Club ff1600

Most of the people who are keen to work on the UK FF1600 idea have been contacted and a meeting has been arranged for the Friday of the Autosport show. I would like to present to the working group the web part of the concept.

I would like people to donate images of FF1600's racing and anything else to get the concepts done. I don't want to use too many pictures of my car because this is not about me but all in UK FF1600 and I for some reason only have images of me!!! The site will be accessed via - www.clubff1600.co.uk. I have had one of my designers just put up a splash page to start with and you will see that I have too many pics of me!!

Any donations at the concept stage would be good - race reports from last year, photos, driver profiles etc

Cheers Redracer57

Please email me at chris@absolutemedia.co.uk or PM me

Just to add to what Chris said - I've not yet had the chance to individually contact everyone who has contacted me and who will form the 'working party'. If Friday (and it may well be early evening) is likely to prove problematic to any of you, please let me know by PM or e-mail. If too many people are ruled out, we can think about moving it but from the people I have asked we should be OK.

If anyone else is interested in offering support - particularly for contributions to the site in 2004 - please contact me.

Originally posted by Redracer57
The site will be accessed via - www.clubff1600.co.uk. Ignore the dot after uk

sorry everyone I posted the address slightly wrong!! sorry

www.clubff1600.co.uk

Looks cool.

In what form would you like donated pictures Chris?

I've sent you an email Chris

Thank Paul,

I got your email and I have a really good selection to work from!! Thank you very much. Justin I have a number of shots of you in the stuff from Paul so we can include a number of you!! I must call Ian and see if he has the one of you with the mars bar!!

If you have the one of you with me locked up in the back ground at the festival then you could send that as a jpeg?

Redracer

Nice start redracer. Just a thought, Brian Roberts did all the digital photos for the BRSCCNW site. He's a nice guy and I'm sure would be happy to help with a few photo's for a mention.
Note, free BRSCC membership is for one day only so if meeting date can be confirmed ASAP it would give plenty of time to arrange.

Chris you should make a few quid here mate ?:beer:

Guys, have you thought about contacting Jeff Bloxom and Gary Hawkins as I am sure they must have loads of pictures taken over the years?

If you want Gary's e-mail address drop me a PM.

SPEEDY77,

Thank you for your comments! As you are a client of mine you would realise how much money I would have to invest in the project and not make anything from it. It is about investing in FF1600 and not about making money.

Maybe you should try FF1600 as Britsh Gt's maybe be a big leap for you after you wrote off the Porsche GT3 at Donington earlier this year!!! (private joke everyone..!)

:banghead: Maybe you should try FF1600 as Britsh Gt's maybe be a big leap for you after you wrote off the Porsche GT3 at Donington earlier this year!!! (private joke everyone..!)

Just a small error but a big bang and a big bill ! roll on 2004 new car new team mate.

I have been following this with some interest and think its very postive for ff1600. Chris is the man for the job his Design team/company is excellent MUCH BETTER than his driving and I was only joking about him making a few quid from the deal it will probably cost him a few quid.

Also can I have a link/Add on the website for free ?:rotate:

Cheers Tony,

Maybe you could offer a free test in your GT3 for everyone involved!!!

Chris

I will be working on the Star of the Midlands 2003 season review later - I'm sure we can find a home for that on there...

Originally posted by Ian Sowman
Chris

I will be working on the Star of the Midlands 2003 season review later - I'm sure we can find a home for that on there... Is this for A Sp or MN Ian?
Harping back to my other thread on FF1600 Reviews in the Comics, I can save you some time. Please feel free to use my review below [no copyright]

"Peter Daly won the Midlands FF1600 series"

Jeff Grendall at www.autoimages.co.uk has loads of Combe FF1600 photos, he takes some good photos, and would I am sure help if a link could be included in the site. Ian, check your pm's.

Verglas - have checked them, whoever you are.

Diz - not for AS or MN, just a general review I will put together for anyone who wants to use it in some form (like The Hinckley Times). If you saw the Sports and Saloon reviews in MN this week you will know exactly how close to the truth you are with that insight!

Ian,
I don't buy MN any longer [even though I used to write for them] as I already subscribe to ASpt. Neither have much in the way of content that does it for me these days.

The only reasons I still have the subscription for ASpt. are
1. that I somehow feel I need to see what I used to consider a "trade bible" and
2. that I keep forgetting to cancel the direct debit.

You say "If you saw the Sports and Saloon reviews in MN this week you will know exactly how close to the truth you are with that insight!"

This was my original reason for posting the other thread. on FF1600 reviews in the comics :(

OK - some examples. They were all about the same length:

'A truly clubbie formula catering for any saloon, from highly modified to semi-roadgoing' - Peter Scherer (name that championship!). Followed by the top six in the points.

