Championship Car and Kart Raceday Digital Programme - Saturday 17Th April 2021
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CLOSED RACE MEETING - NO SPECTATORS Championship Car and Kart Raceday Digital Programme - Saturday 17th April 2021 TIMETABLE OFFICIALS th Motorsport UK Steward SATURDAY 17 APRIL 2021 Esmor Jones Club Stewards Practice & Qualifying Graham Battersby, John Leck Caterham Graduates Championship - Free Practice 08:45 - 09:05 Senior Clerk of the Course British Superkart Championship - Qualifying 09:15 - 09:30 Ray Sumner Craig Czornyj (Superkart) Caterham Graduates - Sigma 135 - Qualifying 09:40 - 10:00 Clerks of the Course BARC Red Series - Qualifying 10:10 - 10:30 Phil Hosker Caterham Graduates - Sigmax/Sigma 150 - Qualifying 10:40 - 11:00 Mark Hulme (CNC Heads) Darren MacClinton (Caterhams) CNC Heads Sports/Saloon Championship - Qualifying 11:10 - 11:30 Tom Bee (Probationary) Racing Secretary of the Meeting Race 1 : Superkarts - Division 1/F125 Open/F450 National 11:40 15 mins Michelle Harland Ian Rushforth (Superkarts) Race 2 : Caterham Graduates - Sigma 135 Race 1 12:10 20 mins Covid-19 Officer Lunch Break 12:30 - 13:15 Andy Butler, Gordon Cuthill (Karts) Race 3 : BARC Red Series - Race 1 13:15 20 mins Chief Incident Race 4 : Caterham Graduates - Sigmax/Sigma 150 Race 1 13:50 20 mins Nadine Lewis Chief Scrutineer Race 5 : Superkarts - F250 National/F125 Open/F450 National 14:25 15 mins John Harland ONE MINUTE NATIONAL SILENCE - HRH PRINCE PHILIP 15:00 Natalie Wood (Superkarts) Race 6 : CNC Heads Sports/Saloon Championship Race 15:15 20 mins + 1 lap Chief Marshal Margaret Simpson Race 7 : Caterham Graduates - Sigma 135 Race 2 15:55 25 mins Chief Medical Officer Race 8 : Superkarts - Division 1/F250 National 16:35 15 mins Dr. Sam Whitehouse Race 9 : BARC Red Series - Race 2 17:05 20 mins Chief Startline Marshal Race 10 : Caterham Graduates - Sigmax/Sigma 150 Race 2 17:40 25 mins Alison Featherstone Chief Assembly Marshal Timings are approximate and races will start as soon as possible after the preceding race James Elder Safety Car Driver G. Newton Eligibility : Sean Clarke (Observer) Eligibility may be checked by any member of the Technical Commission : C. S. Barnett, R.E. Bassett, J.E Crook, P. M. Danbury, G. Doe, W. G. Greig, M. Harris, J.C. Hopwood, Chief Timekeeper N. E. Jones, P.H. Loveridge. R. J. McDonald, C. A. Mount, R. W. Ratley, P. C. Riches, S. Riches. Eric Cowcill These Technical Commissioners will be considered ‘Judges of Fact’ within the regulations laid Radio Controller down. Dave Cleaveley Post Chief Radios Acknowledgements : Margaret Battersby The B.A.R.C.(N.W.) wishes to thank the following for their valuable help and assisstance, all who Gill Sumner have attended the meeting as Honoury Officials and marshals, the B.M.M.C., the B.R.S.C.C., Event Fire Rescue and MotorSport Vision Limited Rescue Units BARC (NW) and BRSCC (NW) This meeting is organised by the British Automobile Racing Club North Western Centre and will Recovery be held under the General Regulations of Motorsport UK (incorporating the provisions of the BCB Recovery, Triple D, MSV International Sporting Code of the FIA), the event Supplementary Regulations and any written instructions that the organising club may issue for the event. Commentators Mike Cookson Gary James (Superkarts) This event will be held under the following Motorsport UK Permit numbers Race Interclub : 120943 Kart : Interclub 120353 The meeting is NCAFP permitted 2 FLAG SIGNALS SPECTATOR NOTICES THIS MEETING IS PROMOTED BY BLUE - STEADY : Please do not leave litter about the grounds - Motorsport Vision Limited Another competitor is close. take it with you. Motorsport Vision Centre Remember to drive with care and caution when BLUE - WAVED : Brands Hatch Circuit leaving the grounds. To safeguard both Another competitor is trying to pass. competitors and public animals are not Fawkham, WHITE : admitted. This is most important. Longfield Service vehicle or very slow car on circuit. Kent, Prohibited Area Notices YELLOW - WAVED : The public are not permitted in the areas where DA3 8NG Danger, slow down sufficiently to ensure that full these notices are displayed. The fences are Tel: 01474 872331 control of the vehicle can be retained. No there for protection, and any person or persons Fax: 01474 874766 overtaking. found trespassing or wilfully damaging trees, www.motorsportvision.co.uk fences, etc, will be prosecuted by Motorsport DOUBLE YELLOW - WAVED : Vision Limited. The promoters reserve the right Great danger. Slow down considerably. Be OULTON PARK CIRCUIT without notice to make any alteration in the prepared to suddenly change from the projected race programme. Little Budworth racing line, or take other evasive action including Tarporley stopping if necessary. No overtaking. Enquiry Office Cheshire Enquiries relating