Speed Events?

I think a new catagory is required for Speed events (ie Sprints, Hillclimbs, Road Rallies?)

Cars from virtually all other catagories are used, but the format is a seperate specialised field of the sport. Can we add these?

I think a new catagory is required for Speed events (ie Sprints, Hillclimbs, Road Rallies?)

Cars from virtually all other catagories are used, but the format is a seperate specialised field of the sport. Can we add these?
Yes, definitely a category worthy of addition in the "Series by type of racing" category.
Would Sprints & Hillclimbs class as two seperate categories, or just one as "Speed events"?
And would Road Rallies would then fit in that category, or is it better under the "Rallying" header?

I would say that Road Rallies are definitely a separate animal. Like Stage Rallies, they are a subset of Rallies.

Sprints and Hillclimbs are very close. You could say that a sprint is a level hillclimb.

But why not just say 'Sprints and Hillclimbs' and forget the 'Speed Events' tag. After all, any motor sport event apart from a sporting trial is essentially a speed event.

Agree road rallies should be separate, and then 12 cars / scatters etc can fall around there.

I personally think sprints and hillclimbs should be separate - for example I'll do sprints not hillclimbs - and see them as different even though a sprint could be described as a level hillclimb!


[edit] apologies, didn't realise thread was started a while ago...!

a sprint could be described as a level hillclimb[/I]

NO!!

A hillclimb is an uphill sprint!

Bah either way will do me! Though you have a point as I tend to describe it your way round more often...!

Actually the first part of Gurston Down is a downhill sprint! :)

Seriously, I think hillclimbs and sprints should be bracketed together. That's where I started out in motor sport. There are some specialists who concentrate on each, but a lot of people do both, especially within a local area.

As this thread was started to get a seperate Hillclimb & Sprint Forum up and running which it has now achieved I think it should be closed.

After all the forum is working well with both Hillclimbing and Sprinting happily co-existing.

:Shake:

This is about the Wiki, not the forum.

This is about the Wiki, not the forum.

On the Wiki front, are there any standard formats available to download data into?

:)

OK, I think we're agreed then - anyone that wants to add information about these types of racing (or drivers in these types of racing, etc. etc.) feel free to categorise them appropriately given these as types of series:
Speed Events
Road Rallies

As regards formats Steve, it depends what you're adding - check the Editor Guide (http://www.ten-tenths.com/wiki/index.php/Help:Contents) and if you've got a specific question fire away.

OK, I think we're agreed then - anyone that wants to add information about these types of racing (or drivers in these types of racing, etc. etc.) feel free to categorise them appropriately given these as types of series:
Speed Events
Road Rallies

As regards formats Steve, it depends what you're adding - check the Editor Guide (http://www.ten-tenths.com/wiki/index.php/Help:Contents) and if you've got a specific question fire away.

See the page I input earlier:

http://www.ten-tenths.com/wiki/index.php/British_Sprint_Champions

If there is a standard format then fine but what is it?

Format on that is now much better Steve, much more readable than the first draft of it!

Would be good to see some context to it though - clarification exactly what it is so that the list makes sense. :)

You might consider either putting it in a table (http://www.ten-tenths.com/forum/showpost.php?p=1751752&postcount=6) or a list (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:LIST) too - make it even easier to read