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| skodaman |
British 24hr Kart Race 29th/30th Aug 2009I have now recieved the entry form for the above race and i am looking for twelve drivers to make up two teams for next years event. It will cost £900 per team so please have the cash to back up your words !!!! We have participated in the last two races and all drivers have praised the event for it's enjoyment and sense of occasion, it really is a great event and i look forward to hearing from fellow team members soon ! |
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| bob_mck |
 Il be there
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| steaallan |
so will quite a few others bob there is always spectators there if you want a place on the teams you have to earn it | ||||||
| bob_mck |
how do i earn a place
or how much to buy |
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| skodaman |
You've already earned the place on the team Bob, that helmet is worth two seconds a lap you know !!!! Only another 5 seconds to find and you'll be on the pace !!!! | ||||||
| Gav Taylor |
whats the score with M Peacocks 2nd team?
want a place on this, the cool team, to be fair. can bring six berth, centrally heated mobile home and 30 foot awning, gas barbeque, electronic steps, sky TV, hot shower, full kitchen facilities, internet link, log fired chiminea, etc. I have a great boss 
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| joe_the_waiter |
Dont start bigging up the camper again.... you know how it can all go wrong. besides... Ste has provided good race hospitality over the last two years and at least he's there for tahe duration. If you offer the camper... would yopu be there from Thursday evening till Sunday afternoon permanant????? i prefer the current arrangement.. feels more reliable somehow | ||||||
| Gav Taylor |
thats why your in Ste Allens b team dave.
FMEA all the way captain... taught at high level at uni! Camper Van now fighting fit and has already been on a weekend in York without fault. |
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| Gav Taylor |
JTW aka the Kosovan. |
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| joe_the_waiter |
B Team ???? Gav... Ste has done a good job of running our team last two years... we have a very professional set up... its the A Team if you ask me. We were the only team to have radio's to communicate round the circuit. The first team to use lights, the first (poss only team) to use on board video camera. Only team to be measuring lap times and informing the driver via Quality pit board on a lap by lap basis. Poss the quickest driver changes. one of the biggest team 'pit areas'. YES... we are the A TEAM... anyone else is just following in our footsteps.
besides... what makes you think Martin would have you on his team??? |
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| bob_mck |
Gav, i really wouldnt use the camper if i were you
it may only need one AA truck but its just not worth it!! |
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| Gav Taylor |
assumption. F**k it then i'll save my money for spending money on my hols. Good luck to all involved
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| bob_mck |
are you still game for sunday?? | ||||||
| club sec |
Sounds like a proposition there Gav, You and young Bob getting jiggy in the camper.
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| bob_mck |
no
incase its slipped your mind gav said he would be go-carting this sunday |
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| Gav Taylor |
nee point now man and somet on my car has just let go about 5 mins ago back NS either a spring or the strut has gone...just heard a loud thud as I was driving along. |
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| joe_the_waiter |
the sound of your wallet falling off the back seat | ||||||
| Gav Taylor |
ha I wish mate1!
gonna jack her up now and see whats gone 
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| steaallan |
well said dave on the last few posts i see gav is already making exuses for this sunday what a suprise he chicken'  ing out
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| Gav Taylor |
you pay for my car to get fixed then and I'll go karting Ste mate. 
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| steaallan |
sorry just forked out on mine for road tax mot and new shockers and exhaust but i am still making it | ||||||
| Gav Taylor |
depends what the damage is to get it sorted bro and of course the matter of actually driving there! | ||||||
| steaallan |
well you should have no problem getting there it will be daylight so you could always use the camper 
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| club sec |
I thought there was a Capri and Focus at hand, so what's the problem? | ||||||
| Gav Taylor |
capri is on axle stands getting waxoiled in the garage, the ST is off down to Wakey for the weekend.
My mother tonight said she will be a guarantor up to 10K if I want to buy a car so I'm going to look at a few WRX STI's over the weekend, the vec is getting old man. Cheers Motha!! ...last port of call when you f*ck your credit rating during 4 years of hedonistical partying at university.
