First race of the season!

The first stage of the BHPC 2012 Championship takes place this Sunday April 1st (yeah I know - it wasn't me who chose the date!) at the Hillingdon circuit in West London. All are welcome to come along - members and non-members, riders and spectators. The schedule for the day is:

09.00 track open for try outs and practice 

09:15 sign-on opens 

11.30 race 1 - 20 minutes +1 for slower riders clockwise

12.15 race 2 - 20 minutes +1 for faster riders clockwise

13.00 opportunity for World Championship team to promote their event

13.30 race 3 - 60 minutes +1 for slower riders anti-clockwise

15.00 race 4 - 60 minutes +1 for faster riders anti-clockwise

16.20 - home time

(The points will be split 1:3) 

The timing will be done manually, so It is also important that your HPV is clearly numbered. If you have not raced before, we will issue you with number stickers to attach to your vehicle. If you can come along with a family member or friend to count your laps this will assist in the smooth running of the day. Pens, paper and nice spectator-friendly weather will be provided.

If you are racing, don't forget to bring a helmet and chain ring guard. If you've got elbow pads, bring them too (if not, I'm sure you'll be able to borrow a pair for your races). If you've not raced before, a quick read of this page is very useful. There's no need to memorise it - there'll be plenty of people there to help out.

Everyone can enter a 20 min race and a 60 min race. As ever, the allocation of riders to races is at the discretion of the organisers. Riders who have not raced themselves or their newly modified machines before will benefit from the shorter race with a bit of time to fettle or feed before the longer race. Those aiming for the Worlds can use the longer race as part of their preparation (the equivalent race at the Worlds is two hours on a track of virtually the same length)

It's a full day, so it is important that we are all ready on time. There are no penalties for being late to start a race - you'll just end up covering a shorter distance in the same time.

Look forward to seeing you all on Sunday!

Keith Davis

Hi Folks

Thanks to Keith, also Heather, Twed and Kevin for all the organisatorial efforts.

I have in my posession a pair of black gloves - knitted, with grippy patches on the fingers - and a pair of sunglasses - silver/grey plastic frames - that were left outside the clubhouse at Hillingdon.

I think we should make elnbow guards compulsory for anybody on an unfaired bike... I'll propose it at the AGM if nobody else does.