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Ice gets the better of Icebreaker
With the Met Office now issuing a full scale weather warning for King’s Lynn over the weekend and following discussions this morning with senior Met Office forecasters, Trackstar have reluctantly decided to postpone the 2012 Unlimited Banger Icebreaker which will now be restaged on Saturday 11 February (1pm).

The Met Office severe weather warning can be seen here

The forecasters are currently predicting up to 10cm of snow on Saturday night which will then be followed by sleet and rain. These are the worst possible conditions for shale racing and although we can do things with the track following heavy rain etc, this predicted weather combination will leave the circuit completely un-raceable and we feel it is unfair to driver and fans to try and press ahead and run such a prestigious event in these conditions.

King’s Lynn is widely regarded in both Speedway and Stock Car / Banger circles as having the best prepared shale strip anywhere. The track is currently in fantastic condition and once this weekend’s weather has passed be in top condition for next Saturdays restaging.

Knowing how the forecasters have got things wrong in the past and how they love to change their mind, ideally we would have liked to have waited until late Saturday before making this decision but given the travelling distances that many fans and drivers undertake to race at this meeting together with the need to cancel hotels etc and with the Met forecasters telling us that they are 90% confident of the forecast they have issued, we have decided to make an early decision to minimise disruption to supporters and drivers. (Hopefully we will not be left kicking ourselves when the forecasters decide to change their mind on the forecast they are 90% confident on!!)

Fans who have already booked advance tickets will automatically have these transferred to the restaged meeting. Should anyone wish to cancel their advance ticket and receive a full refund, this is available by speaking to Graham on 01553 771111.

We hope to get a list of teams who will be racing in the restaged Icebreaker as soon as possible. The good news for fans hoping to do a weekend of racing next weekend is that Kings Lynn and Northampton are only 75 miles apart so a fantastic weekend of racing is on the cards over the 11 / 12 Feb!

Paul Butler, Norfolk Arena/Trackstar

More 1300 News
Following some confusion with regards the bumpers on 1300 Saloon Stock Cars at Buxton and Skegness. We can confirm that any car that is racing now will not have to change their bumpers. The rule change is for new cars after 1st July. This will allow any cars that are being built now to finish before the rule is effective.

Thank you

Matthew Watson & Hazel Cooke

1300 Saloon Drivers
During the last 48 hours unfortunately Startrax have removed their 1300 Saloon fixtures that were in association with Skegness & Buxton Raceways. We wish Steve well.

Both Matt (Buxton ) and myself have been asked to change to Spedeworth & Trackstar rules, but we feel at this stage, that as we promised last October 2011 at the drivers meeting that there would not be any rule changes for 2012 and if we change without consultation we would be going back on our word. (I am on holiday so unable to speak to Scrutineers / Drivers reps and more importantly you the Drivers)

I am awaiting to hear from Startrax to see if they have any slot(s) for us to run on their circuits, Steve has to check to see if this is possible.

There is nothing to stop you having two cars & two licences if you so wish, (Paul Butler Trackstar has agreed to this along as they are markedly different cars).

Rest assured that we are fully committed to and will continue to support 1300 Saloons as we always have done. We have a new sponsor coming on board for the track championship, Valley Services have increased the Gold Roof Series money by 50%. White & Yellow Grade awards will be sponsored by Chris Jackson at every meeting and other sponsors have also shown an interest in supporting this great formula.

Several speedweekends are arranged for Skegness and also at Buxton Matt has a couple arranged. We have dates also at Barford and depending on interest I am sure we can get some more.

As already mentioned I am on holiday if you wish any further info please email me on hazel@skegness-stadium.info or you can ring Paul Brown (after Monday) on 0844 559 1228 and if he can’t answer your query he will get in touch with me.

Hazel Cooke & Matt Watson
Skegness Stadium Ltd & Buxton Raceway Ltd.

Premier Sports
BRISCA F1 and Premier Sports the sports channel operator on Sky channel 433 are delighted to announce a new 2 year extension which will cover highlights from 24 races per season from the elite British stockcar series.

Coverage begins with the first event of the season from Belle Vue at the beginning of April.

Steve Rees from BRISCA F1 commented, ‘After hitting the ground running in 2011, to have the opportunity to develop a 2 year partnership that is mutually beneficial to all parties is terrific news for everyone. To be able to sustain our presence on television is a tribute to everyone involved in the sport from the fans through to the drivers and promoter. This is the next piece in the jigsaw and enhances the commercial options for the sport. I would thank those who have subscribed this year and made this new deal possible and ask that as many fans as possible get behind this so that we can continue to grow the sport.’

