Track 19 is a great track, but being a fast one it always seems to tempt everyone to drive that bit harder and faster into the corners and combined with any "robust" driving (you know who I mean Tom ), it does tend to generate a bit more damage. That aside, if you can keep the car off the track markers and away from other cars, you can really set a high number of laps, as John and Dan showed with 36 laps each!

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DON'T FORGET

There will be NO RACING on Friday 22nd August, due to holidays but we will be racing as normal next week (15th) and again on the 29th.

THANK YOU!

What more can I say, I really appreciate everyone taking 10 minutes to help pack away tonight, it really made a huge difference and we must have had the fastest track clear away on record. Having this sort of help makes such a difference to those of us who can't leave until everything is away and locked up and certainly I went home feeling a lot less stressed than normal, even after a pretty bad nights racing

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Tonight's track was a fast one, which unfortunately seemed to lead to a few more breakages than the slower tracks! Well done to all those who survived, it was a fun race night.

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Advance Warning!

Unfortunately, for the first time in as long as we can remember, and because of holidays, we won't be racing on Friday 22nd of August, which is the Bank Holiday weekend. We will be racing the week before, and be back to normal on the 29th!

All results have now been updated for the 11th & 18th July.

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 11th July 2008

Unfortunately I will not be able to post the results for tonight's racing - but they will go up next week!

But as promised, a great big wayhaaay! to Lee Henson, not only finished a nights racing without any breakages, but also got an improvement over his starting place in the finals - well done and keep it up.

All results have now been updated for the 4th July and the 27th June.

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Track 19 is one of my favourite tracks, and it showed tonight!

Welcome to a couple of new racers this week, hope you enjoyed it!

You can check out the results from tonight below, but some of the summary results are missing due to a "technical" error - but will be fully updated next week .

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Back to normal racing this week, and it seems that a few drivers needed a rest after the stress of the Championship . Still, it gave some of us the chance to run in an A Final, which we've not done for a while!

Isn't it just typical, you buy a lovely new car, get it built and race ready, then stuff it into the barriers in Heat 1 and you don't have any spares to fix it? Well that's just what happened to Matt Thomson's car tonight - you have to feel for someone in that position, yet Matt still managed to keep smiling for the rest of the evening - here's hoping you have better luck next week.

Check out all the results below:

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End of Championship Series....

....well it's all over now except for the whoopin' and a hollerin', along with the gnashing of teeth and sobbing in the corner (well for me at least ) But seriously, that's the 2008 Spring Championship over, and thank you to everyone for an exciting series, with some excellent racing, and I have to say everyone at the Club is showing real improvement and the racing at every level is getting closer and closer.

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

Trophies will be presented next week.

You can check out the results in full below:

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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, and as is true with life itself, there will be winners and loosers .

So how will things shape up from now? Here are the movers and shakers:

Charlie Ware		From F2 to F1
Dan Mayes		From F2 to F1
Colin Williams		From F1 to F2
Simon Phillips		From F1 to F2
John Guiver		From F3 to F2
Adam Burgess		From F3 to F2
Stephen Williams		From F3 to F2
Sam Robinson		From F3 to F2

You can check out the new Formula's in full:

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Welcome

Before I start with this weeks update, I just want to say hello to the three new drivers who came along last night, it sounds like you have nearly got your cars ready to run and we look forward to seeing out on track on the next few weeks

Racing....

...so, what was going on with the racing this week - can't even use the track as an excuse! Of course, I shouldn't pick out anyone for special comment, but TOM WHAT WERE YOU DOING IN QUALIFYING (had to put that in didn't I - the power of being the website editor!). No seriously, well done Tom for qualifying in the A Final, and although you only managed last place , Dave and I didn't mind being deposed to the B final , we'll just get you next week!

A couple of mentions though for good drives this week - Sam Robinson in the D Final, put in runs that wouldn't have looked out of place in the B Final, and the same is true of Dan Mayes stuck in the C Final. Scott Westbury also looked very quick, just got to string it all together for 5 minutes!

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Hey - guess what, I found some smiley's to use!!

Spring Series

Well, just one week to go now in the championship, and it looks like John has got F1 wrapped up from Dan, but it's going to be down to the last round for third place with just two points between Rob and Nathan.

It looks like Charlie will take the F2 win, but can Dan Mayes make up enough points in time to take the win?

