DD Update 31st May 2015

[skidlids]

One of the clubs that has offered to run a couple of DD rounds for us this season has also offered to incorporate our prize giving in to their Awards Night

[badgerpilot]

Great stuff!
Can any light be shed on clubs/meetings/dates we might be doing?

[skidlids]

Bet this isn't the reply you want

Thursday = Hottrax announce cancelation of Oulton, we also here they have pulled the plug on knockhill
Thursday I tell one club we would like to do there meeting where they offered us a grid
Friday = It is announced that Hottrax have gone into Administration
Friday = I hear back from a friend at another club that they can run our DD at two of there meetings later in the year as well as being interested in hosting the series in 2016
They also inform that we can attend their awards evening for the DD prize giving
Friday - the DD paddock is told abouth the above

Further down the announcement post on Facebook I wrote
"Unlikely to be one in June, so I may go and enter a Mini twin race just as I did in 2005, 2006 and 2007 when DD had fewer meetings in a season. The clubs I have been talking to will have to reconfigure there race day schedules to give us our own grid, which they have indicated they are willing to do but will take time to sort and as with all clubs entries will already be coming in for their next meetings"

One of the clubs organisers was tied up at another race meeting over the weekend and was no doubt back at work today so has probably had litte time to work on it.

Since the announcment it seems there are signs of discontent and I should pursue other clubs, if I do this and word gets out this may well leave the door open for another class to step through it and take what could well be our only real option for next season. As everybody else seems to know best maybe I should step away from it now and concentrate on building up the TTF class

And today is only Monday, 3 days after the announcement that DD had gone into administration

[badgerpilot]

Don't know about any discontent, only people wondering who we could be joint in with.
Obviously there are other clubs we could tag on to for this year and I appreciate saying too much could open the door to other series jumping in a place.
I was only asking because I can only get certain days off work.

[Jacko748]

I don't do Facebook kevin so I have no idea what has been going on but I'm sure you will be doing your best for the DD paddock.
Have you told us which club/clubs are interested and where the next race maybe?

[skidlids]

I don't do Facebook kevin so I have no idea what has been going on but I'm sure you will be doing your best for the DD paddock.
Have you told us which club/clubs are interested and where the next race maybe?

Not yet as I don't want to burn any bridges, I also don't want to play one club off against the other and end up alienating one or both of them, I am happy to accept both offers to race with them this year and look to having one of those clubs host the series for next year with the possibility of attending the other club as a guest class at an event or two should they be interested.

I expect to be able to confirm two of the venues and there dates along with the hosting club before the end of this week

To me it is important to keep DD going and try and keep the paddock together as the community spirit among it is hard to find in many areas of the racing world, I was always taught patience is a virtue but it seems some think otherwise

[milesaway]

Nice one kev- you're doing a great job- we all know nobody is better placed to sort this than you- we're all keen to know when we'll get racing again but if we play it right it could all be a change for the better- good luck with it and i reckon we owe you a few beers!!

[badgerpilot]

To me it is important to keep DD going and try and keep the paddock together as the community spirit among it is hard to find in many areas of the racing world, I was always taught patience is a virtue but it seems some think otherwise

Couldn't agree more, people like me who are asking questions are anxious to get out there again, DD meets are just as much a weekend away with friends as they are race meetings.
Everyone is uber appreciative about what you've done and are doing and to be on the cusp of having a new club in so short a time after Hottrax folding is amazing. I doubt any of the other classes are anywhere near as close as DD to finding a new home.

[skidlids]

Hoping to be able to have a face to face meeting tomorrow afternoon. So i have had to reorganise my service schedule and try and get there on the way back from a job. Technically on works time so i dare not put this on facebook where someone from work may see it. If all goes well i should be able to put out dates and venues for two meetings on Thursday evening as i have also been talking with protyre and Dunlop

[Trumpet]

Could not put it any better than Miles, really appreciate your efforts Kev.

[skidlids]

Also need to discuss trophies not just at the race meetings but also at the awards, Hottrax had been providing them and Clubs hosting us this year may not, so I will be looking at using some of the DD fund to pay for these as there could be 12 more races so that is 36 trophies per class plus 6 end of year championship trophies.
Also need to discuss club memberships, I am hoping a one off payment from the DD fund will pay for everyone registered in DD, I can but ask and try and get the best price I can, again from the DD fund.
What I do find hard to understand is why lots of DDers were talking about No Limits within 2 days of last Fridays announcement by the RC

[KungFooBob]

I think people (me included) have only been throwing in club names to try and help the RC compile a list of people to approach, sorry if I personally caused any offence to any one in the RC.

[stafford]

Just race club names for the hat Kev, some of us have done a few TDs with NL so were possibly biased towards them, that is all nothing intended or implied.

[milesaway]

What I do find hard to understand is why lots of DDers were talking about No Limits within 2 days of last Fridays announcement by the RC
I suspect none of us were aware of many other options having little to no knowledge of what goes on outside our happy fluffy little dd world- once it got thrown up it had to seem like a good idea :confused:

[skidlids]

I think people (me included) have only been throwing in club names to try and help the RC compile a list of people to approach, sorry if I personally caused any offence to any one in the RC.


Giles I'm not surprised by any suggestions prior to Friday's announcement by the Race Committee, but once the announcement was made everybody seemed to be satisfied that things were progressing in a very positive manor, so I was surprised to hear in less than 48 hours that lots of members were suggesting we try No Limits

As it stands at the moment No Limits are going to cater for the Endurance guys as best as they can, looking at the different numbers they have had on grids where 32 to 33 teams seems to be the norm they had almost a 50% increase for the 6hr at Donington so I wonder if some of the Hottrax Endurance teams had already raced with No Limits.
Either way they are just creating a couple of extra championship classes so their own championship scoring isn't disrupted by the influx of teams, to my knowledge they haven't created any extra grids and ideally it's the creating of a separate grid that is required for DD
Thundersport have put out a Statement making there position quite clear which is basically there is no room at the inn.

Now there are clubs with some spare capacity and hopefully I moved quicker enough and with the use of my contacts have got us some grid space before other classes got in there as I'm pretty sure the Modern Classics are looking for a new home

[KungFooBob]

Thanks Kev, I don't think anyone means to step on any toes, we're all just going a little stir crazy.

[neilrussell151]

Many thanks for all your work on our behalf. I really appreciate it and look forward to hearing your news on the future.

[851jim]

Thanks for putting the effort in Kev, we all appreciate it.