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[charliebudd]

Had a good start to the race season with two 3rd place finishes. will post onboard footage from race 2 shortly 

[charliebudd]

starting 6th with 6kg of success ballast after reverse grids,

 

[charliebudd]

Looking forward to getting out at brands hatch on monday, for a bit of testing 

[BronkoMini]

What's meant by success ballast? Obviously a weight but for what?

[charliebudd]

What's meant by success ballast? Obviously a weight but for what?

we have 2 races in the weekend, start position in the first race is determined by times in qualifying.

 

then for race 2...

 

the driver who won race 1 has to pull a number 4 , 6 , 8 from the hat. what ever number he pulls out thats where the grids get reversed from. plus the top 3 drivers get a success ballast.. driver who won gets 10kg 2nd place gets 8kg and 3rd gets 6kg. they then carry this over to the next qualifying and race 1. 

 

the idea is to stop any drivers running away with the championship.. 

 

have i exlpaied that ok ? aha 

[BronkoMini]

 

What's meant by success ballast? Obviously a weight but for what?

we have 2 races in the weekend, start position in the first race is determined by times in qualifying.

 

then for race 2...

 

the driver who won race 1 has to pull a number 4 , 6 , 8 from the hat. what ever number he pulls out thats where the grids get reversed from. plus the top 3 drivers get a success ballast.. driver who won gets 10kg 2nd place gets 8kg and 3rd gets 6kg. they then carry this over to the next qualifying and race 1. 

 

the idea is to stop any drivers running away with the championship.. 

 

have i exlpaied that ok ? aha 

 

yes thanks that makes sense, its clever to stop people running away, keeps it fun I suppose.

[charliebudd]

yes it does. to be honest i think the weights need to be heavier as i didnt notice a difference 

 

 

 

What's meant by success ballast? Obviously a weight but for what?

we have 2 races in the weekend, start position in the first race is determined by times in qualifying.

 

then for race 2...

 

the driver who won race 1 has to pull a number 4 , 6 , 8 from the hat. what ever number he pulls out thats where the grids get reversed from. plus the top 3 drivers get a success ballast.. driver who won gets 10kg 2nd place gets 8kg and 3rd gets 6kg. they then carry this over to the next qualifying and race 1. 

 

the idea is to stop any drivers running away with the championship.. 

 

have i exlpaied that ok ? aha 

 

yes thanks that makes sense, its clever to stop people running away, keeps it fun I suppose.

 

[geoff-d]

Good going today

enjoyed watching you 

[BronkoMini]

Where were you lot in the pits could not see your cars and there were some good battles going on

[BronkoMini]

If you don't mind me asking how much did your car cost to make and how much do you spend in a season?

[Carlos W]

 

A few pics from the weekend

[charliebudd]

If you don't mind me asking how much did your car cost to make and how much do you spend in a season?

Hello Mate 

 

my car (the one above in the pictures) was parked with team bailey. My dads and brothers where parked further along. they race in the super mighty minis. 

 

not sure on build cost. as i don't own my mighty mini. but that car is a heritage shell so not cheap...

 

but last year i raced my own car and that cost me 4k to buy. tyres 65 quid ago probably go through 2 complete sets a year at the most. fuel for car £90.00 a meeting. entry fee £380.00 per meeting. damage unknown. (last year i had none) if you want to test its about £150 for a half day on a friday. 

 

i recon your looking at about a grand a meeting all in. competitive car from 3500 to 6k. 

[charliebudd]

 

A few pics from the weekend

 

great thanks :)

[BronkoMini]

If you don't mind me asking how much did your car cost to make and how much do you spend in a season?

Hello Mate 
 
my car (the one above in the pictures) was parked with team bailey. My dads and brothers where parked further along. they race in the super mighty minis. 
 
not sure on build cost. as i don't own my mighty mini. but that car is a heritage shell so not cheap...
 
but last year i raced my own car and that cost me 4k to buy. tyres 65 quid ago probably go through 2 complete sets a year at the most. fuel for car £90.00 a meeting. entry fee £380.00 per meeting. damage unknown. (last year i had none) if you want to test its about £150 for a half day on a friday. 
 
i recon your looking at about a grand a meeting all in. competitive car from 3500 to 6k.

Ok thanks

[charliebudd]

Next time out we are at Zolder in belgium, never raced here before cant wait!