2011 - Dates confirmed

A2ON · Post by **A2ON** » Sat Jan 01, 2011 10:08 pm

safety_james wrote:no can do i'm afraid, not unless they have been approved and already published by head office. Sorry.

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pablo · Post by **pablo** » Fri Jan 14, 2011 6:59 am

[quote="Paul Webster"]Just spoken Al and thet're finalising which Pirelli tyre today............Andy Barnes has been out testing at Brands and was over 1 sec quicker than the 888 back to back........he said they didn't go off either like the 888

Club Class is `1860.83 plus vat

OHW is

Post by **Stuart** » Fri Jan 14, 2011 5:37 pm

How does that compare to previous prices mate?

I think the split payments is a great idea in fairness.

PS- Good news about the tyres

pablo · Post by **pablo** » Fri Jan 14, 2011 5:43 pm

It's a fair bit more, about

Post by **Stuart** » Fri Jan 14, 2011 6:27 pm

VW GTi Championships
2nd / 3rd April - Donington Park - double header.
1st / 2nd May - Brands Hatch Indy - double header.
21st / 22nd May - Cadwell Park - double header.
2nd July - Oulton Park International - double header.
13th / 14th August - Brands Hatch GP - 20 minute race.
3rd September - Thruxton - 20 minute race.
15th / 16th October - Snetterton 300 (new long circuit) - double header.

pablo · Post by **pablo** » Fri Jan 14, 2011 6:58 pm

Time Attack is rapidly becoming out of the reach for for your average 'joe bloggs'. A few of the time attack cars are on display at the autosport show and i feel that this is the clientale that they are now targeting.

I feel the clear link/steps from a quick street car through to a track car, time attack club car and on to pro class cars is now lost. This season will see alot more race prepped cars entering in club class. The mini's for example, great cars and total dedication from the owners but are they what club class was about. If they can afford to do it and keep it within the regs then fair play to them but it just means that it is going to harder and harder to bring new blood into the series.

http://www.trackscotland.co.uk/forums/v ... php?t=1357

Post by **Stuart** » Fri Jan 14, 2011 8:08 pm

I don't want to criticise the series; I like the principles of it and think that it has done well to prosper, attracting great crowds and providing a high level of entertainment. For me though, no different to the drifting moving away from a competitive series to demo runs, I think TA is moving away from its origins. If it will be down to the commercially backed teams to compete for lap times, then it will squeeze teams or individuals with lower budgets out. The only genuinely competitive race events are one make ones or strictly capped in terms of investment or spec.

I will watch and observe how the series rolls out. I wonder of you could ever get reliable, unbiased data on the amount invested compared to lap times.

Bart · Post by **Bart** » Fri Jan 14, 2011 8:18 pm

stu i said to paul not long ago that time attack is heading in the direction of truck racing used to be when anyone could enter as it was a cheep form of motorsport like time attack used to be but then politics got involved into it and the motorsport enthusiast got pushed out of the seen.