Hi all
Thought I would register and say hi - I'm taking part in this event, but the powertool drag race side of things. Having been for the last two years and frankly been a little underwhelmed with the track / timing system, I'm hoping this year will be a nice change.

Couple of questions that I don't seem to be able to find answers for though; is the track the same size as previous years (a foot wide with 4x2 each side)? Is the power going to be applied to each side at the same time, or are we having that 'interesting' Christmas tree setup? I'm not a fan of the 'real' solution, it seemed to fail an awful lot last year.

I'm in the process of putting together our two ride-on entries, the one from last year has been fettled and overhauled. Dubbed the 'Widowmaker' by one of my colleagues in light of my recent marriage and the fact that I would have a 2 stroke 64cc petrol engine strapped to my behind, it performed flawlessly on the day. If you look on the Silverline website I'm the gimp in the yellow shirt on the two-wheeled scooter effort... I was a little disappointed by it's lack of top end speed, I'd made a small error in the design stage relating to the gearing - I was working under the impression we weren't actually racing them, just showing off. Now, obviously, I know better and have adjusted it to suit.
The second entry I'm not going to give too much away about, but I'll whet the appetites by saying it's got more than one spark plug and more than two wheels! Current progress looks good, the main thing I'm worried about it pilot weight at the moment! And we've not Christened it yet either. I suspect after a test run in a couple weeks we'll have lost a particular part of our anatomy and the name will become more apparent.

Cheers for now - Baz