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Model Car Club, in Northamptonshire, is
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Radio Controlled Model Cars to anyone from beginner to World champion
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News

| 26th
June 2009 |
| 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. |
| 19th
June 2009 |
| 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! |
| 12th
June 2009 |
|
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.....
| |
Formula
1 |
Points |
|
|
1 |
Dan Wooster |
496 |
|
|
2 |
Charlie
Ware |
493 |
|
|
3 |
Stuart
Ward |
482 |
| |
Formula
2 |
Points |
|
|
1 |
Colin
Williams |
500 |
|
|
2 |
Dave
Irving |
488 |
| |
3 |
Neil
Overson |
481 |
| |
Formula
3 |
Points |
| |
1 |
Paul
Londors |
497 |
| |
2 |
Simon
Londors |
497 |
|
|
3 |
Mark
Wilkins |
493 |
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.
|
| 29th
May 2009 |
|
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 >> |
| 22nd
May 2009 |
|
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 >> |
| 15th
May 2009 |
|
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 >> |
| 1st
May 2009 |
|
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 >>
|
| 24th
April 2009 |
|
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!
|
| 17th
April 2009 |
|
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 
|
| 3rd
April 2009 |
| 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.
|
| 27th
March 2009 |
| 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! |
| 20th
March 2009 |
|
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 .
|
| 13th
March 2009 |
|
 
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 >>
|
| 6th
March 2009 |
|
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 >> |
| 20th
February 2009 |
| 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...... |
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