Club Night

Race format

On a normal Wednesday evening club night, we run 3 rounds of finals only. These take the format of a grid start race, rather than an “against the clock” qualifying style.

When it’s race time, all drivers should follow the steps below:

• Take car to stage and place down in safe off racing line position – use common sense
• 1 sighting lap to check car is working correctly, be prepared to slow/stop
• Line car up on grid in slot corresponding to the starting order (information on race screen)
• The race starts after a sequence of beeps – all drivers go on the “long” beep
• The race finishes when your car number is called. The race is complete when all drivers have finished
• All drivers should return to marshal for the next race as soon as possible

A typical club night

Doors open from approximately 6pm

Track Setup

We cannot race without people giving their time to help with track set up and layout prior to booking in. Layouts change each week depending on the mood, and we have a selection of jumps/ramps to make it interesting too.

Booking in / Payment

To race you must book in and provide your transponder number so that we can log you onto the system in order for heat listings to be generated. We start booking in as early as we can, usually from around 6.15pm.

Free Practice

Whilst booking in is taking place, you are allowed on stage to get in some free practice if needed. Be aware that it is self-regulating, so:

• Maximum of 8 people at a time
• Self-marshalling
• People will be wandering around the track – be prepared to slow/stop
• As with everything, use common sense

Timed Practice

We aim to get underway from around 6.30pm, with drivers on stage as per their corresponding practice tag for a total of 1 x 3 minute practice. If you miss practice when called, then sorry, we can’t tag you on at the end.

Racing – Heats

Once all practice rounds have finished we aim to begin racing – usually from around 7.15-7.30pm depending on how many drivers turn up! Our club is extremely well supported and a typical night will see around 8 heats of 5 minutes being run over 3 rounds.

Packing up

As with set up, we need assistance with putting everything away at the end of the night. All hands on deck makes for light work!

Ends

Approximately 10-11PM