Sorry I haven't replied to the thread guys I've been bulls*#t busy with goings on at home, fires and other work related must do's...antus wrote:Anyone else interested? Surely we can get 10 easily enough from here. Any word, firebug, on required numbers or likely hood of going ahead?
Have spoken to the club VP who is going to hopefully get back to me this Wednesday re the availability of the track. The club has a DA going through at the moment for an extension to the current track layout. While it's unlikely that there will be any work going on over the Easter long weekend, there is a chance that it maybe at a stage where the track is unusable. The club wants the track to be available during the works but at some point the new and old surfaces must meet. He will let me know definitely where it is all up to before we secure the track.
Also, insurance during the proposed meet needs to be addressed. The club can't let you run on the basis that "I wont sue you if I'm injured". So it has to be a CAMS affiliated event. Now without scaring everybody off this just means we follow CAMS rules to run. Scrutineers will check over every car before running. Road registered cars if in roadworthy condition should go through no dramas. People floating their car to avoid possible defects should read through the CAMS regulations and may have to tidy up a few areas before running. Nothing was mentioned about CAMS licenses, but I will confirm when I speek to him again. But from what some people in the know have told me, you will only need a CAMS license if it is a timed event. However we are permitted to use our own timing gear such as a stopwatch and log times for our own reference. I have someone lined up to do this job if this forum agrees and should the event go ahead...
That said, The private track hire for the day and insurance is in the vicinity of $1100 - $1200. That sounds like a lot but if we get more people interested, say 20 cars, the cost could be as little as $55/car.
Understandably, the Nationals is a relatively low budget get together, so after paying out site fees, fuel, food, social hydration, etc, this sort of extra coin might be out of the question to some people. Some will throw it in the too hard basket and that is fair enough. However if we know of any additional starters, or are a member of another car forum that might be interested in tagging along then this is the place to discuss...
