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On behalf of the SSOT, please find attached a copy of the draft regulations for the 2020 Speed Series. The SSOT have made a conscious effort to post these as early as possible to enable people to see and understand the 2020 changes. The regulations have been produced after many hours of review and discussion by the SSOT and unless there are any obvious mistakes they are final and will be submitted to Motorsport UK for early approval. Also attached are an explanation of the regulation changes. 2020 WSCC draft Speed Series regulations.pdf Explanation to 2020 Speed Series Regulation changes.pdf

The photographer got the flames 😁

Meeting this Tuesday, 5th November at the Fox and Grapes. So for those not going to a bonfire or letting your fireworks off we'll be there from 7:30ish.

New Westfield owner and new to the forum. 1996 narrow body 2.1 pinto built by Vulcan engineering few issues to sort , but a good base to start with hopefully.

Renewed my membership 3 days ago... im the lucky one!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣

The BBC is biased, but not in party politics. The right thinks the BBC is very left wing, the left thinks the BBC isn't left wing enough. The far left think anyone right of centre left, are far right. The far right think anyone left of centre right, are far left. Then to confuse things, we have religious extremists who are far right, but supported by the far left..... It's bonkers.

Thanks to all for the hard work which has clearly gone on! To me, it looks like the main changes are... - Target times have gone in favour of a system where the fastest car on the day in the class scores 100 points, then others slower than this time get scored on a pro-rata / percentage based system. - There are now only 4 classes (plus invitational Class G): W1: Small engine, road legal with MOT, 1A/1B tyres W2: Large engine, road legal with MOT, 1A/1B tyres W3: Small engine, comply with Mod Prod S.13 regs, any tyres W4: Large engine, comply with Mod Prod S.13 regs, any tyres - Sprint Award has gone and been replaced with the Hillclimb Award, which is only for hillclimbs (ie. circuit events do not count). Is that right? If so, I think that's a really good step forward

Better version of my flame thrower 😁

Go on condition and build quality, not age - I bought a 1999 factory-built with 13k miles in fantastic condition for £7500 (and £500 to see/bring it home from Nth Ireland) three years ago. If buying a pre-2000 car, I'd be looking for a wide-body with detachable rear fenders - makes life easier if you're unfortunate to have a fender bump. Your 10k will buy a nice car, and maybe even one that's been warmed-up for some trackday outings. If you're also wanting to tour, a heater and a well-fitting hood is a big plus.

If you can make it, come over to the meeting this Tuesday at the Fox and Grapes on York Road, A64. I should be in my Westfield, and hopefully some more will be there. We might be able to give you some advice.

Boghouse got the cover shot on the Javelin photo album 😁

Yup. Was a cracking track day. Really enjoyed this one. Will try and sort some vids out soon 👍🔥

My day's report.. As I said, above, my car just didn't feel like starting first thing. It was pretty cold 2deg? Plugged in the big battery, and even jump leads off the tow car failed to get it running. After a failed bump starting too, I swapped the plugs for some nice dry ones. Brrrrraaaaapppp! There'd been a rallycross meeting at Croft last weekend, and the track from Clervaux through to the chicane was basically mud! The circuit staff had a sweeper running first thing, but I think spraying water on it didn't do much for grip. So most of the morning the circuit was in two halves. First bit slippery as hell, and the rest pretty much OK after the damp patches dried out a bit. The day was fully booked, but tbh, didn't seem too packed on track.. queues were fairly short, and I didn't notice too many red flags. It really thinned out in the late afternoon, and I got some decent lappage in. My car was going fairly well, but a couple of times when I got back in, there was a bit of coolant blown out of the header tank. I've been suspecting the head gasket's got a slight leak, pressurising the cooling system for a while now, but I think it's pretty much nailed on now. Will have to get the head off and investigate. I tried the last session restricting the revs to 6000 and it seemed to hold its water, so the day wasn't ruined. Was well jealous of Chris's flame show. Unfortunately the gopro pushes the action away a bit, but I'll try to include some flameage in a vid at some point. Hopefully the photographer may have caught some flamey shots. 😎 It's hard to freeze the action just as it pops!

im hoping to make this. see you there

Wow great work. A real shake up and I think on the whole very positive. Is the calendar confirmed. It looks good at first glance. A good spread, plenty of weekends and no clashes.