'It was a good year for the Ginettas with decent grids and close racing topped by GT-aspirant Gavin Mitchell' - Paul Lawrence. Preceded by the top six in the points.

I have a regular collection of race reviewers that have said they will cover testing/qualifying/racing from various corners at combe for every race, and jeff at www.autoimages.co.uk has photos from tons of combe and other races


I think combe will be well and truly covered. Its commitment / suggestions from other championships thats needed / wanted.

Originally posted by diz
Harping back to my other thread on FF1600 Reviews in the Comics, I can save you some time. Please feel free to use my review below [no copyright]

"Peter Daly won the Midlands FF1600 series"

Too long for Autosport.

Needs shortening, to be more like:

'Daly won the Midlands.'

Thank you for all the emails. I have had over 25 emails with pictures and reports for the design concepts. Thanks for all the support. Got a lot on next week with a pitch for a wine company with a brand called Old Git and Old Tart..should be fun! Then I can get the design team to put together some mock ups for the meeting so we can start to put together the best website in club motorsport.

Thanks again keep looking at www.clubff1600.co.uk as we will put up more and more stuff as it is develop so everyone can see how we are getting on.

Chaps:

Just thought I'd put my head over the parapet, ready to be shot down in flames...
These forums are turning into a bit of a 'lets slag off the weeklies again', which is fair enough if you're not happy. But if someone put together a little story about what this club/website/whatever is trying to achieve and sent it to the mags, you might just get some exposure for the project, and make more drivers/teams/fans aware of what is developing.
The mags aren't perfect, but neither is anything much in real life. However, guys like Matt James at MN have a genuine passion for single-seaters, including FF1600 and I reckon if you got people like Matt on side with some info, it would be good for this movement.
Equally, how many of those bemoaning lack of coverage, have ever sent in a press release about their activities? This time of the year, news can be quite slow, so why not give it a try?
Now, in the interest of personal safety, I'm leaving the country for a couple of weeks!!!

Originally posted by scoop

Now, in the interest of personal safety, I'm leaving the country for a couple of weeks!!! Is this because the Comic EOS Reviews are due in the next two weeks? :laugh:
Seriously though, valid points Paul. I think most of the topics on TT tend to develop into slanging matches [which is what makes them such fun].
Have a good holiday and see you at the Autosport Show.

Have to say that when fun 'press releases' have been sent in, in the past, a publish rate of over 75% has been experienced.

Everyone I know who has dealt with Matt James say he is really interested and helpful, a good contact.

He's a good bloke. I've started to get the wheels in motion to get something about this 'project' into the mags before Christmas.

its been four days without an update what's happening :laugh:

seriously though didnt you have a steering group meeting planned or am I jumping the gun?

We'll be meeting at the Autosport Show so things should progress from there.

looks like this show is going to be the centre of the universe for many things :D

Well, it is in Birmingham - which we all know *is* the centre of the Universe.

well I was born there...though I dont brag about that very often :laugh:

I would rather go to hell than Birmingham...! Don't we all love the M6......NOT

Thanks Chris! Don't forget the new M6 toll, you'll be able to use that to get to the NEC.

Have sent something to the mags, by the way.

Thanks Ian, will that be in next week if they publish it?

Should be, along with the other news the good citizens of Ten Tenths land have passed to me.

oooooh stop all this teasing...what good news?

Who said it was good news? We're just giving the initial plans a little bit more exposure.

ahhhh dyslexia I read "news the good citizens" as good news :laugh:

Good stuff redracer57!

welcome to Ten-Tenths kent c shire. I hope you enjoy your time here as much as I do watching FF1600 racing :)

Has anyone seen Autosport today to see what they put in re FF1600 club? Mine seems to have been delayed in the Christmas mail...

my local corner shop who orders it for me also said it had not turned up....:(

Yeah its there..nice size column in club news

Doesn't this edition come out on a Friday as it covers two weeks if my memory serves me well?

Well, at least one copy has leaked out judging from my e-mail inbox!

It's £3.95 but the place I got it from obviously hadnt adjusted bar code price as I only paid £2.80

what does it say!!!!

Hmm, I can't remember my subscriber number otherwise I would look on first view.

Yes Paul, type it all in!

really?

Oh, we'll let you off. How big a piece was it?

