When in god's name are we gonna have a proper race calendar?

The holiday planner for next year looks like it's been shot with a blunderbus and I've got no days left.

I suspect a fair amount of wheeling and dealing, present giving and back slapping amongst circuit owners, series organisers, race club officials, BSB teams, BTCC officials, BRDC officials etc will take place between next week and first week in the new year. New Era are going to announce new classes etc, eveyone else is being cagey. MSV only have major dates on their calender, leaving room for additional major race weekends (BTCC, BSB, trucks, bicycles, decathalons, and anything else they hire out the tamac for)

It's been interesting and entertaining to say the least on this forum, with people throwing dummies out, being cantankerous (me included) and generally melodramatic about dates etc. I have to book flights back to the Uk, so think how I feel........ So I travel a bit further than some others, north or south by 1 - 2 degrees ;-) rolleyes:

When the the dust settles, the flag will drop............then the real whinging will begin!:D :rolleyes: :cool: :devil:

^^ this.

:lol:

Having been a member of the club for 8 years, been a Regional Organiser for 4 of those years (including organising rideouts, pub nights and other trips), organised 5 very successful trips to the factory, been on numerous jollies with other club members (including bike launches, shop launches, a pen launch (!!), show trips, the MotoGP Winners party, SBK and MotoGP team meets) , raced in DD since the start, written numerous articles for Pronto, organised/designed/created the Club Charity Calendar for 2004 (we sold over 150 calendars and raised over £250 for charity), wrote the shopping cart system for the website, designed the logos that you're looking at on the website right now (at the top) and helped in numerous other ways through the years, I guess you could say that I'm more of a giver than a receiver? ;)

How about you? :frog:

But besides that, what have the Romans ever done for us?!

What's so special about the cheesemakers?

Answers on the back of a postage stamp in large crayon please......

Hell! you will be funding Pronto out of your own back pocket at this rate........................... :D

are you a receiver or a giver :lol:



Funny you should say that,

I did - for the Dave Holland Trophies and some other stuff

Back pocket is a little empty at the moment:eek:

Gordon, an ex giver

39'c tomorrow, just had a swim in the pool tonight. lovely.

Sorry, as you were.

I'm not surprised - but they were lovely trophies though - thank you very much Gordon!

I for one hope that all the pre-season camaraderie doesn't become a "them and us" in the paddock, whenever and wherever the paddock ends up?



Mind you, it wouldn't be racing if it didn't.....:lol:

Thanks mate! Just when I though this thread was getting too serious.

ROFLMAO

Mark.

2 points, a flat and a packet of gravel please.

But mum, why have I got a big nose?

Chaffinch brains, Jaguar's ear lobes, Wolf's nipple chips, gettem while they're hot they're lovely!

Comon guys we don't want any of that Roman rubbish on this thread. :lol:


Craig

Romani ite domum.

Without breaking into a tyrade of "Wewease woderwick", anyone know if the DD dates have been truly finalised yet and if so, what they are...

I'm trying to diarise what I can get to this year for photo snapping and SWMBO is wanting to put tea&stickies dates in that same diary as I type (i.e. I'm gettting earache for blocking dates out and then saying they may change).

Thanks Guy (aka Plethora Incontinentia Buttocks III)

Club race calendars only ever finalise about now, but you get very little in the way of 'proper' confirmation until the circuits have sent out the contracts to the clubs.
So ... I don't know about you, but I've spotted a bit of disruption in travel and postal services ... so I'm guessing that they may be a little late this year getting the contracts out :rolleyes:
However, it is the same old same old every year, and we just have to be patient while the national championships decide they really have made up their minds by signing _their_ contracts with the circuits.

And another thing ...
have you noticed how the dynamic new new era website :frog: has been updated with the amazing new information about a completely new programme of classes and championships to be announced before christmas ... not :confused:
If they havnt decided what they're doing yet, we've got no chance of being told anything 'final'.

But their Forum is more up to date, trouble is when I access it from this PC my Internet Explorer locks up and then needs restarting :(

Hadnt spotted that skids - cant say I ever bother going there as I hate the format of that kind of site.
Anyway - having looked - whats so new about what they are proposing ?

The SOUND OF THUNDER

Singles/Twins/Triple 4 strokes and single cylinder 2 stroke to 500cc plus 750 Classic

The PRO-BIKE OPEN

475 - 750 2 Stroke and 701 - 1300cc 4 stroke machines.

BRIDGESTONE/NEW ERA FORMULA XTREME CHAMPIONSHIP

For solos 600 and up to 675cc - no restrictions - slick tyres allowed.

The DUCATI 848 SERIES

For riders of Ducati 848 machines

DUCATI DESMO DUE CHAMPIONSHIP

In two classses A and B

The NEW ERA FORMULA JUNIOR

For Formula 400 - CB 500 - Hornets & Supermoto

NEWCOMERS CHAMPIONSHIPS

There is also a Newcomers Class in each Championship listed.


NEW ERA TWO-STROKE CHAMPIONSHIP including POST CLASSIC classes as per the TZ Club

Solos up to 750cc age restriced as follows:
70 Modern era
125 Modern era - inc 125
Production
250 Class 1 up to 1981
Class 2 from 82 to 1985
Class 3 from 86 to 1990
Class 4 from 1990 onwards
350 Class 1 up to 1978
Class 2 1979 onwards
375-750 no age restrictions
250/350 classes 1 to 3 may not run with upside down forks.

BRIDGESTONE OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP

Allcomers Solos from 600 up to 1300cc
Slick Tyres - no machine restrictions

The JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP

in separate classes.
70 to 690 but F Xtreme not eligible

SATURDAY 20TH MARCH MALLORY PARK TRACK RIDE IT DAY

SUNDAY 21ST MARCH MALLORY PARK MASTER OF MALLORY CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND 1

WEEKEND 17/18TH APRIL CADWELL PARK THE SPRING TROPHY CHAMPIONSHIP ROUNDS 2/3

SUNDAY 25TH APRIL SILVERSTONE TOWCESTER TROPHY CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND ROUND 4

MONDAY 31ST MAY MALLORY PARK MASTER OF MALLORY CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND 5

WEEKEND 10/11TH JULY SNETTERTON THE ENDURO TROPHY CHAMPIONSHIP ROUNDS 6/7

WEEKEND 21/22 AUGUST PEMBREY THE RED LION TROPHY CHAMPIONSHIP ROUNDS 8/9

SATURDAY 4TH SEPT CASTLE COMBE THE COUNT OF COMBE FINAL ROUND

WEEKEND 2/3 OCTOBER CADWELL PARK DAVE HOLLAND MEETING

:)

When you look at the classes, there's not a lot that you cant race in the way of Solos
With Formula Extreme probably being one of the target classes to get full grids.