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Re: Useful Site

UKGSA Forum - February 5, 2012 - 19:18

Some great information there..... Good work Rick !

Useful Site

UKGSA Forum - February 5, 2012 - 17:17

My brother found this useful site for bits and pieces. You all may already know about it but for those who dont its worth a look.http://buggies.builtforfun.co.uk/Links/index.php

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Mad Mearsi from Surrey will be racing their Soapbox Cartie at Cairngorm Soapbox Extreme 2012

CSEx Entries - February 5, 2012 - 14:47

Team: Mad Mearsi

From: Surrey

Class: Soapbox Cartie

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Re: DALBY SOAPBOX DERBY

UKGSA Forum - February 3, 2012 - 21:48

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UKGSA Forum - February 3, 2012 - 11:43

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Hi Broomer,for information, you can also optionally added the existence of the European Federation, "International Federation speeddown", FISD, which met the France, belgium, switzerland, italy, Czech Republic, Germany and Spain

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Re: soapbox info

UKGSA Forum - February 2, 2012 - 18:35

Brilliant, thanks for that, that will definitely get me started, really appreciate your timeanyone got anything else...anecdotal.....historical ?

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Re: soapbox info

UKGSA Forum - February 2, 2012 - 16:35

Just off the top of my head;There are over 40 known races in the UK and Ireland [link]. Most are relatively small events with competitors from the local area only, but some attract teams from all over the country. All the races are different; from relatively low speed fun events up to serious high speed racing.Some events are relatively small and have only a few hundred spectators, but others such as Belchford or Hoar Cross attract several thousand.There is no governing body and there are no standard rules. Most of the events just make their own rules up to suit what they are trying to achieve.I'd estimate the must be around 600 carties in the country, and possibly many more. There are about 20 teams that travel to events outside their local area.There is a Championship series in Scotland organised by the Scottish Cartie Association. The current champions are "Team Rooket" (http://teamrooket.webs.com/)Top speed recorded in the UK was at Cairngorm Soapbox Extreme last year, with C12 clocked at 70mph through a radar speed trap [link]. Some teams reported higher speeds elsewhere on the course.

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Gravity Challenged from Aberdeen will be racing their Soapbox Cartie at Cairngorm Soapbox Extreme 2012

CSEx Entries - February 2, 2012 - 16:21

Team: Gravity Challenged

From: Aberdeen

Class: Soapbox Cartie

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soapbox info

UKGSA Forum - February 2, 2012 - 14:34

I have to write an article for this years brochure for the spectators to be given out on race day (8th Jul )I want to give some stats about the sport, how many uk races ? fastest speed ? estimated no. of soapboxes in the country ? etc etc, anything at all, wonder if Catterline Carties or anyone else could throw some stats my waythanks in anticipationBroomer (Richards Castle)

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DALBY SOAPBOX DERBY

UKGSA Forum - February 2, 2012 - 09:32

I have been told that Dalby forest soapbox 4th/5th Aug is filling up fast, So if you are wanting to enter, do it soon gravity bike nuts !

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Cairngorm Soapbox Extreme 2012 - Entries Open

UKGSA Forum - February 1, 2012 - 22:28

* Race against the fastest teams in the country* Practice, qualifying and head to head racing* Estimated top speed 60+mph* 2 mile course* SCA Championship points available* Entries now open - see soapboxracing.co.uk for details

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SCA CartieSim - Soapbox Speed Estimation Software

Scottish Cartie Association - February 1, 2012 - 09:51

Download SCA CartieSim

(right click and select "Save target as...")

Current version: 1.1.0.7

Release Date: 21 Oct 2011

System Requirements

Windows XP or later
Microsoft .NET Framework version 4

SCA CartieSim has been developed by the Scottish Cartie Association as a tool for carte racers and race organisers. It allows cartie courses to be analysed to predict likely speeds and course times. In addition, it can highlight sections of the track where high speeds and tight cornering may cause difficulties and can be used to model the effect of chicanes on speeds.

Data can be loaded from Google Maps, GPS / SatNav data files and files created by Trackmaster, and the characteristics of individual carties entered to predict the effect of changes to weight, aerodynamics, etc.

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