Source Autosport
A new website promoting Formula Ford 1600 racing will be launched in the new year should the plans of a group of enthusiasts come to fruition
The proposals which were first mooted by NW FF1600 racer Chris Hodgen include provision for an associated club to be established for competitiors in the category

more to come

About three column inches, good article

The site will be designed to encompass all championships in FF1600 including regional,classic and historic events as well as one off events such as the Walter Hayes Trophy with a focus on the swelling Kent-engined ranks

more to come

I can't believe the spelling and punctuation mistakes they made :(

Co-organiser Ian Sowman said "For all the interest there is a lack of co-ordinated good quality information about this particular area of the sport
It was initially envisaged that the club could provide income to set up the site but in reality it could do a great deal more than that
Working with the organising clubs we should be able to give FF1600 the profile and promotion it deserves"
A working party is expected to meet in the new year with organisers keen to hear from anyone interested in helping with the project. For further information contact ian.sowman@btopenworld.com

No the spelling and puntuation is probably me as I was rushing my typing and not paying much attention to it :laugh:

Thanks Paul. Basically what I sent them with the words in a different order. Well, they have to feel like they're earning their money I suppose.

good work all sound good

Maybe Autosport could sponsor it!!

Maybe we could sell Joey Foster to raise funds?

Or did I misread that other thread...?

:laugh:

Any news coming out of AI ??

We had a meeting and we definitely intend to push ahead with a site. More information will be released soon!

The problem is that people are unwilling to part with the money to join the club apart from a few and without this who is going to pay for the set-up costs etc ?

:banghead:

Redracer is working on getting the funds together, I'm hopeful that we will be able to get them...

Good luck Chris (Redracer) you will need it !

Progress update please Chris.

Will email you on Monday Ian - BRSCC don't want anything to do with it?

with arguably the best club racing there is its a shame that you boys cant be shown on tv. such as motors tv or m&m. with any coverage, even highlights sponsorship should be hell of a lot easier. i know its a long shot just a shame it cant happen, excellent entertainment and proper racing. better than watching 30 mins of gt racing lapping cars. good luck with finding sponsorship with the site.

Originally posted by Redracer77
Will email you on Monday Ian - BRSCC don't want anything to do with it?

that sounds a bit of a bummer :(

The FA
The BLTA
The ECB
The BRSCC

All the same. Don't they realise that by getting involved, it will raise the profile of their sport. The problem is, they look at the negatives. If it does go the way of the pear, they can say it had nothing to do with them. "You have to burn your fingers now and again to check your still alive"...........

I think the BRSCC have already done that once or twice!

True, but that's been with "new and promising" series as far as I can remember. Club FF covers Kent cars that have been around since the '60's with existing (mostly) successful regional championships run by BRSCC (Do they have anything bigger overall? 180+ cars?) I understand that they may be limited in what they can do but hope that they are interested really!

Well if the club is strong enough it should be able to decide who promotes its races, I am sure the BARC would be interested, the Classic Register has managed to switch, although it has been kept low key.

We couldnt' get away with a switch as BARC only have a handful of meetings at Oulton and the BRSCC hold the biggest slice of the cake.

I think the issue is getting them to do some promoting. I spoke to Andrew Brewer about the website and how good it is. I put some of my ideas to him about promoting the series and he agreed with me. Now, I don't know if his hands are tied or not, probably are, but it's all died down. I understand that a lot of these people have been around a lot longer than me and have tried to promote the championship before now with no luck, but it has not been done whilst I have been around. I started back in 1995. Maybe it's time to give it another go. Motor racing has come on leaps and bounds in popularity since then. I remember one Saturday last September. 4 of the 5 terrestrial channels had motorsport on mid-afternoon. You would never have got that 10 years ago. The thing is, people just watch it on TV. Most of the people I work with, didn't even know of the existance of Oulton Park until I worked with them. Those that have since been love it. All that good racing for a tenner?

Walshy drop Craig a PM and get yourself affiliated to Ten-Tenths if you haven't already done so. It's free nd another step forward. I wish you every success for the future, espcially as I a a real FF fan.

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Stephen Green
[B]Walshy drop Craig a PM and get yourself affiliated to Ten-Tenths if you haven't already done so.

Call me daft, but I'm not with you.

Who is Craig?

Chris,

He is Craig Antill the big boss honcho of TT
get yourself affiliated to Ten-Tenths means linking TT onto your own website. Or something like that.

Sorry Walshy should have explained it to you better but as Diz says above, thats about it...

Ten-tenths are currently un able to add new affilliates as they are updating the forum. If you mail them (i mailed admin because i didnt get a reply from the affiliate mailbox) they will put you on file and message you when the schem is available again.

Cheers for that all.............

Diz. What are this Saturdays winning Lottery numbers. Mystic Diz... Is there anything you don't know????
LOL

I'm sure Redracer77 could stick a random lottery number picker thingy on the site.

That's not good enough, you PM me 6 numbers. For the hell of it...