jediknight83 Posted July 23, 2015 Report Share Posted July 23, 2015 Hello. A long long time ago I used to arrange quite a few karting events. in the past couple of years I've been lazy and just joined onto other open races but recently I've been getting more into it again and have always wanted to race in a championship. I've always wanted to race in club100 and be part of a championship but the costs are prohibitive for me at £175+ per race. So to keep costs low I'm aiming to run a series of races using the hire karts and raceware of each track we visit. Each race should be £65 or less. Now this is pretty early stages at the moment so I'm just going to take it one race at a time so if you want to just race in this one event thats fine. But I'm already planning another 2 races for 2015 to make up a little mini season so if you want to race it those as well I'll make a league table. For 2016 I want to run a season with at least 8 rounds.. but again people can just do as many races as they like, even just one single race.. but hopefully there are others out there like me who would like a fun but CHEAP championship Please feel free to invite friends who you think would be interested. 2015 Round 1 – Friday August 28th, 7pm arrival – Lakeside Karting Race Format 19:00 – Arrival, Sign in, Suit up, Briefing 20:00 – 10 min Practice / Qualifying 20:15 – Race Start. 30 min sprint from a grid start 20:50 – Trophies, Lap times Cost and Payment The cost is £65 per driver which is payable to me as I’ve already booked and paid for the track. Please pay via the paypal link below either using your paypal account or if you don’t have an account you can pay direct with a credit or debit card Drivers and other details are on a little blog site I made. Apologies its so basic at the moment. I'll develop it as I go along. https://thehirekartcup.wordpress.com Thanks and feel free to ask any questions. Nathan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pincher Posted July 23, 2015 Report Share Posted July 23, 2015 (edited) I'd be up for the Lakeside one I think. Did a few seasons of a Club100 championship many years ago but a lack of talent and being too heavy to be competitive put an end to it. We were never allowed to race at Lakeside as the karts that Club100 used were too fast for the circuit and would have taken off at one point - they did ask about doing the track in reverse but it never came about. Some of the other tacks they used were pretty good - obviously Buckmore Park in Kent but also Rye House in Hoddesden and Whilton Mill in Northants somewhere were fun. There was one on an industrial estate in Sittingbourne (names escapes me at the minute) that I never enjoyed as it was quite a tight, twisty circuit that didn't suit us fatties :D Also take a look at Clay Pigeon, down in Dorset - you might get Mook and Daz out to play Edit - the Sittingbourne one is Bayford Meadows. Hateful place. Edited July 23, 2015 by Pincher Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jediknight83 Posted July 23, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 23, 2015 I'd be up for the Lakeside one I think. Did a few seasons of a Club100 championship many years ago but a lack of talent and being too heavy to be competitive put an end to it. We were never allowed to race at Lakeside as the karts that Club100 used were too fast for the circuit and would have taken off at one point - they did ask about doing the track in reverse but it never came about. Some of the other tacks they used were pretty good - obviously Buckmore Park in Kent but also Rye House in Hoddesden and Whilton Mill in Northants somewhere were fun. There was one on an industrial estate in Sittingbourne (names escapes me at the minute) that I never enjoyed as it was quite a tight, twisty circuit that didn't suit us fatties :D Also take a look at Clay Pigeon, down in Dorset - you might get Mook and Daz out to play Edit - the Sittingbourne one is Bayford Meadows. Hateful place. Hi there. Great that you might be racing. Lakeside is a fun track but I can see how the 2 strokes would be dangerous there. You actually very slightly take off even in the hire karts (zoomed in on a photo a mate took and there is a millimetre of light under all the tyres ) Don't worry about weight. There are plenty of different sizes racing. To keep things simple for the start there are no weight categories but for 2016 I'll get all the drivers weights for each round and set a LW and HW cut off so there will be two classes in each race. Winner of each class will get their next race 50% off. Interesting to hear about bayford meadows. I've not raced there but it was certainly one I was thinking about booking. I may think twice now... or at least I'll pop down and have a practice there before booking it out completely. Feel free to tell your mates and bring another few people with you. Its going to take a while to build up enough people who want to do the full championship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daz Posted July 23, 2015 Report