SDMC24

2011-08-30T22:37:00.001+01:00

Our base and pit wall as it is at moment still a few tweeks to go

2011-08-27T23:30:00.001+01:00

Chris Roe :- Well what can we say, its only just after 11pm and we have suffered 2 faulty carbs, one faulty engine and one engine has fallen out !!! All have been replaced but having just finished my stint it felt like a clutch is now playing up, what a day... Can the person with the voodoo doll please stop pushing pins in it as its getting past a joke !!!
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2011-08-27T14:47:00.001+01:00

Chris Roe :- Well not the best of starts the kart is quite a bit off the pace but were hoping to hang on well until we can check it out at service, just had a red flag situation where a kart was engulfed in a fire ball but thankfully the driver appears to be ok and walked away. Bobs now in the driving seat and the red flag fell as we came out of the pits so we didn't loose any time
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2011-08-27T07:51:00.003+01:00

was looking fairly good this morning the track has dried up alot even though it was raining most of the night, although there is still a few puddles here and there it should dry with the karts on track. well that is until next time it rains anyway.

2011-08-27T06:21:00.001+01:00

Chris Roe :- Well morning has come and not long till the start of qualifying and practice, the weathers looking dry for now, good luck too all the SDMC teams let's hope we all have a good race
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night night

2011-08-27T01:34:00.001+01:00

It is now 1:25 am on race day the rain has started coming down again after a short respite. (hopefully the race suit will be dry for the start of the race) We have had a good meal and a laugh with judy les and simon tonight while relaxing in the sdmc motorhomes. we get our race karts at 7:30 in the morning so it is now time for some shut eye before the alarm goes of at 6:30 as this might be the last sleep we get untill sunday night

2011-08-26T19:07:00.001+01:00

After most of the day watching the owner drivers practising myself an Chris (team a) decided to get out and have a practise in the wet , which I am glad we did just to remind ourselves what it was like in the soaking wet conditions. Chris went first for half an hour and did a good job looking stable and solid times. I then went next and noticed how slow the private karts were in the wet but they sailed past on the straights. After weighing in our team is plus 1 lap at the start . So should be set for a good race

kart 10 team sdmc 2 race hire

2011-08-26T15:48:00.002+01:00

team c have been out practising in there kart first to go out was A bishop who at the first corner went straight into the gravel trap so had to come back to the pits and get the car checked out. C peacock went out next and was finding the car very twitchy and was stugging to keep up to the standard hire karts who were out there having some wet practise.

2011-08-26T08:29:00.001+01:00

Race weekend finally here today we go for weigh in and sign on. And all owner driver karts and race karts can go for free practise.

2011-08-25T20:48:00.001+01:00

Just come down to Ahmed's restaurant with Chris roe for a tbone steak to build the energy and weight up. Bob mckenzie has injured his back but hoping it will hold out. Ahmed Sabir has had problem fitting into there race kart as it only has small seats. Dave brownridge had had to get the race kart pedals adjusted as he couldn't reach them.

Pit wall and camp area

2011-08-25T15:38:00.000+01:00

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2011-08-25T15:36:00.001+01:00

Setup of our campsite is complete just tidy things up tomorrow to finalize pit area is set up also. A big thankyou to Ahmed Dave and Colin for helping and les who came along to bring caravan for evening

2011-08-25T14:20:00.001+01:00

Chris :- I'm glad to see the sun finally appear today as I was starting to wonder how exciting sitting in a wet kart seat for 8 hours would be :-( hope it stays fine for the race
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2011-08-25T11:48:00.001+01:00

just had news from the track due to heavy rain track is flooded they are pumping and trying to brush the water away as it is at the moment hopeully they will be able to sort it so we can use the full circuit. i am going down shortly to take equipment to the circuit and set up

2011-08-25T09:58:00.001+01:00

well it is set up day and it is raining quite consistently and the forcast doesnt look good for the weekend wih strong winds and heavy rain. Wonderful not

2011-08-24T13:32:00.001+01:00

All my gear is now packed up ready to go. Helmet with both visors clean spare gloves and boots with wet suit in case it rains. Helmet cam and radios all charged up,Back up pit board ready. Clock and radio for kart ready to bolted on
Also have sdmc banners gazebos for living and pit area with lighting some seating. Getting exited now

2011-08-23T14:11:00.001+01:00

Team b have a standby to do some stints which maybe available if decided they want to go back to a 5 man team after they had a pull out last month so were left a man down and had to share the stints out

