Gp 2014

[Henk]

Not long now, get it together folks. If you need a one event licence do it now.
Free camping all weekend and if you beat us down there on Friday hop the fence and put your tent up.

GP riders you will need the shark fin and lock wired caliper mount bolts.

Friday nights programme consists of drinking beer and talking shit.

Saturday
Practice, sidecar GP, more practice and some shits and giggles sidecar races followed by port on the corner

Sunday
Practice and qualifying
F5 GP
Formula Tokoroa (anyone not GP)
F4 GP
Clean up and go home.

A request to all. Take your own rubbish home and flag when you can.

[Henk]

Of anyone beats us down and wants access gime me a call on 021 145 3090 and I may be able to get you sorted with the gate key before we get there.

[F5 Dave]

So what time do we kick off?

[Henk]

Bit of guesswork on my part here.

We'll run with the Mt Welly standard no engines before 9:30 rule and once we have sign on sorted I'd expect to see people on track for open practice around 10:30ish.

I'll ask the rest of the guys what they think since they will be the ones sorting out signing people up and issuing transponders and the like.

[Henk]

Sign on will open 9:30 10:00 to give the people involved time to drive down from Auckland. The wireless router will be there, sometimes this works sometimes it doesn't although range shouldn't be such as issue at Toke. If you want to make use of this the race monitor app seems to work well. Grab this and all things going well you will be able to track of your lap times during the day without hassling the folk stuck in the chook shed.

[Henk]

Tentative programme for the weekend

Saturday 8 March
10:30 - F4 practice 1
10:45 - F5 practice 1
11:00 - FT practice 1
11:15 - SC practice 1
11:30 - F4 practice 2
11:45 - F5 practice 2
12:00 - FT practice 2
12:15 - SC GP
Lunch
1:30 - F4 practice race 1
1:45 - F5 practice race 1
2:00 - FT race 1
2:15 - SC race 1
2:45 - F4 practice race 2
3:00 - F5 practice race 2
3:15 - FT race 2
3:30 - SC race 2
3:45 - free practice
Sunday 9 March
9:30 - F5 practice 3
9:45 - FT practice 3
10:00 - F4 practice 3
10:15 - F5 practice 4
10:30 - FT practice 4
10:45 - F4 practice 4
11:00 - F5 qualifying
11:15 - FT qualifying
11:30 - F4 qualifying
Lunch
12:45 - F5 GP
1:15 - FT race 3
1:45 - F4 GP


We reserve the right to make changes at any stage due to unforeseen events, acts of god or disorganisation.

[F5 Dave]

Sign on will open 9:30 10:00 to give the people involved time to drive down from Auckland. The wireless router will be there, sometimes this works sometimes it doesn't although range shouldn't be such as issue at Toke. If you want to make use of this the race monitor app seems to work well. Grab this . . . .

ya what?

so for those who aren't from auckland. . . what the heck are you on about & where can I load this app from?

[Pumba]

We got this on email a little while ago.

If you would like to access live race timing at the Tokoroa GP Meeting*, this is how to go about it.

First, you need an app.

If you have an Android phone, you can download a free app called RaceMon by Team TDR.

If you have an iPhone, there will probably be something similar available.

If you have a Windows laptop, there is a free application called RMonitor.exe. If you can't find it via Google, contact Tim Fraser (mit.resarf@gmail.com) and he can email the installation file to you.

If you have a Mac laptop, you're on your own :-)

When you're at the track, get into your wifi settings and connect to "Auckland Buckets". The Auckland Buckets network will normally be active shortly after riders briefing. The wifi key is PORTONACORNER (all in capital letters). It works well along the pit wall, and should probably work in most places in the pits that have a clear line of sight to the timing shed (aka the chook house). The wifi signal is not hugely strong so if you're in your car or facing away from the chook house, the connection might break.

Once you're connected to Auckland Buckets, do this:

If you have a phone, start up the RaceMon app. Press the menu button, and select Settings. Set the IP address to 192.168.0.100 and leave the port set to 50000 (the default value) and then press the Save button. Press the menu button again and select Connect.

If you have a Windows laptop, click Settings then click Communication. Set the IP address to 192.168.0.100 and leave the port set to 50000 (the default value) and then click the OK button.

You should now be able to see the details of any race or practice that is currently under way. This includes who is in what position and their best lap times.


There are a couple of things to note:

1. Live timing is just that - live timing. When a race or practice is not actually under way, there will be no race or practice details on the screen of your phone or laptop. However, we will normally post printed results on the wall of the sign-on shed shortly after a race or practice is completed.

2. The Auckland Buckets wifi network has no internet access. This means that while your phone is connected to Auckland Buckets, it will still work as normal as far as sending or receiving calls or texts are concerned, but you will not be able to access the internet and you may not receive email alerts if you have that set up.

*Changed for Daves benifit

[chrisc]

Just FYI, this is android only. I couldn't find it on the apple store and a quick google search confirmed it.
Lame.

[Henk]

Have a look for race monitor by karting coach inc on the app store. I think it was about $5. I have it on my iThing and when I've been able to get a connection it has worked well.

[F5 Dave]

Thanks guys. With. Bit of dikn around found the right app free on play store.

[Henk]

One more sleep.

[Pumba]

I am assuming all the one day license request went through ok?

[Henk]

I am assuming all the one day license request went through ok?

Yep. Kamil has all the relevant paperwork back from MNZ.

[F5 Dave]

8:30 last night was a bad time to find I'd forgotten to sharkfin the 50. I'd drilled the 50 calliper bolts at the same time as the 100 just before the BoB in case it became relevant there & made a shark fin as prototype but forgot I didn't replicate it for the 50. Oh well some scrap was found & another one made & fitted.