas tree start lights. With this setup we can time two lanes and measure the following, reaction times, 60ft times , 1/8 mile & 1/4 mile times and speeds. We also have scoreborads that can be viewed from 200 feet away plus you get printed tickets for each run.

Edited by Lee@LA on Friday 22 August 08:08

That sounds perfect.
I see you are in Devon... would this be a big problem?
I will pm you and you can give me more details if thats ok.

[Lee@LA]

Not at all, we have run our timing equipment at an event in Belgium so don't worry about the distance.

Edited by Lee@LA on Friday 22 August 08:18