Rallycross dates - your opinions

[silver bullet]

It's in the new issue of Rallycross World. It seems Sunday is for testing and first heats, with the rest of the heats and finals taking place on Monday.
It will be well worth coming on the Sunday as I'm sure there will be lots of track action. Everybody will be wanting to give their cars a good shakedown, after the winter break.

[PhergAthor]

Is Lydden expecting an ERC-like entry? And Easter Monday was brilliant as a date, everyone has a holliday and it was a brilliant wake-up after sundays diner with the family. How on earth are you supposed to get a large crowd on sunday as most of us are expected to do "the family thing"?

[WJM]

As Phergator says, Easter Monday was such a brilliant date. This diminishes the value of the total race weekend. Even in the European Championship, Saturday crowds are at best a quarter of the Sunday crowd.
I assume the British races will still run 'reversed', meaning Div1 first? Not so attentative people, or people who have to travel some distance, could end up missing two heats of Division 1 qualifying if they are not strictly on time. This could put people off.

[Spectator]

I know that Easter is early this year but it should still be light enough to race until 6.00pm which is curfew time.
The Sunday curfew means that you cannot start racing until 12.30.
I don't think that there have been any ocaisions over the last few years when there has not been enough time to run all the heats and finals on Monday.
ROC have even managed to fit a full programme into a Sunday afternoon.
Unless there are plans to 'fill the time ' on Monday with other things I cannot understand why its been made into a two day meeting.
Maybe Amy or Pat could enlighten us all?

[The Eye]

Originally Posted by mivec

For us spectators it's better a race in one day.

Not always. In the SRC final last year Thomas Rådström DNF in heat 1. Not enough time to repair in time for heat 2, DNS. Therefore not qualified for the finals. There is a greater risk for some poor entry in the finals when a tight schedule prevents the teams to repair between the heats.

[daz2202]

MSA British Rallycross Championship




MSA BRX Event Dates for 2008
2008 championship dates as follows:

Round 1: Lydden Hill, Sunday 23rd March - practice
Round 1: Lydden Hill, Monday 24th March
Round 2: Pembrey, Saturday May 3rd
Round 3: Pembrey, Sunday May 4th
Round 4: Croft, Sunday July 6th (will coincide with Rallycross Open Championship)
Round 5: Pembrey, Sunday September 28th
Round 7: Mondello Park, Sunday October 12th

The MSA format is much the same as previous years with each event ending in an 8-10 car superfinal. BTRDA (Club events) will coincide with the above dates excluding Mondello


Further information will be released in due course.


I have just copied this from www.rallycrossuk.com (latest news)

IS IT AN ERROR OR HAVE WE JUST LOST THE AUGUST BANK HOLIDAY MEETING AT LYDDEN.

Is there a conspiracy against the south !!!

[mel tyres]

Wait til the tuesday after the meeting on here and it will be " why didnt we think of that idea before, what a cracking event".

[silver bullet]

It also say's

Round 5: Pembrey, Sunday September 28th
Round 7: Mondello Park, Sunday October 12th

Does this mean that if Lydden August has gone there will be a replacement in early October.



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[daz2202]

mushrooms eh.

Kept in the dark and fed on **** !

any one else agree.

[King Arthur]

Not sure what is going on with the website but as far as I am concerned (and I am Clerking it ) the dates are as follows

Mon Mar 24 - Lydden (possibly with some action and maybe a set of heats on the Sunday yet to be confirmed) we would normally do signing on and maybe some scrutineering on the Sunday anyway

Sat / Sun May 3 - 4 Pembrey - hopefully 2 rounds as per Touring cars

Sun 6th July Croft - joint meeting - personnaly looking forward to this as I worked with DDMC at the London Masters and it was a pleasure.

MONDAY AUGUST 25 Lydden

Sun Sept 28th September - Pembrey

and finally Sun October 12th Mondello for the season final - and a few Guinie (I believe that is teh plural of Guiness)

KA aka TW.

[silver bullet]

Thanks for that
Must just be a clerical error on the BRDA website.

[Dean Watson]

MSA BRX Event Dates for 2008
2008 championship dates as follows (revised due to admin error)::

Round 1: Lydden Hill, Sunday 23rd March (Easter Sunday)
Round 1: Lydden Hill, Monday 24th March (Easter Monday)
Round 2: Pembrey, Saturday May 3rd
Round 3: Pembrey, Sunday May 4th
Round 4: Croft, Sunday July 6th (will coincide with Rallycross Open Championship)
Round 5: Lydden, Monday August 25th
Round 6: Pembrey, Sunday September 28th
Round 7: Mondello Park, Sunday October 12th

The MSA format is much the same as previous years with each event ending in an 8-10 car superfinal. BTRDA (Club events) will coincide with the above dates excluding Mondello, 6 out of 7 rounds will count


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2008 Membership joining information will be released shortly along with other news from the awards ceremony.


the above was copied from an email I received from admin at rallycross uk at 11:02 last night and it shows the August bank holiday at Lydden