That's part of the overall idea Steve, once I've got my head round it I doubt I'll be quick to be competitive but it was as cheap as a decent DD "A" bike just the tyre bill is bigger.

Same old Same Old...
 

It never changes, just regurgitates every year.......

DD gets the smelly end of the stick yet again......

Other clubs?

What makes anyone think other clubs would be any different? Can anyone explain?

BTW - I sent a note to the RC before christmas suggesting that DD starts in April and ends in September. 6 rounds in total. If we went down this route we may have more entries per round and hopefully meaning two grids. Quality rather than quantity. Clearly not enough other people agree with me and did the same.

One more thing...I don't recall DD being last grids out for every round last year. I don't think we are being picked on by New Era. Unless someone out there knows better??

lol Got to admit it the last R1 i rode scared the poop out of me :o

It's a shame we finish late on both days, but I really like mixed grids, they're even more of a mess :lol:

Nice one :)
Who you racing with new era ?

Can I get my entry back?:mad:

Provisional timetable No 6 as listed by Trudi at the sart of this topic is now available in PDF on the Donington Park website
http://www.donington-park.co.uk/file..._timetable.doc

my mistake the PDF symbol links to a word document
http://www.donington-park.co.uk/events?event=155

No idea yet, seems logical I guess but will also do some endurance too, I'll just go to the tracks I want though when I want thus not doing Donny in March

The timetable is smelly for sure, especially as it means I can't race in both DD and Pro-Bike due to the clash of timings and back to back races. But which one to do? Taming the trumpet is proving to be a real challenge though :eek:

I guess I'll have to spend that weekend bike racing, watching bike racing and checking out some exotic Ducatis!! ;) Things could be worse :)

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- Oh yeh, as long as its not raining :yuk:

Dallas will be encountering the same problem, I know Trudi has made him aware of the time table, but with the right pit crew hopefully the situation can be covered, at least each bike has its own transponder so that one less thing to worry about

But 2 x 8 lap races back 2 back is a test for an old bugga like me. Especially if I'm holding my breath as usual!!! ;)

Besides, at Donny don't they normally hold the previous race's riders out on the track whilst the next race lines up on the grid? That could be fun!!

isn't there a back entry to the pits off the Melbourne loop

gay slang?? :eek:

Oh yeh, it was only yesterday that I was using this new track exit too!!! - I'm slowly going barking!!! ;)

Trust you to know :p

Not to do with Donington but does show that you can't please all of the people all of the time

It now looks like New Era's Sound of Thunder class may be a bit better attended this year than first thought, it originally looked like all there entrants were off to Thundersport GB, but it appears not.
Which could be good news for the likes of Dallas and rattler that have bikes they can race in SoT. Although the SoT entry at Mallory is currently looking very poor at the moment as many were looking towards doing there racing with with Thundersport but it looks like they can not provide a seperate grid for them where as New Era can, so there is no way they can provide a grid or two for DD and that applies to 2010 as well as 2009.

although some thought the grass may be greener elsewhere they are now finding its already over grazed

Dave Stewart of Thundersport GB had this statement posted on New Era's forum

Dear All,

I NEVER do forums and this will be a first (and last).

Just to put this to bed once and for all. We (Thundersport) decided on our race format based on the number of riders in all classes who committed to the championship as requested on the covering letter with the entry forms. This request (and it was a request) was to help us in our forward planning, as no one likes to have the goalposts moved once the season has started.

We are trying to accomodate Supertwins/Sound of Thunder riders where possible, but truthfully we cannot supply another race slot to allow a stand alone grid thus taking away track time from all other classes (who incidentally did all commit to the season as requested in large numbers).

The New Era Club has traditionally been the natural home for Sound of Thunder and this class used to be the centrepiece of the New Era Championship. If you all race in the same place, at the same time, you will almost automatically get exactly what you are asking for. New Era have a pretty good spread of dates and a very competent team of officials and if you all support the series you will probably have a large input into the format of your races.

We aren't looking to take extra classes into our meetings and that situation looks fairly stable for next year too, as we already have 3 other established championships waiting for a slot to become available.

Whilst I'm quite happy to speak to anyone about almost anything on the phone or by e-mail, I don't debate on forums and this is just a note to encourage you all to pull in one direction and to support your club. That way will get the results you want. New Era is a good club going through these difficult economic times and they need your help and support.

I wish you all a safe and successful season.

Dave Stewart (Thundersport GB).

LOL Dave you crack me up......