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2010 Fixture List
as at 12 Jan 10

We thank you for your support this year and hope that you will be able to join us again next season. It is a little early yet but we thought that Members would like some indication now about what we are intending to run next year. Here it is and we hope that you will like it!

SATURDAY 20TH MARCH      MALLORY PARK        TRACK RIDE IT DAY

SUNDAY 21ST MARCH          MALLORY PARK        MASTER OF MALLORY   
                                                                     CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND 1 WEEKEND 17/18TH APRIL     CADWELL PARK        THE SPRING TROPHY
                                                                   CHAMPIONSHIP ROUNDS 2/3
SUNDAY 25TH APRIL            SILVERSTONE           TOWCESTER TROPHY 
                                                                                              ROUND 4
MONDAY 31ST MAY             MALLORY PARK        MASTER OF MALLORY 
                                                                        CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND 5
WEEKEND 10/11TH JULY      SNETTERTON            THE ENDLUNN TROPHY
                                                                   CHAMPIONSHIP ROUNDS 6/7
WEEKEND 21/22 AUGUST      PEMBREY                THE RED LION TROPHY
                                                                   CHAMPIONSHIP ROUNDS 8/9
SATURDAY 4TH SEPT           CASTLE COMBE   FOWLERS PRO-BIKE NATIONAL
                                                                                       FINAL ROUND
WEEKEND 2/3 OCTOBER        CADWELL PARK       DAVE HOLLAND MEETING
BOXING DAY 26TH DEC         MALLORY PARK       PLUM PUDDING H/CAP

RACING MEMBERSHIP remains at £25 for the year and we will do our best to peg Entry Fees at the 2009 levels. We can`t promise this yet though as we have not had any indication of Circuit Hire fees from the owners. We also have top worry about the possible re-imposition of VAT at 17.5% and a known 5% increase in insurance costs.

Click here to download Membership Form

 

CASTLE COMBE 4TH SEPTEMBER 2010
TIMETABLE

PRACTICE
08.45                Allcomers 70 - 690cc                        Timed
                       Side Cars                                        Untimed
                       Lansdowne Classic                           Untimed
                       Allcomers FXtreme - 1300cc              Timed
                       125 / 250 / 400 / Etc                        Timed
                       Sound of Thunder / Ducati 848          Timed
                       Ducati Desmo A & B                          Timed
                       FXtreme / Pro Bike                           Timed
                       Side Cars                                         Timed

RACING
11.50                 Allcomers 70 - 690cc                          6 Laps
                        Lansdowne Classics                            8 Laps
                        125 / 250 / 400 / Etc                          8 Laps
                        Side Cars                                          8 Laps
                        Classic Racing Parade 1                      15 Mins
                        King of Combe / Allcomers upto 1300    6 Laps
                        Sound of thunder / Ducati 848             8 Laps
                        Ducati Desmo A & B                            8 Laps
                        Classic Racing Parade 2                       15 Mins
                        Pro Bike / Formula Xtreme                   8 Laps
                        Lansdowne classics                              8 Laps
                        125 / 250 / 40 / Etc                             8 Laps
                        Sound of Thunder / Ducati 848              8 Laps
                        Ducati Desmo A & B                              8 Laps
                        Pro Bike / Formula Xtreme                    8 Laps
                        Side Cars                                            8 Laps
                                
                         

THE NEW ERA ANNUAL DINNER AND
PRIZEGIVING

SATURDAY 12TH FEBRUARY 2011

Barcelo Daventry Hotel & Club
Ashby Road, Daventry, Northamptonshire, NN11 5NX
Telephone: 01327 307000  Fax: 01327 706313

Championship Prizes go down to Third Place only for those attending the Function.

 Menu:     Roast Tomato Soup
              Slow Cooked Beef Steak, Dauphinoise Potato,
              Asparagus and Port Wine Jus.
              Mango Cheesecake with Passion Fruit Coulis.
              Coffee & After Dinner Mints.

Tickets:   Members and Guests  £37.00 each
              Disco & Presentation only £20.00 each

Overnight accommodation including breakfast £37.50 per person
inclusive of full English Breakfast.
( Please book this direct with the Hotel )

Swimming Pool - Whirlpool Spa - Beauty Studio!

Note: A booking form for the above event will automatically be sent out to all members during November with next years Membership Renewal Form, Fixture List, Championships etc, or can be downloaded by clicking here.

 

 

JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP ADDED

New Era introduces a JUNIOR Championship alongside the NEWCOMERS Championship. Each main Championship Class New Era runs (e.g. "Pro Bike Open") will now have an extra sub Championship class added - the Junior.