F3 looks to belong to John Guiver, with Adam in second and Stephen in a secure 3rd.

We'll see how it all ends next week!

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.........and thus normality is returned to the Club, with John and Dan now sharing top spot in the Championship!

We seem to be on a run of trying out tracks that we haven't run for a while, and this week we tried Track 17 again - and now I remember why it is we haven't run it for a while - I must get hold of the track file next week and hide the other less popular tracks as well!

That said, I have to concede that there were a couple of really good runs from both Dan Mayes and Charlie Ware, placing them both in the A Final, and consigning F1 drivers into the B and C Finals. Just two more weeks of the Championship to go, but that's still plenty of time to get some extra points!

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So this week it's Nathan's turn to bask in the glory of Championship leader, after problem runs for Dan and John! It was an interesting choice of track tonight and not one that we've used much before, and it proved to be something of an unforgiving track with quite a few casualties as a result. I think this is one that we consign to the "do not use" category in future!

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OK - so this week everyone has to "bask in the glory that is Dave", at least that's what Dave says - but don't worry it will only be for a week!

Yes, I'm talking about championship positions and after eight rounds, Dave is in 1st place overall, just a point above Nathan. Some great drives worth mentioning as well though are Dan Mayes with a superb run tonight in the A Final; Adam Burgess who's really starting to get the hang of his car with a great run in the B Final; Stephen Williams with two great runs in the C Final; and Luke Overson with two clear wins in the D Final.

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Nice to see that so many people managed to turn up for this changed race night, and as the "magic" number was reached, then this meeting will count as two of the 16 rounds for the Championship - so here are the results...

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This weeks championship results have been updated, and it's really starting to get a bit "interesting", with one or two shocks as the driver abilities start to get updated. One of note has to be Charlie Ware, with a couple of great weeks, putting him up into the top 3!

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Don't forget that next week Racing is on Wednesday 7th May, same time as normal.

OK, so the Spring Series has finally kicked off, and it's clearly going to be a competitive season!

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You can see this weeks race results....

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Don't forget the change of date in two weeks time:

No Racing Friday 9th May

Racing Instead Wednesday 7th May

You can see this weeks results....

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Spring Series

Don't forget the Spring Series starts next Friday. Everyone's welcome to come and race, the only difference to a normal Friday's race meeting is that you will be scoring points towards the championship.

You can see this weeks results....

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Change of Date!

We have been asked by the Judo Club if we will let them have one of our Friday nights so that they can run a competition over a weekend. We have agreed to help, so we will instead race on the Wednesday evening of that week. The important dates to remember then are:

No Racing Friday 9th May

Racing Instead Wednesday 7th May

We will probalby add an extra week to the Championship to ensure this change of date doesn't affect anyone's chance to complete enough good rounds.

Spring Series 2008

A small change of plan has been decided on regarding the start date, and we will now be starting the Spring Series on Friday 25th April and running for eight weeks until Friday 13th June - which gives everyone another couple of weeks to get some practice in before we start!

You can see this weeks results....

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Spring Series 2008

The Spring Series starts next week, but that doesn't change anything as far a racing is concerened, anyone can still come and race whether you can make enough meetings to count, or not!

A bit different scoring wil be in place this year - see below. Don't worry if it seems complicated at all, it will make sense as we go along - I hope!

Results

You can see this weeks results....

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Don't forget no racing next week - Back on the 28th March. Have a good Easter.

Easter 2008

Don't forget, that there will not be any racing on Good Friday, 21st March.

Spring Series 2008

The Spring 2008 Championship Series will start on Friday 4th April, running for 8 weeks until Friday 23rd May. The format of racing will remain the same as every Friday, with 2 x 3 minute qualifiers and 2 x 5 minute finals, however scoring will be slightly different this time, where only the results from the finals will count. This will give everyone a maximum of 16 final results, of which your best 10 will count towards your final score. 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.

Tyre’s / Motors, etc.

For this Championship, any pre-glued slick tyre is allowed, or any treaded rubber tyre. However, for F1 drivers we will be insisting on a control tyre of the STCC tyres and we would encourage all other drivers to use this tyre as a preference. To help with this, the Club will be selling sets of STCC tyres at £17 for four tyres, a saving of £6.50 off the normal web price (Thanks Mike!).