Share Posted July 23, 2015 Also take a look at Clay Pigeon, down in Dorset - you might get Mook and Daz out to play Oddly enough someone that both and me and Mook know races there along with his son Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jediknight83 Posted July 23, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 23, 2015 oh and I've raced Rye House and Buckmore and they are great. And I'm at Whilton Mill next month for my mates stag. My favourite one though is still Milton Keynes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pincher Posted July 23, 2015 Report Share Posted July 23, 2015 My mate raced at Whilton Mill the day after his vasectomy. He didn't like the slightly bumpy Start/Finish line 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jediknight83 Posted July 23, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 23, 2015 Just looked at Clay Pigeon. Looks a good little track but would need the commitment of everyone to go all the way down there. I want to do the thruxton track as well and thats quite a track out of london Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m4ttm4son Posted July 24, 2015 Report Share Posted July 24, 2015 I've "raced" with a few mates at Sittingbourne. I loved it - Lots of sideways-ness, especially once the sun started setting and the temperature dropped. I think I'll be up for this. Will have to book it in the diary and confirm once I've cleared it with the boss Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jediknight83 Posted July 24, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 24, 2015 I've "raced" with a few mates at Sittingbourne. I loved it - Lots of sideways-ness, especially once the sun started setting and the temperature dropped. I think I'll be up for this. Will have to book it in the diary and confirm once I've cleared it with the boss Excellent. Feel free to invite a few mates as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jediknight83 Posted July 25, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 25, 2015 Quick bump. I've had quite a few from here before come karting with me so I thought there would be some more interest? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jediknight83 Posted July 28, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 28, 2015 Sorry. Me again. I've got a small window where I could actually cancel this and get my money back. Obviously I'd prefer to run the event and race but I've been surprised by the lack of response so perhaps people aren't interested so much in karting these days? When I used to run events a few years ago the uptake was pretty fast and I always filled the grid. Can I ask is it the Price? Venue? Race Format? Anyway if anyone is actually interested if they can let me know ASAP otherwise as I say I'll have no option but to cancel and try to get my money back. Regards Nathan Willits Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jediknight83 Posted July 29, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 29, 2015 I was editing the paypal button and making a new one for race 2 and I flipping deleted it! And as I can't edit the original post... here is the new paypal button Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jediknight83 Posted August 2, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 2, 2015 (edited) Another little bump.. probably the last one as it doesn't seem like anyone here is interested :roll: Getting there slowly with the grid but it looks like all will be ok now and it will definitely go ahead. 8 Already paid and 4 more on that list I know are paying imminently. If you are interested in this and have been holding off now is the time to let me know please I've also put up the details of the next race which will be at Red Lodge at the end of September. The winner of that race will receive a refund of their race cost as a bit of a prize. See here for details. https://thehirekartcup.wordpress.com/upcoming-races/r2-red-lodge-sept-25th/ List for Lakeside. Green = Paid 1. Nathan Willits 2. Mark Preston 3. Mikaela Kirby 4. Andrew Stefanczyk 5. Andy Otoo 6. Matteo Macchi 7. Grant Ashley-Smith 8. Tim Phelps 9. Neil Shaw-Smith 10. Stuart McLean 11. Anu Ogunade 12. Katy Ogunade 13. Kesh Naidoo 14. Clive Hill 15. Chris Pincher 16. Sally Shaw-Smith This list will not be updated on here. Please see the website for the up to date list. Edited August 2, 2015 by jediknight83 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jediknight83 Posted August 11, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 11, 2015 2 spaces left for the lakeside race. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jediknight83 Posted August 26, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 26, 2015 (edited) Lakeside race now full. Next race is Red Lodge on September 25th. https://thehirekartcup.wordpress.com/upcoming-races/r2-red-lodge-sept-25th/ Edited August 26, 2015 by jediknight83 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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