It was nice to see a couple of faces tonight we haven't seen for a while, and with "returner's luck" Rob managed to not only qualify in the A Final, but he took the overall win as well!

It was also good to welcome Stafan tonight, although he has been Daniel's "pit buddy" for a while, tonight was his first race with his new Xray.

Tonight's results can be found here Race Results >>

Paul Upton has also posted a short video (couldn't help but play with his new phone!) of tonight's first A Final onto You Tube, which you can see here >>. Thanks Paul.

Tonight's results can be found here Race Results >>

But where is everyone . Come on get those batteries out and get them charged up and come along for a fun night's racing!

End of Championship Series

So that's the 2009 Spring Championship over, and thank you to everyone for an exciting series, with some excellent racing, and some tight battles between sibblings - and yes Adam, he really is your brother

So, just to conclude - who won what.....

Trophies will be presented next week.

You can check out the results in full below:

Championship Results >>

Race Results >>

Now we don't normally make changes to the Formula standings of drivers until the end of the year, but with the way this series has gone, then it seems appropriate to make some changes now, so Colin Williams will move into F1 and Paul and Simon Londors will move into F2!

Club Formula's >>

See you all next week.

Tonight's results can be found here Race Results >>

and you can also check out the most up to date Championship Results >>

Two more weeks to go....

....until the end of the Championshiop, so time for me to predict who is going to take the top slots in each formula!

F1, now this is a tough one, as it could go several ways at the moment, but assuming that Dan, Charlie and Chris all run the remaining two weeks, then I'm going to stick my neck out and predict Chris for 1st, Dan for 2nd and Charlie for 3rd. F2 is a bit easier to predict, and I'm going for Me in 1st, Dave in 2nd and Neil in 3rd, but Rob could still chase for 2nd or 3rd if his back will allow him to run the last two weeks! F3 is another tricky one to predict, with four drivers chasing the top 3 slots. But if I had to predict, then I think I'd go for Simon in 1st, Paul in 2nd and Adam in 3rd - but events could very easily prove me wrong over the next couple of rounds!

Good luck to everyone as we enter the last couple of weeks of the Series.

Tonight's results can be found here Race Results >>

and you can also check out the most up to date Championship Results >>

Thank You.....

.......to everyone who helped to lay out the track and to pack away tonight, it was nice to see most people getting stuck in to help. Remember, it's your Club and if not enough people are willing to arrive a liitle earlier, or stay after racing to help with this, then there may be nights when we struggle to race at all, so please remember to help!

Race Results >>

Championship Results >>

Halfway Through......

....the Championship and time to take a look at who's doing what! Starting with F1, Dan Wooster has the edge at the moment for 1st place, but it's very close and Charlie Ware, Chris Smith and Stuart Ward are all challenging for the top slot. In F2, it looks like Colin Williams has an almost unassailable lead (must be the new car ) and that second and third places are going tobe closely contended between Rob Oliver, Dave Irving, Neil Overson and Mark Clayton.

In F3 it's also begining to look clear that either Simon or Paul Londors are going to take 1st and 2nd - but who will come out on top - I certainly wouldn't put money on it at this stage! That leaves 3rd place up for grabs and so far Adam and Mark Wilkins are looking good to argue over it, but you can't count out Luke Overson or Sam Burgess at this stage.

But of course this is all speculation and with 4 more weeks still to go, anyone can still put in some good runs and end up as "top dog".

Tonight's results can be found here Race Results >>

and you can also check out the most up to date Championship Results >>

Tonight's results can be found here Race Results >>

and you can also check out the most up to date Championship Results >>

Rounds 3 & 4 Spring Championship

Some fast and close racing tonight with two great runs from Charlie Ware to take maximum points in the A Final. The other finals each saw one person taking two wins a piece, with Mark Clayton in the B (despite it being the first run for his new Mi-3.5), Paul Londors in the C and Adam Wilkins in the D. One or two people were a bit out of sorts tonight, with Kris Irons still struggling with overheating problems and Lee Henson trying to get to grip (literally!) with a new car, and Daniel Klinga suffering interference (?) problems.

It was great to welcome Paul Londors tonight and to see both brothers battling during the qualifiers! Simon had the edge tonight just out qualifying Paul to move a final ahead - but who will be where at the end of the Championship, as they are both looking very strong contendors for the F3 top spot even at this early stage?

Race Results >>

Championship Results >>

Rounds 1 & 2 Spring Championship

Tonight saw the start of the spring championship, and it was great to see more drivers than we've seen for a few weeks!

Race Results >>

Championship Results >>

Welcome

It was also great to see a few new drivers at the Club over the last couple of weeks, so a big welcome to Ben Stroud, Daniel Klinga and Simon Londers. We hope you're enjoying the racing and look forward to seeing you all race more!