Richard Webb from Premier Sports said, ‘It is great that we have found a viable way of keeping BRISCA on television that works for everyone involved. Last year’s shows went down ready and we hope we can really build on it this year and get even more people watching’. BRISCA racing is a big deal in the UK with regular crowds of 5000 plus and thoroughly deserves to be on television. We hope that fans will enjoy sitting down every week and reliving the best racing moments from 24 races. Having the NASCAR Sprint Cup and also BRISCA F1 gives us the best Oval racing from either side of the pond.

For those who can’t wait till the start of the new season, Premier Sports are repeating the full season at the moment every Wednesday and will be broadcasting a 90 minute season review from 2011 on Tuesday 7th February 2012.

Premier Sports will broadcast over 1000 events in 2012 including all 38 races from the NASCAR Sprint Cup, 200 games of Rugby League from the NRL and Championship and 400 games from the NHL. Speedway is also expected to feature heavily in the schedule this year with details to follow soon. Fans can sign up at www.premiersports.tv or call 0871 663 9000.

A season ticket to the channel is available for £79.99 which covers 12 months and saves you £21. In return for your loyalty Premier Sports and BRISCA are offering those who have taken out a 12 month pass a opportunity to go into a monthly draw for a BRISCA F1 experience. Which includes free tickets to an event, meeting drivers and getting up close to the cars.

Buxton Raceway out of season meeting - CANCELLED

8th January 2011.

As I am sure a lot of drivers have done some of my staff members have made other arrangements. I am therefore going to have to cancel this meeting due to the lack of staff and also the weather for the following week does not look too good.

I apologise to anyone who’s made special arrangements to attend this meeting.


Matthew Watson
Promoter

NO MORE POSTED NEWSLETTER
After an increase in costs and time and the fact that not everyone reads their newsletter we have decided to put the monthly newsletter on the website alone. Your points will be added to the website like normal. This will be on the website on or around the 20thof each month with grading effective from 1st of the month like normal. Please note it’s no good turning up and saying you have not read the website. It is your responsibility to look at the website.

Welcome to the October/November Newsletter
Welcome all to your Newsletter and can I apologise that I have not done one of these in some time as there has not been too much to let people know about. Now we are getting near the end of the season and every point is now essential in crowning the point’s champions for 2011. Good Luck to all drivers fighting for places in the points.

Construction Rules
If you have any issues then please contact your driver rep. Their details are in the front of your rulebooks. They will then collate all this information together and forward it to me to be discussed.

Bombers
Following a few well attended meetings we had a dip in car numbers for the event on 23rd October. I understand that some drivers were unhappy with the way the meeting before was run. I can say that after this meeting after watching the video evidence and from what I saw on the day I thought I had to act on some of the hits. I therefore banned 4 drivers ranging from 1 meeting to 6 months. Following the 23rd October meeting I have had some phone calls saying if the racing stays like that then drivers will return. I hope this is the case as Bombers is what Buxton is all about and should it need me to ban a few more drivers to keep it that way then that’s what I will do. Bombers is a nudge and spin formula and any driver not wanting to stick to the rules as laid out in your 2011 Buxton rulebook please expect a ban.

Bombers Team Championship is not far away. Get booked in, four drivers per team, Team names and colours required. This year I will also be putting an award up for the best presented team. Get booked in now.

Bangers
As a lot have people have commented, Bangers have been low on cars this year and we are wondering as to what to do for 2012. If anyone has any thoughts then these would be greatly appreciated. We are aware that all tracks domestic Bangers have been low but we would obviously like this formula to grow to where it was a few years ago. Some people have suggested 1600cc Bangers like Startrax run, what are people’s thoughts about this?

National Bangers ORCi Team championship at Arena Essex on 20th November. If you are interested in taking part please contact the office as soon as possible. I understand we have been low on numbers at Buxton this year but I would appreciate this meeting being supported to represent Buxton infront of the other banger drivers in the country to show them how good we can be. Please note I always have plenty of drivers wanting to take part in the World Finals as it was pointed out to me by some other promotions.

13th November sees the Micro /Metro meeting for the Bangers. This meetings engine limit has been raised to 1200cc to allow some other cars to take part. Get booked in for this event now so we can publish and get this meeting advertised and hopefully get some more cars out there.

Lady Bombers
This formula has grown from strength to strength this year and plans for next year are being well thought about. I understand you ladies want 3 races through-out the day and I am looking into this. If there are any other issues that you would like to put forward to me then please contact me in the office to discuss.

Ladies racing has now finished for 2011 and a huge congratulations to LaureenCartlidge who has secured the 2011 Lady Bomber Points Champion, with Magi Haslam coming second and a new driver to the formula this year Vicky Lounds coming in third.