Last year there was the main Pro-Bike Class and a Novice Pro-Bike Class. This year there will be a main Pro-Bike Class - a JUNIOR Pro-Bike Class and a NEWCOMERS Pro-Bike Class. The same will apply to our other main championship classes.

NOTE: a Junior is defined as any rider with a Clubmans Licence who is not required to wear a Novice Jacket at the first New Era meeting he enters. To be included in the championship, he has to register with Jackie on the appropriate form. He remains in the JUNIOR Class throughout the year even if he upgrades his licence.

A NEWCOMER is defined as for the Junior Class described above except that he or she is a Novice Jacket Wearer at the first meeting he enters.

 

 

Ducati Launch One-Make
848 Race Series

Fifteen races, eight rounds, four world championship circuits and two thousand pounds worth of Ducati Corse Riding Gear 

DUCATI UK and New Era Motorcycle Club have joined forces to launch a ‘one-make series’ based on Ducati’s 848 Superbike.

The race series, known as the 848 Challenge, will be run over eight rounds, six in the UK and two in Europe incorporating four world championship circuits. Each of the UK rounds will host two races. Misano will also hold two races with Assen being a single race.

Ducati say the 848 Challenge will offer participants a unique opportunity racing at some of the best circuits in the UK and abroad with the intention to visit four World Championship circuits that would include Brands Hatch, Silverstone, Misano and Assen.  The Misano round will be held during the weekend of the 12th and 13th June where the renowned World Ducati Week takes place - a Ducati festival that is attended by up to 50,000 fans. The Assen Circuit will welcome the 848 Challenge during the biggest amateur race meeting the ‘Ducati Club Races’. Other circuits on the calendar include Cadwell, Castle Coombe, Oulton and Snetterton.

All competitors will use the same model of bike (848/848 Dark) which with the exception of race fairings, tyres and exhausts will remain standard.

Competitors can purchase a new 848/848 Dark from any official Ducati dealer and included in the price will be a new Ducati Corse Riding Gear Set (Ducati Corse leather suit, Arai Chaser helmet, Ducati Corse gloves, Puma boots and Dainese-Ducati Back Protector) worth an estimated £2,000, alternatively second hand 848s are available from dealers.

For further information regarding the 848 Challenge please contact:

Chris Bushell
103 Willow Park
Otford
Sevenoaks
Kent
TN14 5NF
 
Tel/Fax 01959-522249
Mobile 07711-047748

Email: chris.bushell@sgrassociates.com

 


ELECTRIC RACING WITH NEW ERA

e-POWER RACE DATES
April 18:
Lemans
September 12: Magny-Cours
November 14: Doha, Qatar
TBC: Albacete
All dates provisional

TTCGP WORLD SERIES DATES
May 14-16:
Infineon Raceway
June 11-17: Isle of Man TTXGP
July 3-4: Cadwell Park
July 8-11: Mosport Canada
July 10-11: Snetterton (This has changed from 17-18 July)
August 13-15: Virginia International Raceway
September 04: Castle Combe
October 2-3: Brands Hatch
October 24: Albacete Grand Final
TBA: Additional European round
TBA: Additional North American round

 

2010 BRITISH F2 SIDECAR CHAMPIONSHIP DATES

Weekend 17/18th April                Thruxton              BSB
Sunday & Monday 2/3rd May        Cadwell                Derby Phoenix
Weekend 26/27th June                Mallory                BSB
Weekend 17/18th July                 Anglesey              Wirral
Saturday 04th September             Castle Combe        New Era
Weekend 2/3rd October              Cadwell Park         New Era

 

 CHAMPIONSHIPS - 2010

THE SOUND OF THUNDER
Singles/Twins/Triple 4 strokes and single cylinder 2 stroke to 500cc plus 750 Classic

THE PRO-BIKE OPEN
475-750 2 stroke and 701-1300cc 4 stroke machines

BRIDGESTONE/NEW ERA FORMULA XTREME CHAMPIONSHIP
For solos 600 and up to 675cc - no restrictions (slick tyres allowed).

NEW ERA TWO-STROKE CHAMPIONSHIP including POST CLASSIC classes as per the TZ Club
Solos up to 750cc age restricted as follows:
70      Modern era
125    Modern era - inc 125 Production
250       Class 1 up to 1981
            Class 2 from 1982 to 1985
            Class 3 from 1986 to 1990
            Class 4 from 1990 onwards
350       Class 1 up to 1978
            Class 2 from 1979 onwards
375-750 no age restrictions

250/350 classes 1 to 3 may not run with upside down forks.