to property lost or found, YELLOW WITH RED STRIPES : CW6 9BW Slippery surface ahead. children lost or found wandering, theft from cars, or other signs of tampering, emergency Tel: 01829 760301 RED : messages for spectators and any other serious Circuit Manager: Jon Rush STOP RACING, proceed slowly to pits or startline as problems relating to persons or property instructed by marshals (at startline and marshals should be directed to the Oulton Park Circuit posts). office in the Fogarty Moss Centre. In the event ORGANISED BY: of a member of the public requiring assistance GREEN - WAVED : British Automobile Racing Club (medical or otherwise), he or she should in the All clear, at the end of a danger area controlled by first instance contact the nearest official or North Western Centre yellow flags. Also used to signal the start of a marshal, gate/security steward who shall take formation lap and shown at all posts during first lap SECRETARY: the appropriate action. May we ask spectators, of each practice session and during the formation Peter Gorrie officials and competitors to approach and leave lap. the circuit by way of Park Road, and not drive 190 Blackpool Old Road BLACK WITH ORANGE DISC DISPLAYED WITH through Little Budworth village whenever Poulton le Fylde WHITE NUMBER : possible. Thank you for your co-operation. FY6 7R Warning of mechanical failure which might not be obvious to driver, call into pits immediately. Restaurant Opening Times Saturday BLACK/WHITE WITH WHITE NUMBER : Restaurant : 07:15 until 30 minutes after the Warning to driver that his behaviour (ie. corner last race. cutting) is suspect and he may be black flagged. There will be no bar and takeaway food only. BLACK DISPLAYED WITH WHITE NUMBER : Driver must call in immediately to the pits and report to the Clerk of the Course. Photographs : BLACK/WHITE CHEQUERED : End of race Caterham Graduates - Graham Holbon BARC Red - Graham Holbon Races are started using a system of red/green CNC Heads Sports/Saloons - Danny Walton Superkarts - Paul Denton (Tracksnapz) traffic lights. The BARC North Western Centre would like to thank all marshals and officials for supporting us again this season at Oulton Park in continuing very challenging times due to Covid-19. We look forward to seeing you back again at out June 12th and October 23rd meetings. Keep safe and well. Ray Sumner and Margaret Simpson 3 4 TODAYS RACING The BARC North Western Centre is particularly pleased to be The big news today is that the CNC Heads Sports Saloon returning to our home circuit to get another season underway Championship returns here for its 38th season! Additionally after the disruption of last year. The winter has been spent well 2021 is the 14th season that our sports saloon championship by most of the people involved in racing to prepare cars and to has been sponsored by one of Ric Wood’s companies, CNC train up in all the organisational activities. Now we return to Heads. This is an engine preparation company based in the circuits to make it all pay off. Manchester. Ric is no mean racing driver himself and a superb example of loyal support which is massively appreciated by the Several of the BARC’s championships start their new season NW Centre officials and drivers. He often puts in an here today and take to the track several times for races during appearance in the championship every now and then in one of the course of their full day. All the cars racing are a wide variety his phenomenally quick cars. of either sports or saloons and they are backed up by the incredible superkarts. Driver registrations have flooded in from the start of the year with several new drivers and cars this season. In spite of all the A new series on show today is BARC Red, which is designed to issues from the Covid-19 pandemic numbers are equal to the get more cars on to the track in a simple and spectacular last few seasons. We look forward to new faces and cars format. This series caters for a wide variety of cars which are making their mark in the racing against the returning regulars. classed by lap times. Just about anything can run but their class Just to remind you, the championship contains two major will change if they exceed their declared lap time. categories with classes A, B and C being Specials where just about any amount of modification of the cars is allowed. The body shape does not mean that the engine came from that model of car or even that it is in the same place as the original. Classes D, E and F are Modified where the cars must retain the original production body shell and engine type. The classes are divided by engine size with A and D above 2500cc, B and E 1600cc to 2500cc and C and F up to 1600cc. BARC Red provides a wide variety of cars At the time of writing we have a full grid of CNC Heads competitors with the entry spread across all the classes.