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| skodaman |
Hey Gav, i'll come n pick you up if you like, we don't like people chickening out you know! Like i said, it's only 17pints you have to sacrifice 
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| Gav Taylor |
very kind Col, but save your petrol big lad, and go for the podium 2mora 
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| club sec |
Gav Taylor- loser before the season began 
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| Gav Taylor |
wasnt competing in this championship to start with Sec, if anything it would be for leisure & enjoyment | ||||||
| club sec |
To be a competitor you have to compete. | ||||||
| skodaman |
You won't get a cheaper form of motorsport Gav. You turn up, race, then hand the kart back - simple as that, no repair bills !!! | ||||||
| skodaman |
Need to update this thread. Please confirm if you will be taking part in the 24hr race by placing your name on the forum. I need a minimum £50 deposit by our club night 6th May. | ||||||
| steaallan |
im there dep allready paid more coming soon | ||||||
| club sec |
jason Smith has confirmed.
I'll be there too. |
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| club sec |
Any chance of an update Skodaman?? | ||||||
| skodaman |
Confirmed entries are:
1) Colin Peacock 2) Keith Clough 3) Warren Clough 4) Brian Naylor 5) Martin Peacock 6) Steve Harmsworth 7) Robert McKenzie 8) Ahmed Sabir 9) Steve Allan 10) Malcolm McPhee 11) Jason Smith Unconfirmed entries are: Atilla Sabir Paul Blackwell Alex Hall We only require 12 entries, but 13 is workable anyway. Any further enquiries will be on a reserve basis for now. Deposits are still missing for a few drivers, of which i require a deposit of £50 minimum by mid June please. |
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| joe_the_waiter |
? My name is not there as i was of the understanding that the 'whole amount' now had to be paid. yet some havent even paid a deposit. Surely this is unfair as had i known, i could of paid that required deposit by mid June. so why dont i have the same opportunity? |
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| club sec |
You still do and always have, the oppurtunity. Just give Colin some cash. | ||||||
| steaallan |
unfortunatly due to unforseen cicumstances Brian naylor has had to pull out of the 24hr.
Ahmed Sabir , Atilla Sabir and myself are fully paid up please could everyone else follow suit and get the money to colin in one form or another thankyou |
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| joe_the_waiter |
i like the sound of that... apart from cash, what forms or other.... are acceptable ?? |
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| club sec |
Cheque. | ||||||
| club sec |
Did we ever get a straight answer from Emspem about the 24 hours?
Speaking of which I was watching the Lemans 24h and I know it's a different league but it really put me in the mood for the karting! Skodaman how are the teams shaping up? |
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| steaallan |
did you watch all the lemans
dave and myself had put the telly in the garden with internet and lemans radio on had a bbq and a firepit going through the night blooming great although a bit cream crackered monday at work |
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| club sec |
No, I watched a few hours here and there, went to the BTCC on Sunday so couldn't see it all. Eurosport had it all the way through. | ||||||
| steaallan |
i lad thats what we were watching it on | ||||||
| club sec |
Why have you got Les's car on your avatar? | ||||||
| steaallan |
what makes you think its les's car is it because it is clean for once the bed on the top gives it away looks good doesnt it ! | ||||||
| skodaman |
The latest teams are as follows:
SDMC A SDMC B Colin Peacock (c) Steve Allan (c) Warren Clough Bob McKenzie Keith Clough Ahmed Sabir Jason Smith Atilla Sabir Steve Harmsworth Martin Peacock TBC * Malcolm McPhee * Awaiting Brian Naylor Finance rescue package. Possibly Alex Hall, Dave Brownridge, Paul Blackwell. First to pay minimum £50 deposit races. There are still two 45 minute stints available on either team however, some drivers may add to their allocation at extra cost. |
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| steaallan |
i also have a late entry of Dan Birkbeck who is very interested told him if i get the money place is his | ||||||
| skodaman |
I need to see Brian on Sunday & make sure he is dropping out.
If this is the case, then Dan is in. |
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| EmSpem |
Straight answer - what do you mean? - I aint bent
I'm karting with either a girlie team or if that doesn't come off with my car club team
Was at Teesside yesterday - am aching today - forgot how physical it all is - dead rusty as haven't karted since the 24hr! If anyone is interested we have a practice session booked on Sun 9 Aug at Teesside for Iron man - need to get over 10 drivers for good price deal- anyone up for it? |
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| joe_the_waiter |
Emily Spemily.... isnt it way past your bedtime??? not seen you online this late before.