2011-08-22T23:49:00.000+01:00

Team c are struggling to get there rota set up nothing seems to be equaling up on paper but calculations say it should work fine

update kart numbers

2011-08-22T12:05:00.001+01:00

I have just had confirmation from the kart track we have our numbers allocated, for team 1 it is no 61 team 2 is 62 and team 3(race hire) is no 10.
As it stands at the moment there are 74 entries which are
Owner drivers 30
Club karts        10
Race hire         3 (team c)
Standard hire   31 (team 1 and 2)

2011-08-21T19:03:00.001+01:00

D brownridge and myself have just spent the last two hours resurrecting the three gazebos we used last year which got destroyed in the heavy winds, not perfect but usable now and at least we will have a bit of shelter

2011-08-21T14:51:00.001+01:00

Breaking news
Ahmed Sabir from team c has hurt his ARM while trying to move a washer, he is hoping it will be better for race weekend (next week)

1 week to go

2011-08-18T09:11:00.001+01:00

It is just over a week to go now but next Thursday we will be there setting up our camp. Then on Friday we get weighed in and can do testing and on Saturday we have testing and qualifying before the race starts at midday for a gruelling 24hr hrs. But before that team c have to go down and check there pro kart out for size etc and get fitted in to the right size seat, but that might be awkward as there is a large difference in size from C Fish and A Sabir to the likes of A Bishop in there team.
Everyone is really looking forward to the event now but the nerves and tension will start to build up soon

2011-07-30T12:38:00.001+01:00

Testing comms Have gone fairly well today just making a few teaks here and there

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29/7th/2011

2011-07-29T21:48:00.001+01:00

Team 2 have now dropped down to 4 drivers with Martin Hodgson having to pull out due to work commitments and team 3 have to rethink there strategy due to fuel tank issues. Team 1 however have no wories and are fine tuning there strategy and equipment

2011-06-21T18:46:00.004+01:00

It is just over 2 months for the 2011 British 24hr karting enduro race at teesside autodrome as in previous years SDMC have 3 teams running. But this time team c who struggled last year have gone for a triple upgrade to try and get a better result by getting a pro kart while the top 2 teams for last year stick with the lower speck karts.
Team 1 for this year only have three drivers and they are Steve Allan, Bob Mckenzie and Chris Roe.
Team 2 have 5 drivers Jason Smith, Attilla Sabir, Martin hodgson, Martin Peacock,(plus 1 spare space if u want to in join please contact C Peacock or myself)
Team 3 (the pro kart)have 5 drivers they are Colin Peacock, Dave Brownridge, Andy Bishop,
Ahmed Sabir, Chris Fish

2010-08-29T14:43:00.002+01:00

Thats it folks race over for another year. The rain dried up for the last hour so a nice dry line was there for me to go out on the last stint but 10 mins before the end there was a few more spots of the wet stuff but luckily no problems.
I did suffer on the last go as i forgot to put in my seat insert so was getting banged around like a pinball
with over 75 karts starting it was going to be a busy race but final SDMC reults are

Team A 52nd (29th in class) 963 laps

Team C 46th (22nd in class) 968 laps

Team B 37th (14th in class out of 4o) 987 laps (88 laps down on winner)
with the fastest Sdmc lap time of 1.20.109 fastest lap overall 115.76o
wll done everyone see you at the next kart meeting in oct

2010-08-29T11:04:00.000+01:00

2 hrs to go and the track is very wet and greasy still lots of competitors are spinning off but luckily all of our drivers are managing to keep in a straight line on the black stuff

Steaallan

2010-08-29T10:13:00.001+01:00

Just as bob goes out again 9 the rain starts for the 3rd time slowing the times right down at the start of the stint we were 38th team c 51st and team a 55th PIct is bob on damp track at 10:12 am

Steaallan

2010-08-29T08:36:00.000+01:00

The aching and tiredness is kicking in on some people now with 4.5 hrs to go

Steaallan

2010-08-29T06:57:00.001+01:00

Ahmed on his last stint decided to come in 20 mins early due to fatigue he said he was in a bit of pain and making lots of mistakes so all stints now will be moved forward 15 mins

Steaallan

2010-08-29T06:31:00.001+01:00

6:30 ahmed (team b) halfway through his last double stint up to 38rd team c 53rd and team a still in 60th sun is starting to rise getting brighter and warmer again now

Steaallan

2010-08-29T05:10:00.001+01:00

At just before 5 dave and colin were out on track having a great dingdong battle with dave getting the upperhand overall just done driver changes and next time service is due team b is 39th team c is 50th 12 laps back and a further 12 laps back in 60th is team a fastest lap for team b is 1.20.376 (s allan) team c 1.20.680 (c fish/c roe) and team a 1.21.968 (c peacock)
So far it has been good clean racing as a whole

