Jason Plato Posted April 27, 2005 Share Posted April 27, 2005 Andy Griffiths Overall package of car , engine , tyres and driver appears to be unbeatable in class 4 at the moment OR Charles Fitz in Class 1 , showing great form in this standard class thoughts ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alan7 Posted April 27, 2005 Share Posted April 27, 2005 Dave You may be right. Having watched both at Llandow Andy was going really fast & has got it together well & may just be a bit more consistant than Charles. Whatever, It's going to be tight. 😬 Watch out for Anthony Abbateillo though he did a fantastic set of sprints as a novice How do you get the dead flies off your teeth....... 😬 R5AAH Edited by - alan7 on 27 Apr 2005 15:44:30 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irrelevant Posted April 27, 2005 Share Posted April 27, 2005 Dave: Thought the same myself......Thing is, class 1 may not always get enough entrants for full points so Andy Griffiths looks like firm favourite to me - although class 4 isn't that busy and numbers may fall. Class 5 looks very close so it's unlikely 1 person will get 7 full point wins. Maybe someone from class 2 will get 7 21.5 wins? I doubt it though as there are several people who are very close in class 2. Class 6 has too few runners and I don't know anything about class 3 - I guess Dave McF could do very well if he's back regularly this year. Still. . .. early days and who knows what will happen. I'm sure it'll be interesting whatever. Suffering serious sprint cold-turkey. Must get this finished Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Area Representative Richard Price Posted April 27, 2005 Area Representative Share Posted April 27, 2005 I'd say that Griff looks favorite. I'd agree with Adam, that anyone with 7 maximum scores in class 2 is most unlikely. There's a handfull of potential class winners in class 2 . I think Marks Longcross result will be an isolated one, and the rest of th season will see class 2 winners no more than a second clear of the hotly contested pack! It's a shame, because who ever wins class 2 this year, is likley to have worked harder than most other classes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Perry Posted April 27, 2005 Share Posted April 27, 2005 who ever wins class 2 this year, is likley to have worked harder than most other classes true, but the class 5 folks always but in their fair share of sweat, tears and skinned knuckles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Plato Posted April 27, 2005 Author Share Posted April 27, 2005 Too true 😬 but its all part of the fun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robmar Posted April 27, 2005 Share Posted April 27, 2005 I think Dave McF is still planning on class 6 If things go as they are PaulD will win class3 easily, hopefully the chasers (me included) can get close, which would not mean the full 21.5 each round... rob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Bees Posted April 28, 2005 Share Posted April 28, 2005 So what tyres is Mr Griff using to such good effect then? Is he on 'orrible 15" wheels? Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andygriffiths Posted April 28, 2005 Share Posted April 28, 2005 Hi Mike,Yes i am running 15" wheels as the 13" barnby wheels would not stop spinning from 1st through 4th so i have got last years wheels and tyres on again with the very grippy list 1a's on 😬 As for winning the championship it is early days as my main competitor Ken is not even on last years pace yet and it seems that his new tyres this year are not performing as they should as he is a very quick driver and that does not go overnight.On the point of overall champion it is as a point of which i have never agreed with including the points system.The person who wins the overall championship is the person with the least competition in their class as has proved in the last couple of years.This is not to say that some of the times and performanceswere not stunning especally some of Brodie's in the standard busa,but if your nearest challenger is always a few secconds behind then that to me is not close competition.As richard has pointed out that in class 2 it is usually very close all year so the winner is well deserved.I think the overall trophy should be for something different like best newcomer to encourage new people in or most entertaining drive so as to make the class win more important.With the points system the way it is it is nearly impossible to claw back a maximum points score so if someone can't compete in all the events because of work commitments or finances to me it is unfair ie if me and ken now compete in all the remaining events he would struggle to claw the points back where as if it were a straight 10 points for a win etc then it would be a lot easier to pull back.Anyway that is my two penneth worth 😬 GRIFF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Plato Posted April 28, 2005 Author Share Posted April 28, 2005 I still fink your gonna win it 😬 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robmar Posted April 28, 2005 Share Posted April 28, 2005 maybe the person with the most points over the year gets to decide who should get the trophy, i.e. who in there eyes is most deserving of it 😬 so who in that position would nominate themselves 😬 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manxseven Posted April 28, 2005 Share Posted April 28, 2005 why not add 10 seconds to class record for your bogey time, then scores points from that 🤔 L7 BDA Supersprint Joy here 😬 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robmar Posted April 28, 2005 Share Posted April 28, 2005 that makes the assumption that the class structure and defintions stay the same year on year 😳 but i don't want to start that debate again 😬 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian Williams Posted April 28, 2005 Share Posted April 28, 2005 and that it doesn't rain Adrian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Bees Posted April 28, 2005 Share Posted April 28, 2005 Ah but which List 1a tyres Andy? Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Perry Posted April 28, 2005 Share Posted April 28, 2005 15 inch Bridgestone 720's iirc ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver 21 Posted April 28, 2005 Share Posted April 28, 2005 I'm going to win the championship cos I sort the points out *thumbup* *thumbup* 😬 😬 😬 😬 😬 Graham Competition Secretary 2005 Speed Championship - 13 Rounds with 7 counting towards the championship Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles F Posted April 28, 2005 Share Posted April 28, 2005 Dave, Thanks for your vote of confidence, but I think I will have a battle with Matt Jenkins and the other Class 1 competitors this year. I think the drop scores will have a major influence on the overall outcome, along with getting the minimum number of competitors to hopefully achieve max points at each event. It's certainly started as a cracking year with the technical diffrences between the events. Roll on Curborough! Regards, Charles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattj Posted April 28, 2005 Share Posted April 28, 2005 Charles, Thanks for your vote of confidence, but you're good and im crap! 😬 Hopefully class 1 will have some good battles this year, look forwards to curborough and mira! Im afraid ill only be doing 6 events max I think, so not in competition with you for points..I think I calculated that im 3rd overall in championship at the mo..hooray but that's not to last one bit! But as Dave J says, its all fun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonycaterham Posted May 2, 2005 Share Posted May 2, 2005 My money is on Paul Dickens. the fact that he is a good friend of mine has absolutely nothing to do with this statement 😬 Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Plato Posted September 7, 2005 Author Share Posted September 7, 2005 *thumbup* our predictions were true 😬 😬 😬 well done Griff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robmar Posted September 7, 2005 Share Posted September 7, 2005 well done griff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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