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Winter Series Round 3

Results Updated

Track_20141228Just shy of 50 drivers when we thought we might only get 20 due to the date. Thank you all for coming along and supporting the series today 🙂

On the whole the driving standards today were very good with only a couple of questionable finals. On that note, if something happens during a race and you feel aggrieved, it is very difficult for us to deal with it if we hear about it 2nd or 3rd hand and taking matters into your own hands is never the answer 😐

2015

No meeting on New Years Eve but we are back the week after on January the 7th

Don’t forget to get your BRCA memberships renewed (£17) before then (www.brca.org) and we’ll be renewing club memberships in January (£10 Senior/£8 Junior). FORCC Club memberships gets you into the Wednesday night championships and discounted Wednesday night race fees.

Happy New Year,

Jon.

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Ho, Ho, Ho…

A few pics from the Christmas meeting

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No racing this Wednesday but we are back on Sunday for Round 3 of the Winter Series.

The BRCA forms that were given to the club have been sent to the BRCA.

Merry Christmas from the FORCC 🙂

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About time too…

Results updated 😉

The last 2 weeks results are now up and the overalls for the current championships. Well done to Neil in the 4WD, Dave in the 2WD and Hog in the SCT. Worthy winners the lot of you 🙂

Christmas Team Meeting

The Christmas team meeting is this week. £1 race fee for everybody and a free buffet. Awesome! Run whatever cars you want and get some tinsel and baubles them. Get those Christmas jumpers on too…

As always there will be a raffle and we would love you to donate a small prize if you can. RC, Non RC, Sensible, Silly or Alcoholic… it’s all good to us 😀

Dates for the Diary

  • 17/12/2014 – Christmas team meeting
  • 24/12/2014 – NO RACE MEETING
  • 28/12/2014 – Winter Series Round 3
  • 31/12/2014 – NO RACE MEETING
  • 3/1/2015 – First meeting of the New Year
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Winter Series Round 2

Winter Series Results Updated

Results…

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Great track, great atmosphere and some great racing. Who could ask for more?

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As always, thank you to everyone that helped out during the day.

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Ed vs Kyle

4WD A Final, Leg 2

 Dates for the Diary

  • 10/12/2014 – Last normal championship meeting for the year
  • 17/12/2014 – Christmas team meeting
  • 24/12/2014 – NO RACE MEETING
  • 28/12/2014 – Winter Series Round 3
  • 31/12/2014 – NO RACE MEETING
  • 3/1/2015 – First meeting of the New Year

 BRCA

BRCA renewal is due by the end of the year. Failure to renew will result in you being uninsured and turned away from clubs. Head over to the BRCA website and get yourself renewed before you forget…

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Back Off 5%…

Results Updated

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Something a little bit different last night including a crossover.

Another legendary driver’s briefing 😉

Al reiterated what I put on the website last week including a beautiful demonstration of what backing off 5% looks like by taking one step back. As funny as it was, you guys did seem to take notice and the driving standard looked much better this week with the exception of Les who just wanted to watch the world burn, or at least his Durango anyway…

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Joking aside, this was caused by the a CVD pin coming loose in the central drive train and it cutting into the top of the cell. A very visual reminder that model car racing can be dangerous and that safety has to come first. Well done to Andy for extracting it from the Hall so quickly 🙂

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“Lipo for sale…”

Winter Series Round 2

Round 2 is this Sunday. 7am start for the track builders, 8am for everyone else please.

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Week 11, Driving standards and Etiquete

Results Updated

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Good little track last night. I really enjoyed it even if I couldn’t string more than 2 consecutive laps together without crashing… 🙄

Driving Standards & Etiquete…

We are seeing a steady decline in some quaters in both driving standards and etiquete which is a real shame. We always knew it would take a bit of time for you guys to get to grips with the Astro surface but now it’s time for everybody to step up and improve the quality of the racing. Here’s a few things that will help improve the racing for everyone 🙂

Rope Jumping

If you find yourself on the wrong side of the rope and it is not practical for you to hop back over, WAIT! Any lap where you’ve jumped the rope should not be one of your fastest laps. You’ve missed out some of the track and you should not gain any advantage from it. If you were just ahead of someone when you crossed the rope, rejoin after they’ve gone past. If you were 1m behind someone when you crossed, rejoin 2m behind them. It’s a simple self regulating penalty that we are all capable of applying.

Causing an accident

Caused an accident? WAIT! Again, it’s not rocket science. If you take someone out, wait for them to rejoin the track before continuing. If they need marshalling, wait for them to be marshalled.

The speed of your car!

Quite a few cars on the track that are overpowered for the drivers ability (particularly in the mid to lower heats). They have way too much boost and turbo on the speedo. These cars are dangerous and tend to cause more accidents simply because they are difficult to control. Back off the boost and you and everyone around you will probably have a better race 🙂 . If you need help with changing your settings, just ask.

Winter Series

Round 2 is a week on Sunday (23rd)

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Busy, Busy, Busy…

Results Updated

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The Wednesday after a Sunday meeting is usually pretty quiet but last night we had 7 heats 😎 . Traditionally this is our busiest time of the year and bearing that in mind, please can you all book in promptly once booking in is open. If you’re on site when booking in is open you’ve got no excuse. If you’re running late then just drop Alan a txt and we’ll get you in.

Meeting Format

The question of the meeting format is being raised again (as it does from time to time). The question is to the pros and cons of the 3 race system we run now vs a more traditional 2 or 3 leg qualifying and single race final format that most other clubs run. There are merits to both systems however the last time we tried it (which was about 3 years ago if I recall correctly) the majority of the club couldn’t wait for the trial to be over so they could get back to old format. The positive thing to come out of it was the switch from the 3 row starting grid to the staggered grid we use now.

Anyway, the question has been raised so talk amongst yourselves and if you take it to social media, please keep it civil. No-one benefits from dirty washing being aired in public… 🙄

Winter Series Round 2

Round 2 is on the 23rd of November 2014. Seems like it’s a long way away 😥 , but it’s not 😀