north west regional barrow in furness

[jampat2004]

thanks to the furness car club for trying there very best to run the first north west regional, but as usual the unpredictable british weather ruined what should have been a great meeting.
shame after the majority vote we could nt carry on for maybe another round or gone straight into the finals, but cant argue with stewards decisions at the end of the day if they feel health and safety issues come into play.
thanks guys roll on to the next one, lets hope its a dry one.

[losichris]

Thought it was a little too early to call it off. We knew the conditions were going to be tricky with marshalling, so maybe a brief to add more in each heat may have worked, and warning drivers that if you crash dont expect a rapid turnover.
People who did run already got stuff mucky and were prepared to slog it out.
This means if you didnt get a good run in the 2 rounds then the whole day/journey was a waste of time and effort.
But thanks to the Barrow lads for trying, real shame rain stopped play.

[tinnylad]

The weather turned really nice after we packed up! Shame really. Hope everyone enjoyed the racing they did manage to get in

[Swell]

but cant argue with stewards decisions at the end of the day if they feel health and safety issues come into play.

Makes me laugh tyres for all conditions, but poorly equiped (shod) adluts and predicted weather ruin the day........

Health and safety normaly has a protcol regarding the enviornment and the task in hand risks are assessed and provisions made.......

Had a good do cheers to everyone for putting it on i do appriceate your efforts

[NeilRalph77]

Yeh good effort Barrow! better weather next time! shame some people going after round one upset the marshalling in round two, but that's not a reflection on the club, still a very good attempt in less than ideal conditions,

[danDanEFC]

Great track guys.

I was rubbish all day but still had a good time.

Roll on the next round with me starting at the back

[andy110m]

I agree, I think it was called off too early. A briefing to say be careful would have been better and I can't help feel it was a done deal to fininsh even before we had the drivers vote. Why ask the drivers when it has to go to a BRCA vote anyway?

As has been said, people turn up with wearing trainers with no provision for wet weather footwear, but I bet they all had some wet tyres in the box.

All of this is no reflection on the good job the club did, in what were difficult conditions but as we'd all settled in to the conditions it would've been good to finish the meeting.

[Spencer Mulcahy]

Thanks barrow club for the meeting but the weather won again. I will not risk myself (marshalling) and my very expensive equipment (racing) so it was a good decision to abandon. I will be last in the meeting due to not running my second round and having a mare in the first, out of the five rounds how many will count for your F grade?

[Swell]

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[Spencer Mulcahy]

Originally Posted by Spencer Mulcahy

Thanks barrow club for the meeting but the weather won again. I will not risk myself (marshalling) and my very expensive equipment (racing) so it was a good decision to abandon. I will be last in the meeting due to not running my second round and having a mare in the first, out of the five rounds how many will count for your F grade?

Found it its three but I can only do three rounds this years and one was today oh well.

[Pitman Ed]

As usual, a full range of views. So no matter what the committee decided, some people would have moaned. Having a general vote to understand the preference of the majority is a good thing - but if it is still felt unsafe to continue, that's a responsible decision we have to accept.

Regarding racing in those conditions on a grass track and a few people complaining- it's the same for everyone - it's outdoor off road in England - we have to race the conditions!

Thanks to all who assisted in making the day possible - there's no racing without organisers and workers.

The question how many events count toward your F grade, from memory it should be half plus ons, rounded down, meaning 3.5 rounded down to 3 (from the 5 events). So those who cried of because of weather can drop Barrow and another, and still have 3 to count.

Thanks again to the Barrow club.