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As Maurici says LDMC have now email competitors and issued a statement to the effect that " normal practice" will apply. There will be an open discussion after the awards on Sat night when they will provide more info on their ideas and listen to comments and objections etc. LDMC do listen to what people say See you guys there

I think we do. Or at least I hope we do, else they haven't done a very good job of writing the regs

That's a shame Paul ..no sidekick tonight..good luck with op Steve

For the future, maybe the solution/compromise is for one lap in a group, maybe in a high speed convoy, then individual timed laps as usual for the second practice lap?

Now sorted - picking the new car up next Saturday

I understand that they are having a meeting today and we should hear something soon. I have agree with John Williams that I will post it as soon as I know anything further

The solution would be to offer it as an option. All those in roadgoing cars who would like to do a 10 minute open pit lane session first thing instead of practice can do that, those who want to do the two practice runs they signed up for can continue as normal. If the take up is good it will save time, if not it's only 10 minutes wasted and not an hour.

By 'timed runs' I presume you mean competitive runs? The irony is that we will lose a timed practice run in order to pootle round a track avoiding other people. There is no reason to support this as it is a terrible idea and most of the people who had already entered were quite happy with the 2 practice and 2 timed runs that have been the norm for decades!

That's me Billy no mates again. If anybody wants a low mileage Westfield suggest Manchester area cause they have em but don't use em.

Well. The topic has been deeply discussed at the British Sprint Championship facebook page, with a massive participation. Almost every competitor (even competitors that will be not in Anglesey, so they are quite neutral) has drop their feedback there. Unfortunately for the proposal, seems that the vast majority of the people is totally against it, with people assuring to drop the entry, or not to entrer if this go ahead. Longton has been aware of the feedback as Graham is in the topic, and they are digesting it. Most of us have replied the E-mail of the bulletin raising our concerns and stating our position against this idea. Hopefully the will come back with a sensible solution that will satisfy the most, and every competitor will decide to support it or not. Is easily understandable that people go in riot when a change in the regulations is dropped 2 weeks before the event, whith entries paid, B&bs arranged, plans committed... championships to decide... Not a sensible way to proceed at all. Even if the change was absolutely perfect, you cant change the terms and conditions of a "product" after the purchase... and I'm sure with the Regulations, works in the same way. Now is time to wait and see how it comes. Hope a fast an sensible decision is made so the event can go ahead an nobody is loosing money having to cancel accommodations. However, And I have not say it before, I think is highly valuable that A club is trying to innovate and improve to give what they thought the people wanted. I don't want they to feel discouraged because of that, Is just that needs to be done in a different way and smoothly.

Direct quote from Alex Gaskin, an impartial (as he is not a competitor yet) view of the proposed practise scenario. Thought it would be good to show that it's not just those actually driving in it that can see some of the shortcomings... "With regards to the Practice running at Anglesey later on in the year, after reading through everyone’s ideas, I can’t help but think, being a BSC event, and running cars with similar performance in batches, having multiple Gould’s, a DJ Firehawk, a Van Dieman etc all out on track, at the same time, would be suicidal. And with their tyres, cooling and fueling, they’d do 1 or 2 laps then come in and have to have prep done for the timed runs. I can see why LDMC want to do that sort of thing, however it has too many risks associated with it. Everything works perfectly fine as is, and has done for the past decade with LDMC at Anglesey."

Good Luck Mike As Maurici said though the Caterham Academy racing I've watched has worst disrespectful crash happy driving I've seen. We won't disown you

Trouble with westfields is it's the package.... great power to weight.... great fun..... great pose value....whether you like it or not, you get comments every time you go out..... great club and generally great people who are owners..... best of all, fantastic fun / bang for your buck..... i chased a ferrari 455 the other week, blooming lovely car and of course MUCH quicker than me, but he had to be on it at the start lol....got me thinking that I was having as much as a rush as he was was 5% of the cost.... Mart.