Steaallan

2010-08-29T00:18:00.001+01:00

Juat come off second stint of 1and a 1/2 hours a few minor incidents involving privateers unforttunaly slowing us down also and just before i was due to come in i came round the top of the hill and in the middle of the track was 2 more privateers who had collided and smashed each other up i had to go sidewards to miss them very lucky not to hit we are now positioned 38 with fastest lap of 1.20.369
Team are a few places down on us and team a in a lowly 68th after new engine and problems in the garage
Steaallan

2010-08-28T20:15:00.000+01:00

Just over 8 hours into the race with bob out on track doing a solid reliable drive with the light starting to go down And team b having the sdmc bragging rights in 37th place and only 22 laps behind the leader in who in the pro karts are much faster on the straight but do slow us down on the corners

Steaallan

2010-08-28T17:52:00.002+01:00

About 2 hours in to the race the heavens opened for 10 mins so the times dropped dramatilly juast after bob had gone out but he got the times down from 1-40s to 1-23s but was very dissappointed and now cant wait for his next stint.
3 hours into the race i go out when it is dry. And now back in in after my first stint of 1 1/2 hrs when went out We were 57th and now are 42 with my best lap time of 1.20.699 and i have to admit i didnt want to come in. Ahmed is now out there for his first double stint
Report back soon

Steaallan

2010-08-28T12:39:00.000+01:00

Sdmc 2010 kart teams

Steaallan

2010-08-28T12:01:00.001+01:00

Qualifying is now over team c have club honours finishing 42nd (9th hire) out of 75 karts (40 hire karts) team b 45th (12 hire kart) and team a 63rd (28th hire kart)

Steaallan

2010-08-28T10:06:00.001+01:00

After first stint in quali team b 23rd team C 30th and team a 45th with suspected top speed problems yeah right

Steaallan

2010-08-28T00:09:00.000+01:00

Its just past midnight, now race day dave b and myself had run round the circuit a bbq and a long chat with the circuit marshalls in our top flat but now its time to try and get some shut eye as we will be up from 6:30 to sticker up karts and SDMC photoshoot if everyone else makes it here etc
Steaallan

2010-08-27T16:50:00.000+01:00

All set up now karts have been tested by circuit a ok

Steaallan

2010-08-27T10:32:00.003+01:00

Today is the day it all starts properly teams have been setting up yesterday and today there will be lots more coming so very tight on space.
Today is signing on weigh-in and practise if you want to and practise/qualifing is tommorrow (saturday 28th-8-2010) Keep checking for more information on sdmc website here and also now twitter with D Brownridge

2010-08-16T17:56:00.003+01:00

With 2 weeks to go we now have our team number allocations Team A-56 green, B-57 orange, C-58 pink

Steaallan

2010-08-15T09:02:00.001+01:00

Two weeks to go now and there has been major updates in pitboard and team strategys roll on the bank holiday weekend

Steaallan

BRITISH 24hr 2010

2010-08-07T14:57:00.003+01:00

Well its only 3 weeks now before the 2010 British 24hr kart race (August 28-29th). With a full entry of 78 karts it will be rather busy and exiting as will it be in the paddock here are the teams
Team A
C Peacock capt
B Naylor
W Clough
K Clough

Team B
S Allan capt
R Mckenzie
Ah Sabir
At Sabir
D Brownridge

Team c
J Smith capt
J Daniel
C Roe
M Peacock
A Bishop

Pit Manager
Declan Livingston

It should be a great weekend all round so if you are not competing in this event come down over the bank holiday and support your msa highly commended local motorcub and keep checking back here for more info running upto the race and sdmc team updates throughout the race weekend. See you there

results

2009-08-30T21:04:00.005+01:00

I would just like to say a big well done to everyone who completed the event and a big thankyou to all my team B who did an outstanding job' for novice drivers. The star of the team was Bob Mckenzie and the most improved was Atilla Sabir who was able to take up to 3 seconds off his starting times, I think this was to make up for the telling off i give him after him speeding through the pit lane but here are the final results.

ps: Now none of my team can wait for the next ironman race at the end of October as we all should be making some good progress up the field.

24hr update

2009-08-30T13:43:00.002+01:00

Team A finished 37th overall.
Team B finished 41st overall
Provisional result before weight handicap adjustments.

More accurate info to follow in near future, for now... bed calls. Was a busy last few hours so no time for updates.

