Mid South 4wd Regional 12/6/11 Silverstone RCMCC

[spenner]

BRCA Mid South 4wd Regional - round 2
Silverstone RCMCC - Sunday 12th June



Venue address:
SilverstoneRCMCC
Silverstone Recreational Association
Church Street
Silverstone
Northamptonshire
NN12 8XA




Times
Gates will be open from 7am.
If drivers could book in on arrival this will make things easier, Booking in will close 9.30am.
Track will be open from 7.45am, Drivers briefing 9.45am.
Heat 1 on the line 10am


Cost and Booking In
The cost to race for those who are pre-booked is £10, booking in on the day is available at the cost of £15 (Regional entrants). The open classes (2wd buggies) are all £5 to race pre-booked - £10 on the day. All booking in is on the DMS Results website here - www.dmsresults.co.uk

Facilities and Track
The track is 99% astro with a rubber surface section. Mini spikes are the favoured tyre (Schumacher/Fastrax) And we have also found Dboots work well too.

Pitting area will be marked out so please follow directions, there is also a strict 5mph speed limit across the field. Anyone breaking this will be asked to leave!!!


You will need to bring a generator or 12 volt suply for power. Please place generators with consideration for others


As per BRCA rules, all LIPO batteries being charged MUST be inside a recognised LIPO sack (or similiar), anyone found not using one will be asked to leave (you have been warned)...

PT's must be used

Trophies will be awarded for overall TQ, first place in all 4wd finals (BRCA regional class) - there are no trophies for the open classes

If anyone is looking to practice for the EOS F2's then book in for the 2wd class. The club does have Fastrax tyres available for sale, please see a member of the club.


Booking In - www.dmsresults.co.uk
Club Website - http://www.silverstonercmcc.co.uk
Any questions can be posted here, or feel free to PM if you need to
Hope to see lots of you there!

[Darren Boyle]

Originally Posted by spenner

Trophies will be awarded for overall TQ, first place in all 2wd finals (BRCA regional class) - there are no trophies for the open classes

Really, I thought it was 4wd this week

(come on John at least proof read it after you have copied it LOL)

[spenner]

Originally Posted by DMS Racing

Really, I thought it was 4wd this week

(come on John at least proof read it after you have copied it LOL)

Just making sure your all aware!!!!

Perhaps you could save a 2wd and 4wd template on the dms site ?? Makes things soooooooooo much easier..

[Darren Boyle]

Originally Posted by spenner

Just making sure your all aware!!!!

Perhaps you could save a 2wd and 4wd template on the dms site ?? Makes things soooooooooo much easier..

LOL, all jokes aside I do have a 4wd one and a 2wd saved on my computer, I can email it to you if you wish for your next round in a few weeks time

[mattybucks]

Will the be any shops this weekend for purchase of r/c related items?

[Darren Boyle]

Think you may be spoilt for choice, we should be going, I believe Simon and the crew from RC Lazy are going too plus apparantly the club now sell some tyres too.....

[mikeyscott]

Many thanks today, even thought it got rained off

Can someone still post the results etc. or email them to me please?

[Smartalec]

Correct decision by the organisers today to call it off because of the rain I think as the standing water was getting worse and effecting more and more peoples electrics.

It didn't benefit me in any way as I only had the one run LOL, but that's racing.

I think the cost to the normal racer in the event of water damage is by far more important so cancelling gets the thumbs up from me

[mikeyscott]

Indeed it can add up when it goes wrong / gets wet.

Also as someone who runs a club. Driver and marshal safety..

Chucking it down in Southampton with some very big puddles.

[mattybucks]

I still had a good day despite the weather. Well done to the silverstone crew for putting on a really good even though it was wet meeting.

[chuckie stella]

Hi chaps, thank you all for coming today and leaving kind messages even though I'm sure you're all disappointed with the meeting being cut short.

Just incase there are any people who may want to view their opinions about why they were unhappy with the decision today, i just wanted everyone to know why the decision was made. I'm not saying that everyone should like it, but unfortunately it's not down to everyone otherwise we would've took a vote which I believe would have caused all sorts of problems/disagreements. However, I like the fact that people don't always agree and am more than happy when people voice their opinion. The reasons were:

Safety (marshalling in particular)
Cost to competitors (6 speedos blew in round 3)
Track was only going to get worse (fact)

Not many tracks I know of would've coped with constant, relentless rain over such a long period.

Thank you all again for coming, it makes all the hours and hours of hard work making the track fit for racing worthwhile.

Cheers, Matt
SRCMCC