so ,when is it going to happen ???, what sort of $$ are we talking about for the insurance ?? need some advance notice not pushing ,really
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that's cheap!
Gary, at our last get together at Don's we were told that the council needed a $1,000 deposit to ensure we didn't damage the relatively fragile surface of the airstrip (it's not drag strip quality, apparently it's a softish tar sprayed over fine blue metal or similar) so no burnouts or we lose the grand. Presumably we'd also lose the grand if a car rolled and chewed into the surface.
After poor old Bob Ellis drove himself mad for weeks hunting for insurance, the best quote for only the ONE day was $6,000. I kid you not. The council will NOT let us run without insurance and we can only have one day, twice a year. That means if we only got 20 entrants to pay up each one would have to part with $350 to race carefully over only one kilometre for one day. I can't really remember what our start and finish times were but for the purpose of argument let's say 8 hours. With only 20 starters and no delays (aircraft movements and such) we'd each be getting maybe a run an hour with each run costing about $40. If we had double the entries we'd get half the runs so the cost per run wouldn't change. Half a dozen runs isn't much of a deal for our interstate friends. While we certainly haven't given up on the idea we really need to find a much better deal on the insurance before we can start sending out invitations.
After poor old Bob Ellis drove himself mad for weeks hunting for insurance, the best quote for only the ONE day was $6,000. I kid you not. The council will NOT let us run without insurance and we can only have one day, twice a year. That means if we only got 20 entrants to pay up each one would have to part with $350 to race carefully over only one kilometre for one day. I can't really remember what our start and finish times were but for the purpose of argument let's say 8 hours. With only 20 starters and no delays (aircraft movements and such) we'd each be getting maybe a run an hour with each run costing about $40. If we had double the entries we'd get half the runs so the cost per run wouldn't change. Half a dozen runs isn't much of a deal for our interstate friends. While we certainly haven't given up on the idea we really need to find a much better deal on the insurance before we can start sending out invitations.
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Costs are similar to the Streetfighters forum gathering at Casino airfield
There were around 50 bikes running and had lots of runs, i was being fairly casual about it and still had 6 in the day, lots of time spent tuning and adjusting between runs.
$350 isn't that bad, a days dragracing can cost that much..
How soft can the surface be ?? most roads are just tar on bluemetal ??
There were around 50 bikes running and had lots of runs, i was being fairly casual about it and still had 6 in the day, lots of time spent tuning and adjusting between runs.
$350 isn't that bad, a days dragracing can cost that much..
How soft can the surface be ?? most roads are just tar on bluemetal ??
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Greg, now that you ask, I don't know. Apparently the council people made a point of saying no burnouts because they were concerned about the surface being ripped up. Don't quote me, but I think someone who'd been to look at the airstrip (probably Don Noble or Bob Ellis) said it was a fairly thin covering but I can't be sure. Maybe the council knows something we don't or maybe the surface is as strong as an ordinary road and their concerns are unwarranted.
As for the cost, I haven't raced for many years and so I've lost touch with current prices. If that's about the going rate then so be it. Still seems like a lot of money for just one day. I guess I'll just have to stop thinking it's too much! One of the reasons I decided to go salt racing was that it I thought it couldn't be terribly expensive to only race once a year. The other was I wanted to go much much faster than I'd ever done before!
As for the cost, I haven't raced for many years and so I've lost touch with current prices. If that's about the going rate then so be it. Still seems like a lot of money for just one day. I guess I'll just have to stop thinking it's too much! One of the reasons I decided to go salt racing was that it I thought it couldn't be terribly expensive to only race once a year. The other was I wanted to go much much faster than I'd ever done before!
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Dave
The surface at Warwick isn't bad but wouldn't hold up to a sustained static burnout. Either would a public road for that matter! The council didn't want burnouts as it would mark the piano keys (white painted sections at either end of the runway) + the potential to hurt the surface. They were also not keen on high speed turns as this too would rip up/ have the potential to rip up the surface.
Lynchy
The surface at Warwick isn't bad but wouldn't hold up to a sustained static burnout. Either would a public road for that matter! The council didn't want burnouts as it would mark the piano keys (white painted sections at either end of the runway) + the potential to hurt the surface. They were also not keen on high speed turns as this too would rip up/ have the potential to rip up the surface.
Lynchy