Update after 21 hrs (9am)

2009-08-30T08:57:00.003+01:00

At 7.30 am, the race was stopped for 30 mins after an incident involving just one kart. The diver was taken to hospital for xrays. The suspected cause was the drivers scarf becoming caught in rear axle, possibly luckily,during a full course yellow and therefore relatively slow speed. It doesnt bear thinking what would happen at full speed...
This meant we changed our driver change / refuel strategy to suit and next out for Team B was Bob. After a few laps getting tyres back up to temperature, he was detirmined to break the 1min 21 secs barrier. Not quite, but his lap times were consitantly in 1min 21's & 22's. Bob in now, Malcolm is now in the seat. Ste has scrapped his last stint due to his worn body and so the remaining four will finish the race for Team B.
Team A are currently in 34th seven laps ahead of Team B and are without problems.

Update after 19 hrs

2009-08-30T06:57:00.002+01:00

Daylight has broken. Earlier, Steve of Team B went out immediatley behind Martin of Team A who had just began his stint one lap earlier. Steve caught and passed Martin quite easily and pulled out a very large gap. This gap continued to increase to the point Steve was catching Martin again to take one lap back. The gap was reducing by approx 2 - 3 secs a lap and it looked like Steve would finally catch martin, but wirh ten minutes of Steve's drive left, Team A brought Martin in early. Martin commented on a tough stint due to a slipping clutch and handling probs. They made a very fast pit stop and Warren went out still ahead of Steve by just under 10 secs. This gap was shrivelled with the help of a full course yellow, but on the restart, Steve only a few seconds behind and viewing the number 88 in front, Ste fought to catch Warren. He did so and made a great pass leading into the chicane, altho this was short lived as he had a spin at the back of the circuit and re-appeared about 10 secs behind Warren.
More drama was to come.... Steve came in for his pit stop ten minutes later, although a mistake meant Amhed (Steves replacement) was not yet ready and meant he had to continue through the pit lane and back out again losing time. After a couple of laps, the freshly awoken Amhed was ready to take over. Steve emerged looking in pain.... his side had become quite bruised from the battering Karting gives.... esp over 24 hours.
Most people are still asleep with those still awake feeling the effects of tiredness. We are now getting close to the final hurdle... but... anything can happen. Will get a position update soon

Update after 16 hrs

2009-08-30T03:58:00.002+01:00

Nothing of any note to report. Team A slightly edging ahead, Team A 34th... Team B 41st. 6 laps difference now so Team A have pulled out another 2 laps over the last 4 hours. Different pit stops make a difference. Team A have done approx 636 laps in the race so far. Team B now 3 laps ahead of afformentioned Scuderia Cento.
People are getting tired now and many sleeping where time allows. Not me of course... as well as updating the blog, i am keeping times for Team B.
more later

Update after13 hrs

2009-08-30T01:02:00.002+01:00

Things are closing between Team A and Team B. Team A 41st and Team B 44th at present.
Didnt see what the gap is between them. Not much news, Race stopped at about 11pm after a driver went into tyre wall heavily after the esses and had to be removed from the circuit (not sure about injuries). Team B light problems again...... remaining front light stopped working, so at the last pit stop, A spare one was taped to the front. On looking closer at the previous one, it was noticed it had sheared clean off at some point.
Bob has just finished his stint where he has been persuing the next Kart which is Team Scuderia Cento.... the team run by our friend Emily (EmSpem). He has been setting reasonably good times altho we are still chasing that Kart.
Team A... still going strong according to Warren Clough, altho the fact they were 37th doesnt look good, Warren insists this is due to a pit stop and is looking for good times when his stint starts in 10 mins.

update positions at 11pm

2009-08-29T23:04:00.001+01:00

Team A are 37th with 435laps team B are 43 with 429laps still continuing very tight battles throug the race

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Update after 10.5 hrs

2009-08-29T22:39:00.002+01:00

Sorry about lack of updates, but things are all go here with no time to spare to switch laptop on. Could of done with someone here to do that job alone. Anyway, Dont know the positions.. (a result of being to busy with everything else).. but will check very shortly.

Team A doing well, Colin has just finished his stint and reported very good times. "Had a clear run and kart seems to be running better in clear air. I still havent picked a race with Steve yet..." said Colin.

Team B, also doing ok, altho further back after their earlier probs. We had an initial problem with the lights not working, but soon sorted that on a pit stop. Altho, we were asked to take front one off as it was too bright. Bob reported.." its was brilliant, i could examine the engines of the karts in front, it was so bright". Anyway, we altered the angle to point to the floor to take its brightness away.... we need to be able to recognise the kart at night. During the last stint, the rear one was damaged beyond repair... Ste said... "i was rear ended by a privateer..."... no more info required..
Hopefully will post positions soon...

