All systems are GO GO GO
The Olivers Lake is unusable so we will be heading to the airport at Waraknabeal.Some restrictions on the roads but thats changing daily.
Saturday 22 JanuarySummary Min 13 Max 31 Mostly sunny. Mostly sunny. Winds southeasterly averaging up to 20 km/h.
Sunday 23 JanuarySummary Min 13 Max 32 Sunny. Sunny. Winds n...ortheasterly and light.
Monday 24 JanuarySummary Min 15 Max 28 Shower or two. Partly cloudy. A shower or two developing. Winds northwesterly averaging 15 to 30 km/h tending south to southwesterly up to 25 km/h during the evening.
Tuesday 25 JanuarySummary Min 12 Max 25 A little rain. Cloudy. A little rain. Light winds.
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as per SI Saturday will still be practise registration and scrutineering day.
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This is the way I have been told it will be OK to get to the airport,
Take the Henty HWY B200 from Horsham to Warrick, NTH.
Turn to Rupanyup B240.
Once at Rupanyup, turn NTH to Sheep Hills.
At Sheep Hill continue NTH to Warrick.
Once at Warrick drive STH down the Henty B200 to the airport.
At this stage this is a go from what I am being told, & will add 10min to the trip
This may change as the water starts to fall, as it due to peak at Warrick yesterday
latest Horsham forcast
Friday 21 JanuarySummary Min 15 Max 33 Morning cloud. Morning cloud. Winds northerly and light, increasing to 15 km/h ahead of a southeast to southwesterly change up to 25 km/h around midday.
Fire Danger - Low to Moderate
UV Alert from 9:40 am to 5:50 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 12 [Extreme]
Saturday 22 JanuarySummary Min 13 Max 31 Mostly sunny. Mostly sunny. Winds southeasterly averaging up to 20 km/h.
Sunday 23 JanuarySummary Min 13 Max 32 Sunny. Sunny. Light winds.
Monday 24 JanuarySummary Min 15 Max 26 Shower or two. Cloud increasing. A shower or two from the late morning. Winds west to southwesterly averaging up to 30 km/h.
Tuesday 25 JanuarySummary Min 11 Max 24 Some rain. Cloudy. Rain at times. Winds southeast to southwesterly averaging 10 to 20 km/h.
Wednesday 26 JanuarySummary Min 11 Max 26 Shower or two clearing.
Paid a visit to the airport today. Happy to say that you can drive from Horsham to Warracknabeal airport without even getting your tyres wet, albeit you do have a slight detour. Travel up the C231 Horsham-Kalkee Rd (a.k.a. Blue Ribbon Rd) to Wallup where it crosses the C234 Boring Hwy. Turn right to Warracknabeal. At Warracknabeal, turn right down the Henty Hwy. Go around the road closure and drive straight to the airport (yeah, you shouldn't but the problem is way past the airport).
We have access to the facilities of the Aero Club as well as a couple of marquees near the track (the bit the pilots think is a runway and taxi way).
Just talked to warracknabeal police mans wife and she talked to him. We can go past the road block to get to the airport only !!! The north easterly approach that was posted earlyer will get your feet wet, at least 200mm about five klm from warracknabeal. I can only vouch for the last leg as I did not come from horsham, the end of the horsham turn off was just over the road so the blue ribbon Rd is the best and safest option.
Dead right, cam. The route posted earlier has a nasty patch, so don't use it. The route I posted is quicker and bone dry.
Well, day one of the racing. Bad news is that there wasn't any. The expected 8-10kts did not arrive, but there were enough sucker puffs to give everyone an opportunity for a bit of fun.
Tomorrow, the forecast is for a cool change and the winds we are hoping for.
We had a full-on day of racing with 11 races for Production and 10 for Performance.
Results as they are at present
Production Middleweight (11 races held)
First - Cameron Moore : 13.5 pts
Second - Perry Hall : 21.5 pts
Third - Alan Brunton : 28.5 pts
Production Heavyweight (11 races held)
First - Rod Jackson : 15.75 pts
Second - Richard Geange : 17 pts
Third - Barry Mason : 31.75 pts
Performance Middleweight (10 races held)
First - Ben Lazzar : 10.5 pts
Second - Barry Cole : 16.5 pts
Third - Tony Francis : 27.5 pts
Performance Heavyweight (10 races held)
First - Wayne Osborne : 8 pts
Second - Don McKenzie : 23 pts
Third - Russell Whitehouse : 33 pts
Well done everyone. Good luck for tomorrow. How many people are competing all together as I noticed there are only four classes??
Final results from the 2011 Australian Blokart Association Open
Production Middleweight
1 Cameron Moore 13.5 points
2 Perry Hall 21.5 points
3 Alan Brunton 28.5 points
4 Michael Hockley 36.75 points
5 John Buzo 39 points
Production Heavyweight
1 Rod Jackson 15.75 points
2 Richard Geange 17 points
3 Barry Mason 31.75 points
4 Rod Jenkinson 40.75 points
5 Brenton Emanuel 41 points
6 Daryl French 49 points
Performance Middleweight
1 Ben Lazzar 11.25 points
2 Barry Cole 20.5 points
3 Danny Hall 31 points
4 Anthony Francis 32.5 points
5 Cliff Clarke 46 points
6 Ray Brett 56 points
Performance Heavyweight
1 Wayne Osborne 8.75 points
2 Don McKenzie 21.75 points
3 Russell Whitehouse 33 points
4 Graham Oliver 35.75 points
5 Teddy McDonald 50 points
6 Simon Payton 62 points
7 Jon Guymer 66 points
8 Tim Vance 73 points
9 Greg Devine 74 points
I was there Monday, and was impressed with the race format and 'fun' feel of the event. Well done to all who organised the event and to those who competed. Oh, and thanks to those who explained the race format to us and answered our other noob questions 
First time my Dad and I had seen a Blokart, even had a short sail of a one. Not sure about the hand steering though 
Glad you enjoyed it. Hopefully next time you will be a competitor. If foot steering was better, cars would use it.
Anyway, we got a two page spread in the Wimmera Mail-Times.
Im sure foot pedals could be retrofitted to a Blokart without too much worry
If a cars throttle and brakes were operated by hand Im sure steering would be with feet
Its good everyone likes different things to keep life interesting
Yes, I believe I heard the same thing. The Lefroy mini plans have some info like that if memmory serves.
I think I detect a bit of a 'stab' from Test Pilot but I dont think foot steering would change the handling or performance of a Blokart any. Not that there aren't other things you can do to get better performance if you have the dollars
EDIT: Awesome write-up you guys recieved in the paper, looks like it nearly does the event itself justice. Chalk a PR point up for the Blokart community.
If I Sharpen my writing skills would you Detect the Thrust of my observations better?
A couple more links to articles in the Wimmera Mail, just for the sake of it.
www.mailtimes.com.au/story/974059/wimmera-set-to-host-blokart-championships/
www.mailtimes.com.au/news/local/news/general/wet-lake-threatens-blokarts/2043884.aspx
www.mailtimes.com.au/news/local/sport/other/blokart-titles-unlikely-to-go-ahead/2051306.aspx
www.mailtimes.com.au/news/local/sport/other/unlucky-blokart-titles-hampered-again/2055622.aspx
