NOTTINGHAM SPORTS CAR CLUB
May 2011 1 CLUB WEBSITE
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Chairmans Chatter 4 Editors Mutterings 5 Anglesey, Pembrey & Curborough Regs 6 2011 NSCC Speed Championship Calendar 7 Invited Event dates for 2011 8 Major Motor Sport Event dates for 2011 9 Event Contacts List 10 Trailer FOR SALE 11 Membership for 2011 11 2010 Event Programmes : Mallory Park 18th June 12 Classic Corner 13 Marshals Update 14 Round 1 Harewood (Martin Parkes) 15 - 16 Championship Stickers & MG Car Club marshals request 17 NSCC Speed Championship scoring for 2012 18 MSA News March & April 19 - 26 Official & Committee contacts 27
Acknowledgement The artwork on the front cover is re-printed with the kind permission of the well known motorsport cartoonist Jim Bamber. Jim has very kindly allowed me to use his illustra- tions. For a sneek preview why not visit his web site www.jimbamber.co.uk
3 Chairman's Chatter
The Championship is well under way but, I have to say, the Committee meeting last week was a bit low key – we had nothing immediate to organise! With no May Curborough this year, and our 'quid pro quo' agreement with the Westfield 'boys' for them to have the June Curborough date, it will be July before we have to run an actual event – halfway through the season. We still had plenty to talk about, however, namely target times and scoring. There have been a number of comments following the first events that it is not a level playing field and certain classes are at a disadvantage, mainly due to unrealistic target times. These target times are usu- ally class records for each venue and are reviewed each year by the TSC ( Technical Sub- Commitee), a difficult task in itself as information has to be gathered from all the venues and some organisers/websites are not always up to date with the latest information. Additionally, as has been pointed out, there is no guarantee that the times have been set by a car which conforms to our regulations or the course is exactly the same for all events etc etc. This is inevitable where different clubs and championships are involved and is a problem which other champion- ships who use the 'target time' system have also come up against. It was agreed that the e-mails received, querying results, qualified as 'protests' within the re- quired time period and a special TSC meeting has been organised to look at the issues raised and, if necessary, look at how others have dealt with the problem. We are limited in what can be done regarding the scoring system as this forms part of the Championship Regulations ap- proved by the MSA but the TSC will, I am sure, make every effort to quickly rectify any anom- alies. On a brighter note the re-vamped website should be up and running by the time you read this thanks to the sterling efforts of West Bridgford member Andrew Warren. It will no doubt take a little time to settle down and I know there is still some editing of older material to do and the archive section with past results, photos and Club history is an ongoing project. Please feel free to let Andrew have your comments (preferably constructive!) on anything you feel could be improved or added. Photos / videos of this year's events particularly welcome. Talking of photos I was at Harewood on 17th April as a spectator and got shots of all the NSCC members which, once I work out how, will get across to Andrew – for once it was a warm, fine day with a nice breeze instead of the usual wind, rain & mist. Our experiment of having alterna- tive events as part of the Championship seems to have worked well with similar numbers of NSCC members at Harewood, Silverstone and Three Sisters – let us have your thoughts. Sadly I have to report that, for personal reasons, Martin Pickles has stepped down as Club Sec- retary and committee member. On behalf of the Club I must thank Martin for the time and ef- fort he has given to the NSCC over the years and I am pleased to note that he will still be avail- able to contribute to our discussions as time and circumstances allow. We are actively address- ing (arm twisting is another way of putting it) a replacement for the position of Secretary. An early note for your diary – possibility of an exploratory day out at Blyton for a nominal fee a couple of weeks after Thoresby now that it has been tarmaced (as opposed to concrete) and is a prospect for next year. Details in Spin Off / on the website nearer the time if it comes to pass.
Roger C [email protected]
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