SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES FOR 2012
Fancy advertising your company trackside at Coastal Raceway and on our website? There are a number of sponsorship opportunities available for the 2012 season  where you can do just that! Packages include a trackside banner, PA mentions and a website ad for the season for just £150, or alternatively you can have just a website ad (like the ones to the right of this page) for 2012 for just £50. Interested? why not download the sponsorship form  from the info&directions page of the website, where you will find more info of sponsorship opportunities available.

Alternatively, if you feel your company could offer Coastal Raceway assistance in terms of track levelling and maintenance, we would love to hear from you! There may be sponsorship / advertising opportunities that we may be able to arrange for a mutually beneficial sponsorship arrangement.  You can contact us by emailing info@coastalraceway.co.uk

OPPORTUNITIES TO GET PERSONALLY INVOLVED IN 2012!
We are ALWAYS interested in hearing from individuals wishing to get involved at Coastal Raceway. The club is run by a small number volunteers and there are plenty of duties to cover on racedays such as race marshalling, pit and lineup marshalling, assisting the lapscorers,  etc etc, not to mention assistance needed to prepare the raceway area for the 2012 season in a series of planned work parties, the dates of which will be announced on this website shortly. You don't have to have previous experience to help - just a dose of enthusiasm! If interested, drop us an email at info@coastalraceway.co.uk Don't be shy!

CRAZY 5 INFO - NOW UP!
Full details for Coastal's opening date for 2012 - The Crazy 5 Endurance Event - are now online! CLICK HERE for more details!

2012 PROVISIONAL FIXTURES AND BUILD RULES NOW ONLINE!
The wait is finally over! The following Info for the 2012 season is now online:
- The Provisional 2012 Fixture List
- 2012 Build Rules, available for download from the Driver Info section. (Fully up-to-date and featuring the new 2012 Race Formula lineup.)
- 2012 Club Membership Form, available for download from the Driver Info section.
- An updated Race Formulas page, featuring the all-new non-contact  line-up for 2012.

NEW NAMES FOR NON-CONTACT CLASSES IN 2012 REVEALED!
Following the revised format for Class racing in 2012, We have decided to re-name the new line-up of Non-Contact Classes racing in 2012. Controversial? Possibly, but we feel the new names for our new our non-contact formula lineup more closely captures the direction we feel the Club is driving towards as we become more closely associated to the wider Oval Racing scene.
The new names are as follows:

JUNIORS - The Junior non-contact formula's title remains essentially the same!
PRODUCTION RODS - The budget up-to 1500cc formula replacing Classes 1,2,4&5.
GT RODS - The new name for Class 6!
SUPER RODS - Class 3 & 7 will integrate to create this new formula!
Read more in the new updated Race Formulas page!

We hope you like them! While of course there may be a 'breaking in period' for these formulas, we feel that in order for non contact racing to return to its former strength at Coastal, changes had to be made. it was becoming increasingly plain in recent seasons that the traditional system of Class racing was beginning to fail - We hope the new, simpler lineup of race classes should set the stage for a more competitive points championship for our racers, which will in turn encourage growth in car numbers. Lets hope it works!

COMING SOON - SPONSORSHIP INFO
Look out for the next web update, where we will be revealing details & costings for  sponsorship packages available at the track in 2012.  It's no secret that Coastal Raceway runs on a tight budget - why not help the club run in 2012, and benefit from advertising at the track in the process! Details to follow.

CLUB MEETING THURSDAY 12TH JAN, QUEENS ARMS, RHYL, 8PM.
There is a meeting arranged for NEXT THURSDAY 12TH JAN, at the Queens Arms, Vale Rd, Rhyl. 8pm.
All members/people interested in keeping the club alive for 2012 are urged to attend!
The following will be discussed:
- Whether we have the finances and the Staff to be able to run in 2012
- Changes to Class. The new formats will be presented and discussed.
- 2012 Fixture list discussed and finalised

As it stands, the 2012 season at Coastal from a financial and staffing perspective is still far from 100% secure. All members / people who care about their local racing club are urged to show their support and attend!

SAD NEWS
It is with regret that we have to announce the sad passing of Mavis Ledsham on Christmas eve. Mavis had been involved with the club for many years up until just a few seasons ago; most of the club members will remember Mavis working in race control as administrator and signing on clerk. On behalf of all staff and members at the club we would like to send our deepest condolences to the Ledsham family at this time. Mavis's funeral will be held at Llansannan church at 1.30pm on 4th Jan.

RACING IN 2012 : SPONSORSHIP REQUEST & AGM MEETING OVERVIEW
Thanks to all members who attended yesterdays AGM meeting. To those of you who didnt attend, here is a rundown of the main topic discussed:

MAIN SPONSORS NEEDED FOR 2012 SEASON
For racing at Coastal to be guaranteed for the 2012 season and beyond, the club requires additional sponsors for the 2012 season. The club can offer potential new sponsors one or more of the following:
- Permanent advertising Banner at the track for the 2012 season
- Advertising space in the 2012 Race Programmer (available at all meetings)
- Advertising space on the reverse side of Coastal Raceway flyers
- Race / Event sponsorship - have a title race or event named after your company. 
For additional info, or to pledge interest in sponsoring the club in 2012, please email info@coastalraceway.co.uk

SHORTER SEASON IN 2012
The club proposes to run a shorter season in 2012, having fewer, but bigger, race meetings in an attempt to 'cut out' the less well subscribed (and financially unprofitable) meetings from the 2012 season. The club proposes a season 8-10 meetings long. The exact number is still to be finalised.

GRASSTRACK CLASS CHANGES FOR 2012
At the AGM last night the club announced plans for simplifying the structure of the Grasstrack Classes that race at Coastal. Put simply, we currently have too many Grasstrack classes which are low in car numbers making racing uncompetitive. The plan is to simplify the classes into 2 Junior Classes and 3 Adult Classes. More details including amended build rules will be added in due course, but here is the basic proposal:
JUNIORS
No change. Maintain the current Nov. Juniors and Juniors classes.
ADULTS
Streamline the current 7 Classes into 3 more competitive categories:
1. A Budget/Production Class with limited modifications allowed for fwd or rwd cars up to 1500cc with Honda Civics not permitted.
2. A FWD Class for cars 1500cc and over with Modifications permitted. (replacing Class 6)
3. A 'Supers' Class for RWD, 4WD and Mid Engined machines 1500cc and over with modifications permitted (replacing Class 3 and 7)
More details to follow!

PUSH & SPIN CHANGES
The club has proposed a change to the list of cars disqualified from use in the 1600cc Push & Spin Class. For 2012, Bluebirds will be permitted, while The Vauxhall Vectra will no longer to allowed. Ford Mondeos will continue to be disqualified from use.

JNR PUSH & SPIN
Following good support in 2011, The club proposes to make Jnr Push & Spin a regular class racing at every track-based meeting in 2012.