FANTASTIC RACING AT THE HINCKLEY 'OFFROAD GP' EVENT

[Wacker1]

Hi all,

Last Weekend(Sunday 26th & Monday 27th August) saw Hinckley Clubs 'OFFROAD GP' 2 Day Bank Holiday Event take place.

A Bunch of HRCCC Club Members had spent alot of their time on the Saturday with main OffRoad Organiser Craig Nutting, Preparing the Grass & Constructing the Large Track Layout, to keep everything on Schedule for Kick-off on the Sunday!

On Arrival, many Racers were very Impressed with the Size of the Track & the Variation it had to Challenge everyones Driving Skills! The Circuit itself, incorporated a Huge Main Straight, pushing Speeds & Overtaking to the Maximum, followed by a selection of Sweeping corners, a unique Railway Sleeper Table Top Ramp, some Tight Hairpins & a Straight Rumble Strip! A Straight Table Top Ramp was Featured towards the Backend of the Track, then sweeping into the Be-Spoke HRCCC 180Degree Rumble Strip & Corner Table Top Ramp. A couple of Fast Flowing Corners then led you back onto the Main Straight to complete the Lap!

A PANORAMIC VIEW OF THE HINCKLEY OFFROAD GP TRACK ON SUNDAY 26TH(By Slinga Photos )


Classes that the Meeting catered for were 2WD Buggies, 4WD Buggies & Short Course Trucks & the Race Format was 1 Practice Round in Heat Order, 4 Qualifying Rounds(with your Best 2 to Count), followed by 3 Legged Finals for all, so all Drivers had 8 Races for the day, making it great Value for Money!

The Weather was extremely good to us, as it was pretty Hot & Sunny virtually allday..........this also Helped make the Racing very Consistant & Competitive, with Racers showing some Amazing Passing Manoveres!

SOME PHOTOS FROM THE SHORT COURSE CLASS



SOME PHOTOS FROM THE 2WD CLASS










For the Monday Meeting, we Ran the same Format as the Previous Day of the 'GP', but we had a Track Change. This time we had a less Technical Track, that was very Fast & Flowing, making everyones Laps Times within a few tenths of each other! Track Designer Craig Nutting, also Made a Speciall Kick-up Jump to try out!
Unfortunately, the Weather was'nt quite as good.........with a Light Shower occuring in the 2nd Round of Qualifying, making the Track quite Slippy in places! Fortunately, this soon Cleared up & it Remained Dry for the rest of the Day, giving plenty of Grip for everyone, bringing back some really Close Racing........especially in all 3 Legs of ALL Finals!

HINCKLEY OFFROAD GP TRACK ON MONDAY 27TH AUGUST




If anyone would like to see the Full Photo Album from the Meeting, with more Close-ups of Racers Cars, then please use the Following Link :

http://s164.photobucket.com/albums/u...%20Aug%202012/

Everyone at HINCKLEY RADIO CONTROL CAR CLUB would just like to say Thankyou to Moira with the Catering Vehicle, that looked after us all Weekend & all Racers that Attended our Special 2 Day Event! Hopefully see you all back, when we Hold a Similar Meeting Next Year!

[Rick-J]

Great event, first time at Hinckley and loved it. There was talk of more meetings in September. Is this going ahead? Is there a club meeting this saturday?

Thanks