The 4th Mike Leonard memorial Endurance Event is to be held on 22nd January 2006. As in previous years it will be both an off and on-road event. Mike was an "off-roader" purely because Saloon racing was in its very infancy.
For those who did not know Mike he was a young man who had used racing R/C cars as a means of competing on equal terms with more able bodied young men. He overcame his muscular dystrophy to a remarkable extent. When he stood on the rostrum he was as good as anyone, and much better than most. When he died he was just a few days away from competing in his first national event, a big step up in the days when National places had to be earned. In our sport he found an outlet for his abilities and was endeavoring to make it his business with cell matching.
The previous Memorial Endurance events have raised over £6800 for the Muscular Dystrophy Research Fund and hopefully all monies raised will be presented to Mike's dad Tony on the day.

RULES

  1. The format for the event will be up to ten teams competing for 6 hours without break. There will be a mix of teams off-road and on-road depending on numbers.
  2. Team entries are welcome with up to 4 drivers per team. The rest of the team will be allocated from the individual entries.
  3. I will take all the entries and try and make teams that are evenly balanced.  It will depend on numbers and crystals available.
  4. Each team is given 1 transponder and the simple aim is to record as many laps overall as possible. The winners will be the ones with the highest aggregate score for each track.
  5. Each team will nominate a Captain and a running order. Other than in the event of car, or driver, breakdown, the teams must keep to that order. However the length of each driver's stint depends upon the Captain, so these is scope for strategy.
  6. EACH TEAM WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR MARSHALLING THEIR OWN CARS ONLY. ANY CAR CRASHING NEAR ANOTHER TEAM'S MARSHAL SHOULD BE TURNED OVER TO WAIT FOR MARSHALLING.
Please send your details to me as soon as possible. We need you to have as wide a choice of crystals as possible. Coming with just 1 or 2 choices makes placing you in a team very difficult. It is the reason we often have to spend 3 hours or more on the day making the teams. 2.4GHz systems are welcome and would make life much easier for me.