Batley Indoor Regional
 

So whos going, Im looking to go to it for my first indoor regional ever :D
Who else is going, I heard its a slippy track and that minipins are advised. Considering I spent justunder 90 quid at the aces, im not sure I wanna fork out another 20 for tyres for a single meet.
Anyway, whos going? :cool:

i am for my 1st regional id like to no what time to get there so i can pit in the hall as the only time ive been there to watch the indoor finals thery was pitting in the hallway aswell

it is a fantastic venue and a very good meeting. Its the place to be if you want to see the best. Its very slippy and a few jumps and rubber mats. You have to drive this track. You will enjoy yourself.

£90 on tyres at Aces? Bloody hell - I don't spend £90 a year on tyres! Pins are best for the more dedicated, faster, smoother drivers where spikes work just as well for the not-so-fast driver (thats 4WD). For 2WD pins all day long. Wear is quite good at Batley (because of the slippy) so for most 1 new set will probably last all day

(I know that there will be a few people that dissagree with this, but for those of us that will never make an A final - or probably even a B - I just don't see the point of new tyres nearly every run!):)

I think doors open at 8:00?

Col you are spot on. Even the big boys dont replace tyres every run inside.
1 set a day.

NO!, not £90 on tyres, Im not that stupid I spent £90 on stuff I mean so Im skint. I see that your saying pins are best for 2wd but I was saying I cant afford to shell out for a set of pins that will eb solely used for that one day at Batley, will spikes be okay for me as Im expecting to only be around the F final area :(

HAHAHAAHAHHAH, this thread has made me laugh, everyone thinking the £90 was for tyres.

To spend that in 1 meeting you would have to make pit stops mid run for a tyres change.....now there's a thought! :-)

The tyres we put on new for Batley, will be more than enough for the regional at Teesside where new tyres are not essential.

Your Yellow Minispikes will work very well, don't worry :)

Sorry, dude! Wayne's right about needing pitstops!!
Spikes will work no probs at Batley. I've run them there myself. There's no getting away from the fact that pins are better because the grip on the carpet in nowhere near the levels of Teeside or Durham, and with surface changes (carpet to slippy, slippy to carpet) the slightly lower grip of spikes might be an advantage for the average driver - not as likely to grip roll when going from slippy to carpet mid corner.

Speaking of average drivers - I'm running spikes on my losi...:smile:

Thanks for the reassurances chris :)
Im also deliberating whether to run my new 12t or my 19 I ran at Teesside. I heard because of Batleys constant surface changes the 12 may be overkill, whats everyone think?

12 should be a good motor to run. Yes in parts there will be slippy surfaces but the track is big. A 19 is too safe

Il be running my 10x2 on Sunday!!

ill be ok running my 4.5 gtb will i

Just had a look at the entries for Sunday.

97 drivers booked in.

48 2WD

49 4WD

it's gonna be busy, and great for the club

97, thats alot, should be a busy day :eek:
Can anyone tell me the sports halls address, were following someone down but just wanna make sure where it is incase we get lost.

tiz my first regional too :D cant wait. so mini spikes all good then indoors at batley ?

Batley regional

The doors are opening tomorrow morning at 7am but ONLY for anyone willing to help put the track out as we cannot get in tonight to do it. Entry at 8am for people NOT helping with the track!

Thanks

Dan

if im coming from hull so going towards liverpool which junction am i best taking help please:confused:

Hello, again, can anyone tell us the address of the sports hall incase we get split up. Tar

I like pickled onions.

I have 2 jars, but, one of them has some cauliflower & gerkins in it also. They are OK I suppose.

Julie brought me a Jar as a present.

Please carry on, nothing to see here. Do not talk to the nutter :flower:

I put a few photos up, there are a couple repeated - thats nothing but pure amateurism on my part so ignore that! :)

http://www.oople.com/rc/photos/batley121106/

http://www.oople.com/rc/photos/batle...s/batley21.jpg

http://www.northernracer.com/batley
I'll write up the driver/mechanic interviews tomorrow, there are 5, Richard, Dan, Vicky, Carl & Craig. They was ace.

wow what a shock!!!

That was my first off road event in 10 years and the first time i had driven a 4wd car.

I didnt half struggle after racing on road for the last decade, one thing i can say though it is one of the most enjoyable meeting i have attended in years and i knew hardly anyone there.

A special thanks goes to Dan Greenwood and your mate. i have never spoken to dan before and after watching my qualifying and seeing me struggle with the art of jumping gave me some tips, thanks Dan.

This would never of happened in touring cars and i cant wait till the next round, but i do need a hell of a lot more practice.

another thing slightly off topic , has anyone ever split the o rings in the AE shocks as i did both my rears yesterday

:)

Wot a fantastic day:D Good racing and good fun all round. The new Mtroniks speedo was unbelievable. Very Very smooth and so much power. Good jobs boys over at MTRONIKS. Thanks.
Well done to Batley Club for putting on a very good event and well run.

http://www.oople.com/rc/photos/batle.../batley32.html

What's all this!!! My old car changed back to the 'yellow' look and it's busted up bad, I never broke it ;)

lol
you love those Mtroniks boys don't you woody, :p
Yeah to be honest the track was good, I drove like a nutter though which was a shame.

hehe hey bathy didnt wanna steal ur latet paint scheme lol so run that one lol , as for the broken front en it jst stuck in mid range speed and didnt stop, steering still worked tho, i ripped the front diff cover big style and fooked the motor, it went straight into the wall at the bottom of the straight BANG !! :(

any idea as why it stuck in mid range throttle ?

cheers garry ;)

I can only see the thumbnails on that site... can't see the enlarged ones just a lil' red X, which is annoying as I can see pics of my car! :( (the B4 with the pink gear cover).

Good meeting though, despite my crap driving.

Anyone else having the same bother?

I've had it in the past but no, works find for me

People have mentioned before that they won't work on PC's at places of work but do on home PC's. I think can fix it.
I've added G's driver interviews BTW.

Description of Mr Latham - legend!!:D

Although some at this particular race meeting were far more CD than Carl!!

Had a great day as I expected but the track was just not to my liking, slippya s a mofo. However I guess its just hard to adapt to being used to grippy teesside carpet. Well done to everybody who took part and especially those who found it hard like me :p

Nice pictures jimmy although I was sure you took one of my car but its not there :rolleyes:

I get loads of pics that I dont put up mate, some dont make the cut, others do but repeat a theme (going round the same corner) etc etc.. Whats it look like and I'll have a look

Aye I understand, I guess I was too fast to get a decent shot of ;)

Its a black car with purple spikes at the front and back of it. No worries though if you cant find it

Couldn't see at all for about 10 secs and then had an EX shaped blind spot for about 30 mins, yeah, cheers.

http://www.oople.com/rc/photos/batle...s/batley54.jpg

Its not big and its not clever!

It may not be clever, but, it is bright.

Those interviews are ace, they made me laugh out loud, and I did them! :D

Where is Carl on here now, I miss his endless babbling....... ;)

G

Told me he has had his computer pinched so will be back next week when he gets a new one.