19:30 change over

2009-08-29T20:06:00.002+01:00

At the 7:30pm change over attilla team B and Martin team A both went out at the same time and have been swapping places for 6/7 laps with really tight racing untill Martin lost control and spun so Attilla was able to pull away

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Update after 7hrs

2009-08-29T19:01:00.002+01:00

Few incidents regarding yellow flags and drivers not paying attention prompted a clerk of course meeting with team captains to re state the regs. This seemed to go unheeded and after a few dangerous moments involving marshals, the race was stopped momenterally and the law laid down.
Team B position still hovering round the late 40's and just been in to pit garage for a routine maintanance check. Only problem noticed is left hand front light broken (only a cosmetic issue).
Heading towards darkness soon.

Update after 4.5 hrs

2009-08-29T16:39:00.002+01:00

Current positions:
Team A 40th
Team B 50th

Team A, no real problems, steady running.

Team B lagging a bit after speeding penalty and now having Starting cable snap after a refuel. That meant more lost time and taken around 3 mins to replace. Amhed replaced by Malcolm at 16.30hr.

Newsflash

2009-08-29T15:10:00.001+01:00

3 hours in, Atilla Sabir gets a 20 min penalty, reduced to 5 mins for speeding in pit lane. Team B 53rd pos.

Approaching 3 hrs

2009-08-29T14:51:00.003+01:00

As Ste has already mentioned, Team B got a good start from the flag, only for the problems of fitting 66 Karts into one corner comes into play. The second corner is always fun on the opening lap at this circuit and often its someone else who dictates what position you emerge it in. After dropping back, he had the humiliation of another spin in front of the watching crowd which dropped him further back to last place.But Ste is made of strong stuff and after a few laps settling in, he soon brought his times down to respectable consistancy. This is a 24hr race after all. In Fact, he went a bit further and started setting personal best times around the 1min 22secs mark. A consistant run by Malcolm held station and then Amhed ran without fault.
After 3 hrs, Team A 40th position, Team B 46th position.

2hr mark

2009-08-29T14:40:00.002+01:00

Team B managed to get a great start by Steve passing lots of other competitore after the 'Le Mans sprint start' but at the second corner i got rear ended which put me almost to the back of the pack, but then started to regain positions again. Them it was time for malcolm to go out and as usual he did a stirling job with not to much drama apart from a couple of spins. When he came in he said he doesnt think he will have enough adrenaline to last the full 24 As it is manic out there
Steaallan

practise session

2009-08-28T22:17:00.001+01:00

Well after the first practise session team A finished 20th fastest And team B 23 fastest for team B Bob Mc was fastest with a lap of 1:22:7 next was S Allan with 1:23:3 then Ahmed Sabir with 1:23:4 and Malcolm Mcphie with 1:23:8 followed by Attilla Sabir 1:25:4 so as a result Bob will be doing our qualifying tomorrow well tucking in for some food now and got my bed ready Steaallan

BBQ

2009-08-28T22:06:00.000+01:00

I'm hoping the chilli burgers are not going to be giving me a johnny cash in the morning!

preparation

2009-08-28T17:49:00.001+01:00

Well preparation is going well so far for Brian (team a) focusing hard on the job in hand
Steaallan

Weather

2009-08-28T10:30:00.003+01:00

I have just checked the weather for the event, today for the practise there is a 70% chance of light rain but for saturday (raceday) it looks like it is going to be a nice day with temperatures up to 16c and then getting cloudy but should be dry for sunday.
Dont forget keepchecking back here

Kart numbers

2009-08-27T13:25:00.008+01:00

As Stockton motor club We have now been allocated our kart numbers;
Team A, no.88
Team B, no.89
It is really busy at the circuit at the moment with the private teams doing setup and testing for the big event. There are just short of 70 teams, each with 3-6 drivers racing around the 2.1km circuit at speeds in excess of 60 miles an hour at Teesside autodrome

Stephen A Allan

Press Release

2009-08-26T04:17:00.001+01:00

TWO teams totalling 11 drivers will fly the Stockton and District MC flag in this weekend’s 24-Hour Kart Race at Teesside autodrome.

It’s the third year in succession the club has contested the event and we hope to build on previous experience.

“The Le Mans-style start this year adds a new dimension to the race and the whole endurance and team experience is amazing,” said SDMC team captain Ste Allan.

“The first year we blew two engines and had a total brake system failure which had to be replaced through the night.
By the time we crossed the line at noon on the Sunday we had endured a rollercoaster 24 hours.”

Captain of SDMC’s team two is Colin Peacock and Allan added: “There is an intense rivalry between us.
We are both targeting top 10 finishes in our class, but club honours are at stake and that certainly pushes us along.”