EmSpem team manager and Circuit promoter. i would love to be there... but i cant even afford to be in the team this year |
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| club sec |
I don't know if anyone will be able to do it Em, with the race on the July 26th & the 24h it all gets a bit expensive. | ||||||
| EmSpem |
Ahaa but it won't be as expensive as you may think... kinda got a deal if we can get enough drivers - all hinges on nos though
Cost is main reason why haven't been able to kart since race but I'm way off pace due to weight and rusty-ness so thought I'd best get my ass down for at least one practice before biggie Well if anyone is interested - drop me a pm and if not I'll see you guys at the race
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| club sec |
Put some ball park prices up and see what the craic is. | ||||||
| EmSpem |
Not sure whether it should be public knowledge as it's a 'deal' but anywhere between £35 and £45 obviously cheaper if there's more people but shhhh don't tell anyone |
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| joe_the_waiter |
..... doesnt that conflict with....
??? 
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| skodaman |
Just read message. Might be able to make your race, you can never get too much practice. SDMC have high hopes for the 24hr race this year! Karting next Sunday in Malcolm's mini-enduro race. | ||||||
| EmSpem |
Erm kind but not really - if we get over 10 drivers as far as i know the session is the lower price!
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| club sec |
What's the craic Spem, is this on? | ||||||
| club sec |
Dusted off
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| steaallan |
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| club sec |
Skodaman,Plan B. | ||||||
| steaallan |
lol no but seriously it worked well 2 years ago but then again so did the Banks
ps does it still have skoda on the back |
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| skodaman |
Final SDMC kart teams as listed:
SDMC Team A1 SDMC Team Z reserves Colin Peacock (C) Steve Allan (C) Martin Peacock Bob McKenzie Warren Clough Malcolm mcPhee Keith Clough Ahmed Sabir Brian Naylor Attilla Sabir Jason Smith The above line ups are final and almost paid in full As for the pitboards, anything with a Skoda badge gets noticed so why change a winning formula? |
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| club sec |
Getting closer............ | ||||||
| steaallan |
emspem is your event on this weekend or not come on give some info | ||||||
| club sec |
Are you desperate for more kart practice? | ||||||
| steaallan |
no just so i could go and watch a'hem | ||||||
| club sec |
I think Spemily has forgotten about you. 
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| steaallan |
i think she has forgot about the event! | ||||||
| steaallan |
We have to standin crew ready and waiting for any drop outs for the 24hr
Wot u reckon is it the Stigs kids? |
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| club sec |
Team 2.5 | ||||||
| steaallan |
24hrWell myself and Bob have been out in training today for the 24hr race and we dragged Dave along with us so we didn’t look that bad . We decided to go cycling round Dalby forest on the red mountain bike route which was tough and rather rough in places But seriously I certainly need to get fit after all I haven’t been on a bike for over 2 years. I managed to do about 15-16 miles of the 23 miles and dave managed about 10 of them but the hero that some say they call the Hoff (Bob) did all 23 miles (what a superstar)
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| joe_the_waiter |
info for karting practice tomorrow 9th August 2009.
Emspem has organised an Ironman event for the purposes of testing for the 24hr race. Race starts at 10.30am so be there for 10am. Cost is £35 per person as long as the numbers are more than ten. That is likely as she has about 17 interested persons from her group of friends and i think a few of SDMC are going also. |
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| steaallan |
15 entries for the race including bob and myself was a very hot tough race i qualified 2nd and bb in forth where he finished and i finished 5 due to bad couple of laps due to cold tyres even though i managed to get in the lead before the first corner
as you can see my pit crew didnt have much to do 
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| club sec |
Ste you really are a karting junkie. | ||||||
| EmSpem |
I've just typed a really long response in here and when I clicked on submit it disappeared Grrrrrrr
Anyhow - here we go again... A big thanks to Dave for ringing me and sorting out what was what. Sorry I didn't post any more details about the karting on the forum - I didn't think anyone was interested and also I haven't been on for a while so didn't realise there was interest so sorry again and thank you Dave. Thank you to Ste et al for joining us. It was a great race - times were very tight - it was intense but I didn't enjoy the heat - hope it's not like that in a couple of weeks time - it'll be unbearable! Was really pleased with how I did even with my placing. I'm back up on form so it shows that practice really does make all the difference
See all you guys at the 24hr - and thanks again |
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| club sec |
Results? Qualifying times? Full race report? | ||||||
| Gav Taylor |
Cassanova JTW now he's single again. Always a hidden motive lol.
