London Road Race

I was wondering if anyone though it would be a good idea to lobby the Mayor of London for an HPV road race? It's very much in line with his policies and it would raise the profile of the sport/technology.

I'm thinking of a cross between the London marathon (though obviously smaller) and the good old days of car rallies where the entrants built their own vehicles...

 

I agree that the roads would have to be closed, but this shouldn't be a huge problem on a weekend round somewhere like docklands as it happens for all sorts of other events already.

After reading many of the posts on the forum, it seems to me that there is a general feeling of wanting to raise the profile of HPVs and HPV racing, and to attract new and younger people into the area. To do this I would think more public events are required (even in nasty old London), or at least more publicity for the existing races.

Ringwood (and this year New Milton) in Hampshire seem to manage fine for 2-hour pedal car races run as an attraction within a town carnival / festival on closed street circuits right in the centre of the respective towns.

Ringwood typically attracts about 30 cars and I believe New Milton got around 20 this year for its first running.

It would have attracted a couple of BPCC teams had we not had 2 days of racing at Preston that weekend.

So clearly it's not an impossible task, even for the limited numbers likely to partake, although I do know there's a lot more work involved than for a "normal" race that doesn't involve closing roads.

Edited by antony

Richard Ballant wrote: when it would be possible to have HPV races as additional attractions.

But do we want to be doing the comic turn bit? Previous events like this have resulted in us being messed about with and treated like a joke, unfortunately our anarcho-chaotic ways don't compare well with the roadies who manage to look organised (mostly!).