R.I.P – Ron Barrett

It is with great sadness that we have received the news that Ron Barrett, the founder member of the FORCC, passed away on the 26th of September 2014 after a long battle with cancer. His Son Trevor told us that his father was very proud of the club and what it has achieved. Our thoughts are with Trevor and his family during this difficult time.

Week 4

Results Updated

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Track Markers

Yes, we know they are not working well but if we all work together it will reduce the frustration until then new ones can be made. When you’re marshalling, just monitor the markers ‘in your area’ and try to push them back into the correct positions when they move during the race. Once a race has finished, please take a moment to correct the track before you leave your marshalling point. It only takes a moment but the next heat of racers will show you their appreciation in ways you can only dream of…

Video

My new phone made a little montage video from the pics and videos I took.

Winter Series Classes & Championships

The dates have already been posted but here is an update on the proposed classes and championships:

Classes:

2WD, 4WD & 2WD Short Course only. No Stadium or 4WD Short Course allowed.

You may enter a maxium of 2 classes.

A class will only be run if there is enough entries to make a heat. We will starting canvasing you chaps from next week as to what you might be running.

Championships:

Best 4 from 6 to count. You must score points in at least 4 rounds (per class entered) in order to qualify for any trophies or prizes being awarded.

There will be overall 2WD, 4WD & SCT championships which everyone will be entered into.

Due to the changing demographic at the club (we’re all getting older 🙁 ), under 13 and under 16 no longer really work so we are changing it to Under 16 and Under 21. There will be sub championships for those age groups.

Race Fees

£4 for under 16s, £6 for everyone else. We are not planning to pre-book the series.

Welcome back Alan, we missed you ;-)

Results Updated

The results from last night and the championships have been updated

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The Schumacher blocks seem to be getting quite popular.

Packing Up

We were down to 15 minutes this week to get all the track and astro away. Thanks as always to those that help out 🙂

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Video

Just a quick video of the last couple of minutes racing of the evening…

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=caShYRNGCko]

Week 3

Results Updated

Results from last night and week 1 of the new championships are online.

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Thanks…

to these guys for stepping up and building the track last night.

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Thanks also to those that stayed to pack up as well. 7 Heats and we were still packed up by about 10:30 😎

Videos

Mark Headling took a few videos last night. Thanks Mark 😀

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NGQdxaXhc4]

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXmzG3aFeoA]

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