Three Sisters Sprint

[sevaun]

After 7 years of hillclimbing at solely Harewood I have finally ventured forth and competed at Three Sisters yesterday. All I can say is why didn't I do this sooner!!?
A great venue very friendly and relaxed atmosphere and extremely well organised by Longon and District Motor Club. Good VFM also as we got 2 practice and 4 timed runs. To make the day totally complete I took home a trophy for finished second in class plus the novice trophy to boot!!!
I'm a total convert and can heartily recommend this superb venue anyone.

Thanks to Moya and the LDMC team for a splendid event.

Richard

[PumaWestie]

Agreed - LDMC events are always top fun and VFM

[Steve Wilkinson]

How many entries did they get?

I often would go to Harewood on the Saturday (For BHC practice) and then to 3 Sisters on Sunday but since getting involved with the commentating at Harewood I have missed most of the 3 Sisters sprints!

Why can't we get some sort of dates committee sorted so that Northern events don't have so many clashes?

[Craig Powers]

Originally Posted by Steve Wilkinson

How many entries did they get?

I often would go to Harewood on the Saturday (For BHC practice) and then to 3 Sisters on Sunday but since getting involved with the commentating at Harewood I have missed most of the 3 Sisters sprints!

Why can't we get some sort of dates committee sorted so that Northern events don't have so many clashes?

About 85 entries I think Steve.
I shared RBS with Barry and had an incident free day. A good day with excellent weather.

[john m]

Totally agree - excellent LDMC event (as usual). A much wrongly maligned venue that is far more challenging and enjoyable than some people give credit to.
1st BTDBTDBTD (of many!!!) to John Graham in his Dallara. Congrats - what a stunning management team he has!!!!!
The Westfield Boys complained of lack of grip - I was just pleased to be 2 secs quicker than last year!!

Steve - the much needed events committee unfortunately wouldn't work - it would destroy all the power bases!!!!

[geetee]

Well done John, I seem to remember saying last week at Aintree that you'd get effteedee soon!

[Steve Wilkinson]

Originally Posted by john m

The Westfield Boys complained of lack of grip - I was just pleased to be 2 secs quicker than last year!!

The lack of grip has long been a problem at 3 Sisters and it became even more of a problem when the built the MotoCross course. It is one of my favourite venues but have missed out over the past couple of years due to date clashes.

[sevaun]

Having only done one event at this venue I don't have the experience to give a diffinitive appraisal of grip levels. However isn't the level of grip a subjective issue as it can only be compared to either:

1.other venues
or
2.earlier times when grip levels may have been better and pro-rata elapsed times would have been better. Maybe a quick look into times from a few years back might give a truer indication?



Richard

[Craig Powers]

It gets used by a lot of 2 strokes (karts mainly) and they seem to leave a bit of an oily residue. When the track is damp the track becomes very slippery. Also there are several changes of tarmac which make it a bit more variable.
In the dry it is OK. When very wet it is OK. However it is like a skid pad in the damp so beware on future visits. Lunar bend is a challenge in all conditions.

[dennis.doyle]

Originally Posted by john m

...

A much wrongly maligned venue that is far more challenging and enjoyable than some people give credit to.

...

Brings to mind a friend's comment about beer:

"There is no such thing as bad beer, there are only different grades of good".

3-Sisters is certainly challenging, especially if you do the over-the-top course. It can be very satisfying too, assuming all goes well. I see it as a good mix between a hillclimb & a sprint.

Re. the grip, I've not been there for years, but my recollection is that it was the most abrasive surface around - huge strips of rubber deposited all over the car from the front tyres.