Remember these tracks??

[RudeTony]

[mattybucks]

What's the surface in the top photo Tony? It looks amazing!!!

[RudeTony]

Originally Posted by mattybucks

What's the surface in the top photo Tony? It looks amazing!!!

It's what we have forgotten how to race on - I started racing on that stuff - LOL

Neil D should know where that is!!!!!

[mattybucks]

Same here, I love that stuff. If I can get a rostrum and a peice of grass sorted it's back to the 90's.

1990's Rudebits consisted of 4lb of grass and mud on the car on a wet winter day!! AMB was not even thought of, and numbers stuck back to back towards the top of your ariel was the way to go, with someone shouting the number out as the car went past to a guy who spent the day tapping in numbers on a keyboard, and Springer had a Guns and Roses style perm.

Oh and lets not forget the makeshift rain covers for pitting, a couple of hatchbacks with a tarpaulin attached in the middle!!

[woOdy]

Temac is the dirt track. I loved it there. Traxxas went really well on that track.

[Dudders]

Good times Mr E

Carrington Rec in Ash Vale unless I'm very mistaken.

Jesus mate, the memories!. Please post more?????

[gainsy]

Originally Posted by mattybucks

Same here, I love that stuff. If I can get a rostrum and a peice of grass sorted it's back to the 90's.

Matt my brother will build you a scaffold rostrom anytime you want buddy, his company also sells the stuff

[Dudders]

Grass is pukka but not good for repeat meetings. A one off yes.... which is why Tony had is huge trailer and Audi 100 CD!!!

[mattybucks]

Originally Posted by gainsy

Matt my brother will build you a scaffold rostrom anytime you want buddy, his company also sells the stuff

Going slighty of topic I know, so all we need now is a large amount of grass!

[Nick Goodall]

Nice one Tony, which is that Track in pics 2 & 3? I recognise it, is it Bury St Edmunds?

[Chris Doughty]

Originally Posted by Nick Goodall

Nice one Tony, which is that Track in pics 2 & 3? I recognise it, is it Bury St Edmunds?

my gut feeling says Mildenhall

[RudeTony]

'Smoke House Inn' on the rostrum should be your big clue!!!

Grass = heaven
Neil is right - we had a trailer that was the rostrum and on it all the track markings - we could of run a meeting anywhere at all....
There were the days of exciting racing for sure and I am sure a few memories for some of you.

Nick - I have photos to make plenty blush - LOL

[alteredoggy]

Originally Posted by Chris Doughty

my gut feeling says Mildenhall

i still have J final trophies from there, from before it was astro turfed
and before the rostrum had a roof
was a sad loss to the club

[Jamesk]

Those pictures remind me off a very dry day at Cheshum, we started out on grass and and as the day went on we ended up on a dust track, i still have the 3rd in the final trophy in my loft. Those where the days where you changed the car as the track surface wore or in rained. There must be loads of tails in peoples minds.

jK

[SlowOne]

TEMAC, and methinks those pics are from the 1993 Worlds. If you look very, very closely, you'll see me doing my Race Director's bit in the race control caravan!!

That was a great track, as was the tarmac track and oval behind it. Trashed by vandals and sadly didn't last long after that big event.

All my off-road experience was on grass or dirt, with a very early showing of a bit of astro at the original EPO track in Kent. Best tracks in those days for me were Taunton and Southport, both a challenge.

Those were my days!

[MattW]

Yup, Nick and Chris are both right, Mildenhall track, operated by Bury Buggy club. Hated it when i first went there as was first time i'd raced on astro, however, wished it was still around a couple of years ago as it's only a bit over half hour away from me.

[Ted Maul]

Originally Posted by Jamesk

Those where the days where you changed the car as the track surface wore or in rained. There must be loads of tails in peoples minds.

jK

As a kid in early eighties, we used to race at a place called Taunton Radio Auto Club on a small piece of land behanind Taunton Rugby Club. Us kids with no 1/1th scale cars would pit under the trees for shelter, or when very wet, in the rugby club stands, which we basically sheds!. Used to put wd40 on tyres in vain hope of stopping the mud sticking. We'd race come rain, sleet and snow. 4 hours racing followed by 4 hours stripping the car down, washing, lube and rebuild. Yes, you had to change setup if you had options(as kids we had one motor one set of tyre) but you also changed gearing as all the mud would reduce run times so you had to change the gearing to stop cells dumping!

Would love to see some photos of that track if anyone had any! Think the guy who ran the club was Phil Mason..? Top bloke, very supportive of younger drivers

[Gsxrturtle]

are the bottom two pics of basildon worlds 1993 tony?
I think i still have a video and pics indoors of this race. Think i`ll have to dig them out.

[SHY]

Tony, I'm working on an english translation of "The History of RC cars"... any images from Worlds or Euros would be highly appreaciated! Or fun stories!

Norwegian language original here:
www.ymr.no/historie.htm

Actually we are now in the process of making this a formal piece of the norwegian technical museum. Which will ensure that it is stored for all eternity

Btw Tony, did you ever hear from Craig Drescher as to what cars he won his Euros wins with?
http://www.ymr.no/hf1_10or.htm

[Nick Goodall]

I did a Radio Race Car race on the TEMAC Basildon worlds track shortly after the Worlds, Jimbo pearson turned up to race.

It was the first time we'd ever had to buy those silly BIBX tyres from Schumacher as they were the only thing that worked but even then only lasted about 1 run!!!