Have you received Nationals Entry confirmation?
 

Kiddy - R11
Bury - r7
OZ - R15
Southport - R9

How did everyone else get on?

This is just poo i never got a race last year and more than likely i wont get a racethis year.:(

A

Why didnt they just send me a big piece of paper with F off writen on it with my cheque in it.

A

you need to do some regional's ash, get your license grade up, mind u saying things like stupid BRCA won't help

I know its just so annoying that i didnt even get in one it was the smae case last year:(. That is why this year im doing all 2 and 2wd regionals and im going to get my F3


When did i say the BRCA where stupid i love the BRCA;)

A

Look at it as a rite of passage thing Ashley. This will be my third year doing regionals and i might consider trying to do nationals next year but i know i am not really good enough. I finished my first year dead last and went from F5 to F5.... Last year i made F3 in 4wd but i have to say my 2wd driving leaves a lot to be desired. I did go to the F3's and had a great time made the C final in 4wd, my cars even made it onto oople, which was cool.
Crawl - Stagger - Walk - Run

Dont think you can expect to be in the nationals if your still F5 which I assume you are.
I wouldnt bother applying for nationals until I was F3, I might never do them. Regionals are great and you can get up to F2 in them, why not do lots of regionals to get your formula rating up instead of moaning because you didnt make nationals.

Do people not read posts i have already said im going to do loads of regionals and i am going for my F3 but nationals are in a total diffrent league to regionals cus you stay there all day and drink and have fun and relax after racing and you see a diffrent side to people. People who you think are really serious sort of wake up nad become totally mad this i what i love about nationals where regionals as soon as it is over everyone is tidied up and in the car in a split second there is a totally diffrent atmoshere.

A

Regionals do last all day. I imagine regionals are more relaxed than nationals as theres less people so its not as competitive.

ash what the hell are you on about, english please, you know all this by attending 1 national at oswestry. at the end of the day if your coming last at regional then as long as your arse points down you shouldnt be doing nationals. think you will find it very hard to gain f3 in west mids in your first year

Try not to worry too much Ashley, it is still early days yet. I think we all knew that we mere lower grades would struggle to get into the national events, but still being a reserve at least means they haven't told you where to go ;)
I was a reserve at most nationals last year, and was offered a place much closer to the event.
So keep your fingers and toes crossed and make sure Jackie etc has the right telephone number for you!
Good luck, I am sure you'll get into some more,
Vicky x

Its not my first year its my second off road and my 3rd in total i just need to get the track time in and i noticed it at oswestry cus i recognised people from scrutanering then i saw them at night ands it was like they where total diffrent people. Nationals are awsoem and i love them and i want to do more.

A

On a similar note Ashley, we haven't even heard anything back yet! I wasn't expecting to quite so soon, it doesn't seem like long since we sent the entry form in, although I realise the deadline was this week.

Has anyone else received their entry packs? Ashley are you in for Tiverton 2wd and 4wd?

just got ours in the post, were in both class's and event thanks god for that,:)

nope vicky i didnt enter tivvy and stotfold the only reason i wanted to get in cus i have good friend who i would only see at nationals as they are from a diffrent regions. Maybe i could sweet talk jackie.:)

A

If it makes you feel better ash, vicky is only F5 - and I am only F4. I am not sure I will get into my races either. I was F3 last year and F4 the year before- but things were different when I started doing nationals in 2003, its just got more and more popular.

the brca are not to blame for your lack of preparation, there are only 24 hours in a day which means you can only fit in so many races, there is a limit of 130 racers in 13 heats, quite rightly as it is the national event we want to see the top tier of drivers, all the drivers are graded either on their performance over the previous national year and who gained F1 or national F2 grades (in 4wd this went down to at least position 55) then the racers who completed their regional series and gained F2 to f5. everybody knew last year that to ensure a place you really needed to be an F3. you did not do regionals and to be honest racing at the nationals should not include drivers without the sort of experience you gain from doing regionals. so you can blame all the F1 to f4's who applied this year and you can blame yourself for not doing regionals just don't blame the brca.
john

Mine didn't come today, hopefully it will be here Monday. Last year i was an F5 and was reserve for nearly every meeting, but i turned up on the day and got into everyone. This year i am an F3 so hopefully i will be in to a few more if not all.

Ryan

I have never applied for any nationals and am probably never going to, but I heard that your application was taken more seriously if you tried to get into every event (which indicates you are less likely to drop out) Is this true?

how do you check what formula grade you are, i cant see anything on the brca site?

cheers

not quite true, priority is given to applicants who apply to do enough scoring rounds ie 4, if you only apply for one or two then it is unlikely you will get in, that said joe only applied for 5 nationals last year as an f4 got into 4 and was 19th reserve for the last one, he was given a place quite quickly after only a couple of nationals, so i wouldnt be too concerned about being a reserve for the later nationals.

it should be available from your regional site or rep

I have had mine.

plenty of bcl events when nationals on mate good practice at different tracks

Where's mine? :(

G

Dont have mine yet G either.

I've just realised I applied when I lived in my old house, oops! Best email Paul I think.

Dan

None for me either. Post takes a while to get this far north!

Not seen any here either yet.

Emzeh it only has to come from Bolton so no too far north.

got mine today, didnt get into any, maybe next year :D

Kev

Got my entry confirmation today, in for both classes and all events.

Just sit tight ashley.. people will always drop out.. I think Vicky was somthing mad like 15th on the list last year.. and got in?

I am in for both classes, so is Darners, sweeeeeeeeeeet!!!:cool:

Ash, you can still attend and soak up the atmosphere at each event.

I know you had your heart set on doing each one, sorry that you didn't get in mate. Like someone said earlier, one step at a time, im sure your sick of hearing that now... but anyway, stay calm, be nice to Jackie and keep everything crossed!

I was lucky to start doing nationals as an F4 before they became oversubscribed. I suppose being on the reserve list is just something which will happen now our class is so popular.

Chris

I will keep everything crossed and i will get on with these regionals get my car dialled get my thumbs dialled and get my f3 so i have a good chance of getting in.

A

That's the right attitude Ashley, and thanks to Chris for your encouraging words as well.
It's still only the first day of entry confirmation, plenty of time yet, and like Chris says, even if you aren't racing you can still attend, I am sure there will be loads of people who would appreciate pitting help! Even better there might be a last minute availability.

Yea chris is very good with words and his advice is always good.

Any advice chris has ever given me has always made things better.

A

Ash if you think nationals are good, you should go to the euros what a laugh we had every night at the hotel :)

Ash if you make F3 you should get into Nationals next year easy!

It will be a couple of years time before i go to the euro's but i like the idea.

A

At one of the nationals last year i was 18th on the reserve list, and got the call from jackie there was a space if i wanted it ;) so don't give up you stand a good chance of getting in for a few meetings.

Ash.
Go to the meetings with your kit.
I was reserve for both 2wd and 4wd at Southport and Batley last year and got to race all four.
Some racers don,t bother to inform Jacquie that they are not attending. See jacquie before booking in starts to let her know you are there with your kit and rareing to race.
Even if you don't get to race im sure Oswestry members could do with your help during the weekend, marshalling for them if they have a major car rebuild or turning there cars on/off.
Keep the faith Ash and those fingers crossed.

Mark

got my confirmation of entry's today http://www.doughtyuk.net/forum/html/emoticons/sad.gif
applied for all 6, 2 & 4wd and have only got in 2wd tiverton and thats it !!!!
not a happy bunny