Additive is allowed, provided it is from a “pad-dispenser” device to avoid spillages.
Any Stock motor, or 13.5T (or greater) Brushless motor will be allowed for the Championship, as will LiPo batteries. A minimum weight of 1500g will be enforced however, especially for those running LiPo cells.

Cars will be scrutineered (especially weight) during the series, just to check everyone is playing fair!

Formula’s

We will be using the formula’s which were decided after the end of 2007 Championships

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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.

Races will still be sorted based on your “ability” as we normally do and your ability will be automatically updated during the series based on your performance – so this is your chance to change which qualifiers you usually run in on a Friday!

Results

You can see this weeks results....

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Bit Late, but here now!

It has been a few weeks since I have been able to update the site, but all of February's results are now loaded and can be found here:

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Tyre Update

The past few weeks have seen quite a bit of testing of various pre-glued tyres on the new carpet.

So far, the following obs-ervations have been made:

VTEC 24r	- Give good grip, possibly too much and can roll faster drivers. Maybe the best tyre for beginners
CS27	- Good grip, look to have reasonable wear rate
STCC Tyre	- Good grip, look to have reasonable wear rate, don't seem to change much in level of grip during race
BRCA RP30	- Less grip than the CS27, and can make the car a bit twitchy/ inconsistent
Sweep 32	- Too little grip to be used realistically on this carpet

Overall, a good tyre with consistent levels of grip and what looks like fairly low wear would seem to be the STCC Tyre from Mike Smith, and we will probably settle on this as the control tyre for F1's at least.

New Setup Required?

First of all, thanks to everyone who got there a bit earlier tonight to help with sorting out the new carpet, it was impressive that we managed to get racing only around 15minutes after we normally start.

I think the general view was that the new carpet is really great, but will certainly require some set-up changes to cars and driving style to make the most of it. Tyres are probably going to be the one area to focus on, so for the next few weeks we will be allowing testing of various tyres so we can try and see which works best with this carpet.

You can see this weeks results....

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Carpet's here!

OK, the carpet's arrived and we'll be taking it to the hall tomorrow night, so please try to come along a little earlier so you can help set the track out, as we have to cut it to length before we can tape down and lay out the track markers, so extra hands will always be useful before we get racing!

New Carpet!!!

The time has finally come for us to replace our carpet, with some nice new PrimaTrack GT. So I will be ordering it next week, and hopefully we will have it for Friday night! Check back here, or on the Club forum later in the week to see if it has arrived.

It would be great if folks could come along as early as possible next Friday if we do get the new carpet, as we will need to get it up to the hall, and then cut it to length - so all help to set out the track and race control will be welcome.

Check out this weeks results....

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Three weeks into the New Year, and it seems folks have been "investing". John and Dan have both got new rides, and there are at least 3 drivers with brushless systems and more to come. We are not seeing huge differences with brushless yet, with John (13.5 brushless), Dan (brushed) and Charlie (15.5 brushless) all looking very evenly matched in the A final. I was amazed to see this week that Stuart was running LiPo cells and needed to add 220g of lead to bring the car back to 1500g Mind you this added weight made virtually no difference to his lap times, as he ran light in the first leg of the finals and then at 1500g in the second leg and he claimed he had the gearing wrong for the 2nd leg!

Check out the details this weeks results....

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or the detailed finals...

18th Jan 08 Finals detail >>

Check out this weeks results....

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Happy New Year!

And welcome back to a new year of racing and fun! A great start (for some anyway!) tonight with some fast and very close racing. A couple of people are trying out brushless motors and also new LiPo cells, so we'll be keeping an eye on these to see how competitive they are and if we need to modify any rules, so watch this space.

Results for tonight and for the 14th December can now be found in the results section:

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BRCA / Club Membership 2008

A lot of people have already paid their Club and BRCA membership fees as these are now due. The BRCA membership has stayed the same at £12 for 2008, and we have kept the Club membership to just £3, so that it only costs £15, the same as 2007, to renew your Club & BRCA membership - so hopefully that's not too painful. If you haven't paid yet, see Nicola on a race night.

Formula's for 2008

Based on the placing's from the Spring and Autumn Championships in 2007, we have now reviewed everyone's performance and adjusted a couple of peoples formula grading's. These are Simon Phillips, who moves up into F1, after winning the F2 Autumn Champs, and Mark Phillips, who moves up to F2. Well done to you both, but don't forget that formula's"can go down as well as up", so keep up the hard work!

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