by Oldfart » Fri Jun 15, 2012 6:40 am
screwdriver wrote:Thinking out loud here. How many of the Roycroft entrants who only come out about once a year to race, would consider racing just the Sunday of the following weekend, as part of an MSNZ permitted meeting? (Dual permit.)
Maybe if they could race again, more may make the journey up from the South Island, which may well boost the Roycroft entries too?
The Roycroft currently only runs about 4 classes, so adding a 5th or 6th would appear to be good for all of us, as restricting entries is the last thing we want. Would make for an even better spectacle.
The next weekend is already planned for the VCC hillclimb at Waihi. Many do not "only come out once a year" there are a fair number who compete at Taupo, usually first weekend of December, Chelsea Hillclimb, Cambridge hillclimb, and various other non circuit meetings. It is a nice idea.
The event this year was restricted, not by VCC but by the circuit management to pre 60 being the vintage (as agreed with Motorsport) cut off.
There is every intention to have more classes, eg see the "Going even Older" thread, but it needs the cars and does not need the hassles. 2011 included the Historic Dodgems, (sorry for the cynicism) Formula Fords, and a fair bit of time was lost recovering their cars after they finished bashing each other around.
I agree that the gaps in the programme were not great, and in my opinion, the lack of a decent sound system did nothing to help.
Please be aware, at this time I have very little to do with the organisation, merely a very enthusiastic participant.
[quote="screwdriver"]Thinking out loud here. How many of the Roycroft entrants who only come out about once a year to race, would consider racing just the Sunday of the following weekend, as part of an MSNZ permitted meeting? (Dual permit.)
Maybe if they could race again, more may make the journey up from the South Island, which may well boost the Roycroft entries too?
The Roycroft currently only runs about 4 classes, so adding a 5th or 6th would appear to be good for all of us, as restricting entries is the last thing we want. Would make for an even better spectacle.[/quote]
The next weekend is already planned for the VCC hillclimb at Waihi. Many do not "only come out once a year" there are a fair number who compete at Taupo, usually first weekend of December, Chelsea Hillclimb, Cambridge hillclimb, and various other non circuit meetings. It is a nice idea.
The event this year was restricted, not by VCC but by the circuit management to pre 60 being the vintage (as agreed with Motorsport) cut off.
There is every intention to have more classes, eg see the "Going even Older" thread, but it needs the cars and does not need the hassles. 2011 included the Historic Dodgems, (sorry for the cynicism) Formula Fords, and a fair bit of time was lost recovering their cars after they finished bashing each other around.
I agree that the gaps in the programme were not great, and in my opinion, the lack of a decent sound system did nothing to help.
Please be aware, at this time I have very little to do with the organisation, merely a very enthusiastic participant.