Glad your keeping the car now

I think the reduction of classes will breed competition and make it all together better. Thanks to all who have put this together I think it’s a very positive move cheers jez

@W Shep

I am advised that the tyre list for 2020 will be posted on the UK MS website shortly (hopefully in the next couple of weeks) They do not have a seperate PDF to send out at the moment! BR Glutey

Looking forward to it.. Kirsty doesn't do cold.. well thinking about it more.... anything below Sahara heat is a no show for Kirsty. we'll be in the tin top . 😁

Pretty much yes. There is also a document outlining the changes

Photog got some nice shots. 😎 Here's one from me.. entitled "Croft butty van amid Autumn splendour"

Planning to come now engine sorted. 😀

I agree with Lyonspride above as it seems nobody wants to take UK out of EU. We've had 3 Tory PMs who said they would do it but have not; 3 missed EU withdrawal deadlines and vast sums spent on useless preparations including daft commemorative 50p coins and much more. Mrs May's 'my deal or no deal' and 108 times 'we are leaving the EU on 29 March 2019' were so much hot air. Endless withdrawal extensions are just Remain and I expect the Brexit Party during the forthcoming General Election to be bluntly advocating No Deal Leave then negotiate as the only way forward to break the impasse. PM Boris thinks a new Parliament will break the impasse yet Mrs May's unnecessary 2017 Election gamble failed spectacularly and achieved a worse position than before. With 50% of seats never changing hands and the likelihood of a hung Parliament the impasse will remain and then, as in EU tradition, it will be time for a second referendum vote. Today BBC news https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-50219036 (Boris') Brexit deal means ‘£70bn hit to UK by 2029' Headline. --- National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR) has found. It concluded that GDP would be 3.5% lower in 10 years' time under the deal. Today on BBC reports of the latest NIESR study where Ceefax calls it 'the forecaster's outlook and assessment' whereas today on televised 1pm BBC News, Economics Editor Faisal Islam used the word 'evidence'. I would say any economic forecast is only a projection and the use of the word evidence is very ill-advised. As Blatman has stated in other posts journalists focus on one side of a story and it would have been better and a more balanced report if BBC had had a forecast of GDP reductions in France and Germany based on the deal being examined and stated that was evidence as well and requested a reaction from Macron and Merkel. How balanced are the Brussels Broadcasting Corporation going to be during the forthcoming General Election and likely 2nd EU Referendum? I have come to the conclusion that the powers that be don't want EU withdrawal and the public are being taken for fools with endless excuses and delays so that ultimately the public cannot say anyone is accountable. One thing the General Election will achieve is less time in Parliament for MPs as it will be prorogued again at business end Tues 05 Nov and likely not sit again until Mon 16 Dec when the swearing in of all the MPs (650) will take place and use up that week; then time for MPs Xmas holidays then return on Mon 06 Jan2020 with only 16 sitting days until new Brexit deadline 31 Jan 2020. Don't worry, we will extend. The clock https://interactive.news.sky.com/2017/brexit-countdown/ is still counting down to 11pm on 31 Oct 2019 deadline which is pointless unless Boris has a surprise No Deal 'we are out' scenario planned. Nearly forgot but Radio 4 at 6.30pm 31 Oct has a 30 minute comedy 'Little Brexit' from the Little Britain comedy presenters and I hope they have some good laughs for us----we need it.

Some of mine

just downloaded some pictures out of the camera, the first one is the falls at Gullfos, the second is the road by the lake at Kleifervatn, the third is the geyser at Geysir, the fourth is a great sweeping corner that the wife nearly got in the way of and spoiled the picture and the fifth is one of the churches in Reykjavek that looks like the space shuttle on steroids.

Now this REALLY brightened my day... indulged by the local flying club.. I so LOVE my car