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| club sec |
She's already had to change her number and move house. | ||||||
| steaallan |
unfortunatly there was no names to go with the results as a lot of people had to change karts at the start as for times virtually everyone was pretty quick majority within 3 secs of fastest which was 50 1/2 secs | ||||||
| EmSpem |
Yup it was such a tight race - I unfortunately left the data sheet on the table - kicked myself later as I usually keep them so I can chart my progress (or lack thereof)
There were no incidents - a couple of people were sick - one of them was going to kart in the girlie team for 24hr but is now off since she tried to go back on but was ill yet again - motion sickness!!!!! But apart from ill drama that was that - solid racing the whole time
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| steaallan |
em if you let me know your kart number i should be able to tel you your times as for been sick they shouldnt worry about that, the first race i did last nov i was still on medication for my back and i was physicly sick 3 times in the race but competitive as i am i didnt stop i just swallowed it and no it didnt taste good (incidently i finished 15 out of 19) | ||||||
| Gav Taylor |
up there with paula radcliffe shitting herself halfway through the london marathon Ste 
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| steaallan |
when needs must you gotta just get on with it, by the way are you showing your face at the 24hr | ||||||
| Gav Taylor |
I'll be in the lakes that weekend unforunately Ste son. | ||||||
| EmSpem |
I was kart no 10!
She doesn't wanna risk it as shes got to come all the way from south wales so since the practice didn't go well it's not worth the hassle of driving up only to let the team down and be ill again so she's relinquished her place - We have enough now anyway so it doesn't matter - hey we've done it with 3 we'll do it again
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| steaallan |
Em you finished 9th did 40 laps and your best was 52.525 on lap 30 and 78.340kmh which was very good as myself and Bobs lap which was exactly the same got 51.796 | ||||||
| steaallan |
Well the training is still going strong last night went swimming did about 1 hr 20mins. Been doing sit ups and press ups every night and improving all the time i can now do 3 of each, so now beat that if you can YEAH! Another bike ride over the moors is planned on Sat so if anyone fancys it or they think they can keep up. | ||||||
| EmSpem |
Cheers for that - 9th sounds rubbish but I'm well chuffed with my pace so that's all that matters - all i can say is the competition was great
Still no training done - I'd have loved to come out but my bike's out of action at the mo - snapped chain and puncture that I've not had the chance to sort - oh and there's the small matter of not being able to get the bike in the car rofl
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| steaallan |
If you fancy coming out on sat let us know where you are i can fix your chain and puncture is easy to sort i think dave is coming so somebody will pick you up you can get my number of dave or pm me | ||||||
| club sec |
need to make certain we get photos of the full race squads and the karts before the race. | ||||||
| Gav Taylor |
3 press ups and 3 sit ups? Move over schwarzenegger. The women must be throwing themselves at you down the gym ste. |
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| club sec |
Golds gym have just announced they are relocating from Venice Beach, CA to Majuba road, Redcar. | ||||||
| steaallan |
Gym! i dont bother with them puffs prancing around i do proper workouts or is it i just cant afford the silly membership prices | ||||||
| Gav Taylor |
with your £4.99 sit up bar from argos that goes under a door. swish mate.
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| EmSpem |
Have fun on the bikes guys - cheers
I'm not sure I could manage even one full pressup lol |
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| joe_the_waiter |
yeah right Em... i know your fitness.... | ||||||
| joe_the_waiter |
for those not familiar with what Em does..... heres some footage...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPKy1FJX4gQ |
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