Results

Check out tonights results here Race Results >>

Spring 2009 Championship Series

Now we are over the Easter Holiday's it's time to start the Spring Championship Series! The Championship will start on Friday 24th April, running for 8 weeks until Friday 12th June.

The format of racing will remain the same as every Friday, with 2 x 3 minute qualifiers and 2 x 5 minute finals. The results from each leg of the finals will count, giving a possible 16 race results in total of which your best 10 will count towards your championship placing. This means you can drop your worst 6 finals, or miss up to 3 weeks!

It doesn’t matter if you can’t complete 10 finals, everyone can still come and race – even though the Championship is running, race nights are still open to everyone and you’ll always be racing in your normal heat because we still want the evening to be fun.

Rules....

As previously the rules are pretty simple, any 27T brushed or 13.5T brushless motor can be used, along with any pre-glued slick tyre. We are still selling the STCC tyres at £17 for four tyres, a saving of £6.50 off the normal web price (Thanks Mike!) and would encourage everyone to use these tyres..

We will be introducing a lower minimum weight of 1450g from now on to help shed some of the ballast people are carrying because of Lipo's and cars will be scrutineered during the series just check everyone is still playing fair!

At the end of the series, there will be winners for each of F1, F2 and F3 - so everyone has the chance of a trophy - you can check out the club formula for each driver here:

Club Formula's >>

Good luck to everyone at the club during the upcoming series

Where were you Luke - we had Track 15 laid out specially for you tonight? Nevermind there's always another week

You can find all the results for tonight Race Results >>

Easter

Don't forget, there will not be any racing on Good Friday - 10th April.

Results for tonight are now available:

Race Results >>

Easter

Just a note that we will be racing as normal next Friday (3rd April), but there will not be any racing on Good Friday - 10th April.

Spring Series

A "heads up" here that the Spring Series is due to start on Friday 24th April - so not much more time to get practicing!

Tonight's track was one we haven't used in this layout for some time, Track 12, which is a very fast and open track and previously was modified to create version 12a to make better use of the space. Going back to the more open track meant a lot of laps were put in tonight, with Chris Smith getting the most on 41 laps in 5 minutes, an average lap time of only 7.43 seconds!

Race Results >>

Club Car

Thanks to Paul Kirkup, one of our past racers, the Club has acquired a very good condition Associated TC4, with all the electrics and radio gear, to use a Club Car. Topped off with a generously donated brand new Tekin 3400 LiPo battery from Mike Smith, means we now have a car all set up ready for any visitors at the Club to use . The first person to take advantage of this was Russ tonight, who's thinking of getting back into racing, so he gave it a test run round the track, and althoguh he was a bit rusty (and he wasn't used to steerwheel radio gear!) he showed the car runs well and can certainly be competitive in the right pair of hands.

So if you are reading this and are thinking about coming to the Club to take a look at what we do, why not see Colin or Dave and ask about the Club Car for a trial run free of charge .

Comic Relief

Thanks to all those that raced last night, your race fees and a "top-up" from the Club resulted in us donating £50 to help those in need - give yourselves a pat on the back!.

The full results from tonight can be found here:

Race Results >>

A couple of drivers with new cars tonight - Rob with a new T2R Pro and Lee with Charlie's old T2'008 - had a mixed night, with Rob setting some fast lap times without doing much to the set-up and Lee struggling a bit with a new car and motor set-up. It seems X-Ray are becoming more and more popular at the Club, but John and Chris showed that it's not the car, but the driver that matters the most!

Track 13 is one of my favourite tracks and I think most people enjoyed it tonight - the full results are now available:

Race Results >>

Results for tonight are now available:

Race Results >>

Getting back to normal.....

....what with the weather and half term, etc. the past two weeks have been a complete washout with no racing on the 6th or 13th Feb - but tonight things were on the up, with 14 drivers turning up to race and I must thank everyone for their help setting up and packing away, as I'm struggling with my back at the moment!

At the start of the night the track was a bit slippery, probably due to lack of use, but the grip soon came up and gave some fun racing - well for me anyway! Interesting events in the B Final start to suggest that maybe, just maybe, the pupil is beginning to become the master, as Luke Overson put in two cracking races, beating his dad in the overall results - well done Luke

You can check out the results in full:

Race Results >>

BRCA / Club Membership 2009

Don't forget, that if you haven't paid your BRCA or Club membership for 2009, you need to do so as soon as possible. The BRCA membership has gone up to £13 for 2009, but we have reduced the Club membership to just £2, so that it only costs £15 for both, the same as 2008. If you haven't paid yet, see Colin, Dave or Nicola on a race night.

See you all next week......

We've kept all the all older news items, so you can go find them if you feel the need!

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