Junior Bombers
What an excellent formula we have built up here. This formula was set up after some parents had asked Dave Pierce to do it and aren’t we glad that he did. George ‘Willis Jnr’ Plant has secured the 2011 Points Champion trophy congratulations to him, 2nd 3rd and 4th place are all still up for grabs with one of about 6 drivers being able to take any of these places. Good Luck to all drivers fighting for these places.

There were some issues at the last meeting with Juniors and contact is getting a little rough. I will be watching from the terrace and should I see any deliberate contact being made then I will load the driver up. I do not want to cost you a place in the points but I will. Go round the car in front not through them. Junior Bombers are NON CONTACT racing.

Hot Rods
Numbers for these has dropped slightly this year with losing some of our local drivers to National Hot Rods and other formulas. We have tried our best to get this formula going again but I think a drivers meeting is needed to discuss what the future holds.

Moaning out of the way and a huge thank you to all the drivers that have turned up to support Buxton, since the last newsletter we have staged quite a few Championships, a huge congratulations to all drivers who have taken the spoils in these races.

Hot Fords
Following the last meeting which I was not at during the racing, I believe there were some slight issues on track. I have not had anything reported to me but I have got a drivers meeting to discuss rules before the next meeting so hopefully will be able to resolve issues then. Overall I think this formula has had some fast close action packed racing. We have had a couple of technical issues throughout the year which we have spotted as we are trying to do the engine strips more. Just to clarify with this there is only me and two other people who know these are taking place and none of these are drivers.

RookiRods
Following the last meeting where I saw a driver take another driver out on purpose I had no option than to ban this driver for the 6th November meeting. I feel this was sufficient penalty as it was in the final of the meeting and he could not be loaded up.

I have been very happy with the way the formula is growing and also with the quality of the driving. There have been a couple of issues throughout the season but nothing major. I will be holding a drivers meeting soon to discuss the rules for RookiRods which all 2011 registered drivers will be allowed to attend. You will receive a letter for this. Please note if you do not attend or have someone else raise your issues, then you cannot moan.

Super Bangers
This formula is still growing and we have had some issues with drivers booking in and not turning up but at the drivers meeting I will be having with you this will be discussed. I have got rid of the Hot Ford permanent booking list and if you are not careful with not cancelling the meetings at which you cannot make it you may cost your fellow Super Banger drivers their permanent list.

Moaning over I think this formula has grown and is doing a very good job with some excellent racing and some new drivers coming into the formula. I have had a couple of rule issues with some drivers but hopefully these are going to be ironed out when we do the rules for 2012.

1300 Saloon Stock Cars
I am very pleased with this formula and all drivers should be as well. This formula is growing to be an excellent one. I went to the Skegness drivers meeting and we agreed that the rules for 2012 would stay as 2011. There may be some slight health and safety issues but these will be finalised and informed to you drivers as soon as possible.

Presentation Evening
Unfortunately due to the Hotel we normally attend having done a business deal with the local college we have had to change venue. On doing this I have thought about the comments that have been made to me and have decided to hold this event at the Winking Man Pub on the Leek Road. This event is a ticket only event and tickets can be purchased through the office or at the Pit Office on a race meeting. There will be a buffet and disco with the presentation of the trophies taking place mid-way through the night. Tickets for this event have been reduced due to there being no sit down meal, cost for this event is £12 per person.

Disciplinary
As I have mentioned in the relevant formulas we have had some issues throughout the year but these have been dealt with and the drivers have been informed. There has been some issues in Hot Fords with technical problems and also in Bombers with people not sticking to the nudge and spin rules.

License Forms
Your 2012 Licence forms will be available from next meeting at the pit office or you can contact the office and we will post you one out. As you will see the Junior Bomber name has changed to Junior Rods, however at this present moment NO decision has been made to change the rules. I will be having a drivers meeting with the drivers and their parents to run through my ideas and see what they think before I change this excellent formula.

2012 Fixtures
These are well underway and I am hoping to get these published by the end of the year so drivers know for booking their holidays for next year. We have been happy with all formulas but there may be a slight change to a couple of them but this will be issued well in advance.

Christmas Meeting
We were planning to hold a couple of meetings over the Christmas period but have reduced this down to one for this year. We are going to run a meeting on the 8th January 2012. This will be a fun meeting and some prizes will be up for the winners of the finals. Keep an eye on the website and also in the post for more information on which formulas will be taking part in this.

Thank you for your support throughout 2011. Good Luck to all drivers taking part in these last meetings of the year.

Matthew Watson
Promoter

Admission Prices
Below are the admission prices for 2011, we have not made any changes to our prices this year and therefore they are the same as 2010,  please note that for other major meetings there may be a change in price, this will be advertised at the time

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