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Build up to Silverstone GP 2011

Team Neaves — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 21:52:13 +0000

Well it occured to us that when you run a website you ought to update it… So here we go ladies and gentleman, strap in and hold on.

Its been a mixed bag for us so far this year. Brands for me was great, I spent round one dicing with a yellow midget before my gearknob came off in my hand(!).

Then in round two I had a MEGA race with Crippo pushing me all the way round – it seemed to go on for about 24hours, before being overtaken by Pete’s ZS, being driven by Paul Luti. Thanks Mr Cripps for not punting me off, and thanks Mr Luti for having a go

Ollie and Blaine had a lonely race at Brands, Ollie of course without 4th gear was still beating Blaine and I! (I’m hoping to resolve that problem at Silverstone) Blaine cruised around to claim 3rd in both and Ollie wasn’t able to challenge Dan in the ZR.

We all had work to do on the cars after Brands, gearboxes and bodywork and suspension issues etc. So we missed Oulton. But still turned up to watch, and we’re glad we did, it was a great couple of races.

I won’t go too far into the details (other sites are available) but particular praise goes to Jonesey for an excellent show, and Rob Spencer for a well deserved maiden victory.

In other Oulton news, it later emerged that after race 2 Dan Ludlow revealed that for the first 5 laps there was a bag of sand caught under his throttle pedal

As we look ahead to Silverstone I still have to bolt my shocks on and split-pin my front suspension back together, not to mention the gaping hole in the rear wing. But nonetheless we’re looking forward to it. That is, the usual mish-mash of one-time-only’s and super-fast (usually bent) cars that roll out for Silverstone. But the regulars will still be there for pleanty of banter and some good racing i’m sure.

Racing the new GP circuit will be pretty epic. But I, along with the rest of the PBIC am more than concerned by the price of it (again – other sites are available, and that issue has been discussed to death already).

Further more, there are a lot of issues shared by my fellow drivers at the moment. And the club isn’t doing enough to address it. There has been no proposal for a meeting to discuss our gripes, not so much as an opinion accept for the letter from Uncle Ron, in response to Simon Tinkler’s query.

Our Coordinator and Technical Scrutineer are awol. It is the most frustrating position to be in for all of us, we can vent our opinions and arguments amoungst ourselves but never is any action taken. What are we to do?

We need a meeting sooner rather than later to address things, as currently, as Jason Plato says, “its just a joke”.

I must admit, reading that back it sounds a little harsh, and I’m not sure I really want to get in to all the controversey. But, if I (we) don’t, it carries on the way it is. And that is an eventuality I want even less.

See you all at Sliverstone.

Dan

Class C Regs Debate!

Team Neaves — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 16:42:33 +0000

See the proposed regs below…

The intention was that we could get just the Class C boys chatting on here – so as not to p*ss on Joneseys chips, but FYI there are the Class A and B regs too…

All classes ( sporting, not technical )

Clarification of grid times used to set two grids from a single qualifying session. Use of first and second fastest times. Trying to avoid inconsistancy if championship has some classes running in another race.

Points scoring to only use official posted race results. No more point for entry on in time. Easier for those that want to keep score for themselves. Also with many completing the season entry form it has become irrelevant to its original purpose of encouraging people to enter before the closing date. However, it is still felt by mgcc that this is an incentive worth keeping so perhaps we put the season entry list up on the website or push for closing date entry lists from the club.

Class A

Clarification of Shock absorber mounting regs. Make it very clear that the shockers can only mount on existing mounting holes, no extra holes or alternate mountings like turrets.

Fibreglass panels may only replace bolted panels. No fibreglass rear wings or rear valences etc. However no replacement of doors whether cage has door bars or not.

Restriction on cylinder head mods. As well as valve size restrictions we could specify inlet/exhaust port/gasket dimensions.

Allow MGC to run a non standard cam. Currently the MGC is restricted to a standard cam and it has been asked if a sportier option could be allowed. If the engine is built to the limit of the current regulations will it be slower than an MGB?

Class B

Restrict MGB V8 models in Class B. 3.5 litre engines only? Do we continue to allow 3.9 engines. Several people are looking at building/buying cars and have 3.9 engines. Do we set the 3.9 weight higher as per the MGR V8?

Move MGB V8 models to Class C. Same comments as above.

Restrict MGC models. Two main areas where mgc is possibly ahead, induction and tyre size. Reduce tyres back to same as B variants on 6inch rims. Restrict carbs to production SU HS or HIF 6.

Restrict class B current popular cars to encourage Midgets. How do Midget times compare? Similar to MGC above we could restrict the carbs or tyres on MGBs. This would be at odds with the Cockshoot regs and would not allow a progression from class A
Should any form of differential other than original be allowed? Currently the MGB and V8 are allowed limited slip but not locking differentials, should this continue, should it extend to other models?

Class C

V8 to be 3.5 litre only. See class B point above. Currently class B allows 3.9 litre engines and if we put all V8’s in class C what engine maximum is allowed.

Further clarification of K series regulations. Clarify the spec of the K series engine.

The AGM

Team Neaves — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 20:39:15 +0000

The Peter Best AGM was held this year in a small room without opening windows, which was a bit sticky! The usual silence ensued as Technical Officers and Secretaries were re-elected – with no-one wanting to take the position of class F drivers rep. However, the Peter Besters soon piped up when we got to AOB… Some interesting issues were rasied – and some that will probably lead to another incredibly long drivers meeting

Issues raised were:

- Longer races, if we can fill our grids, we should be able to bargain for longer races for the same prices, aiming for a minimum of 20mins

- BCV8 competitors coming over, we expect a lot of the group B cars to come over from the BCV8 championship, what should we do about regulating them? Should they be allowed in?

- Regulations on B series engines to keep costs down, this was also raised breifly, in relation to the above. It is possible to get 200hp plus out of a 1950 B series engine, but only if you own a bank.

- Split grids, it seems theres not a lot of love for Metros – calls to stop splitting the PBIC with other races. Could the PBIC fill two grids?

- All V8’s in group C, are all the V8s fast enough to go in Group C

I wonder what the general feelings are on all these points? Hopefully that Jonesey fellow will post something to get us all talking about it – as I for one want to ensure the maximum amount of beer drinking time at this years Dinner Dance! If you have any views on the above, or other suggestions leave a comment and start the debate…

Wind-up merchants welcome!