THE DUCATI 848 SERIES
For riders of Ducati 848 machines

DUCATI DESMO DUE CHAMPIONSHIP
In two classes A and B

BRIDGESTONE ALLCOMERS CHAMPIONSHIP
Allcomers Solos from 600 up to 1300cc Slick Tyres - no machine restrictions

THE NEW ERA ALLCOMERS CHAMPIONSHIP
in separate classes.
70 to 690 but Formula Xtreme not eligible

NEWCOMERS CHAMPIONSHIPS (For red jacket wearers)
There is also a Newcomers Class in each championship listed, for registered riders.

JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS (Non red jacket wearers)
There is also a Junior Class in each championship listed, for registered riders.

Some Guest Classes will be included in some events:-
     Ducati Desmo Due
     British F2 Sidecar Championship at Castle Combe & Cadwell Park
     The Lansdowne Classic

 

THE 2010 MAXXIS CORSE SERIES

New Era is pleased to announce the inclusion of the Maxxis Corse Series into its programme of events for 2010

Championship Conditions

Class A - Is for liquid cooled 4 valve Ducati machines up to 750cc Maximum of 110 BHP and a minimum weight of 180 Kilo

Class B - Is for Air colled 2 valve Ducati machines up to 950cc without fuel injection and a minimum weight of 158 Kilo

Both classes to run on Maxxis control tyres

Series Co-Ordinator
David Nicholson:
Tel: 079101 36722
Email: david@solocorse.co.uk

  

RACE-DAY FORMAT and GENERAL FOR 2009

Note: This was decided in 2009 and worked successfully - the 2010 meeting will take place at Daventry on 13th Feb adn so some changes may be agreed there.

Following a very well attended riders meeting at Daventry on Saturday 14th February, the following was agreed as being the best format possible for our 2009 Race Days.
Fundamentally, it was agreed that the best method of establishing Grid Positions for our races would continue to be by Timed Practice.
It was also agreed that, wherever possible there should be an Untimed as well as a Timed session for everybody.
There would also be a serious attempt to do away with the traditional Assembly Area, and the hanging about that this involves. The idea being that every Rider must be aware that there will be one 3 minute call only for each race. After 3 minutes the Paddock gate will close and late comers will miss out. Riders will have had Grid Sheets so will know their Grid Positions and will - in the 3 minutes available - go straight through the Assembly Area to the Grid without stopping.This will be a "ONE CALL" System. Obviously this will be a pretty dramatic change and will place a lot of responsibility on to each rider. It will therefore be subject to review after a while - but we hope the riders will co-operate as it is in their interest to do so

LATE ENTRY FEES. It is agreed that there will generally be no late entry fees charged this year - although there will be a £20 late fee applied where any Entry is accepted on the day of an event
.
CREDIT CARD PAYMENTS Credit card payments will not be taken any earlier than the Monday in the week in which the race meeting is due to take place. But will not be taken on the day of the meeting.

PRESENTATION OF AWARDS To help build a Club identity and atmosphere, there will be a presentation of awards on the Saturday evening of all two-day events.
Finally of couse, the less the riders fall off the more track time will be available for everybody.
 

SAFETY CARS – ANOTHER NEW ERA INNOVATION

In order to reduce the number of Red Flag incidents that mar the enjoyment of so many riders in so many meetings the Club successfully piloted the use of Safety Cars in Club Racing last year. The cars can’t stop all Red Flags of course and they also require the co-operation of the riders in that the information and instructions they have been given at their compulsory briefings must be strictly observed. 

It worked well at Cadwell insofar as an incident at Charlies was concerned.   The procedure was however screwed up somewhat when the leading rider behind the Safety Car fell off at Barn Corner just before the Safety Car entered the Pit Lane fortunately without injury – but that was something that definitely shouldn’t have happened.

 THE LIGHTWEIGHT SCENE – ENCOURAGEMENT FOR FUTURE STARS

 The growth in junior racing with 70’s. 80’s and 125’s is an encouraging development in recent years and is something that New Era is keen to provide the opportunities for.  Among the growing band of youngsters at our meetings is one Taylor Mackenzie who is off to a great start with expert guidance from his father Niall who was of course a famous Grand Prix rider not so very long ago. At Cadwell on 15th March young Tom DOUGHTY aged just 15 rode his Conti 70cc machine into 19th place in the half-hour race covering 14 laps at an average speed of a shade under sixty miles an hour.   In the difficult conditions prevailing that day that was quite a remarkable achievement.

OFFICE CONTACT POINTS

Contact Jean, Jackie, Joan, Phil or Jim at the Office with all your Queries – 9am to 5pm  Office Hours     Tel: 01920 444205 

 
2010 Dates