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 – Video
24-09-2014
Week 4
Results Updated
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.
Championship – Week 3
Results updated
The usual update, nothing fancy 😉
Another busy night with 7 Heats 😮
Barham
It’s the final round of the Barham Summer Series this Sunday.
Welcome back Alan, we missed you ;-)
Results Updated
The results from last night and the championships have been updated
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 🙂
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.
Thanks…
to these guys for stepping up and building the track last night.
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]
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tz6Z8S68fw]
Week 2
Results updated.
Second track of the new era…
People are definitely starting to find their feet with the new surface. A lot of different tyres were being tried with varying degrees of success. It looks like there are a couple of good candidates for people looking for a longer life tyre 🙂
Another historic milestone was passed last night too… More 2WD then 4WD ! In the infamous words of Mr. Bob Dylan,
” The Times They Are A-Changin’ “
Thank you once again to those that stayed to help pack up the Astro. We will start rotating the heat listings so it’s not always the same people left at the end of the night.
Next Week
The mad rush over to 2WD this week messed up some of the ranking and heats this which is why it took a while to get going. Next week is Truck Week and the start of the new championships. We will be aiming to be racing by 7:30 so we can still finish at a reasonable time. We will also need a few people to step up and build the track next week as Alan and Dave are both away.
First Astroturf video
Looks like a few of us have a lot of work to do on our setups. I know I have 😛
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LoIkFfpwBU]
2014-15 Winter Series Dates
Here are the dates for the 2014-2015 FORCC Winter Series:
Round 1 – 26/10/14
Round 2 – 23/11/14
Round 3 – 28/12/14
Round 4 – 18/01/15
Round 5 – 15/02/15
Round 6 – 15/03/15
Best 4 from 6 to count
Classes:
2WD, 4WD and Short Course Trucks.
Venue:
Boughton Village Hall
Results updated
The results from last night are now online.
Next week will be another non-championship meeting. We’ll kick off the first FORCC 2.0 Championship the week after on the 3rd of September. That will also be the first Wednesday of the month so it will be time to get the trucks out again 😉